FirmhandKY
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ORIGINAL: gooddogbenji I, personally, am offended. That you would say my beliefs border on prejudice! I can proudly claim that my thoughts on Christianity are nowhere near the border of prejudice. They are inside, have work permits, and are upstanding members of the prejudice community. I admit it, I don't like Christianity. I have nothing against individual Christians, but the religion itself I do not like. That having been said, I respect anyone's right to practice any religion, whether it involves human sacrifice or not. Now, I agree. Almost every major religion has had murder, war etc. I don't like those either. I'm Jewish, and I don't like Judaism. I'm sure if I knew more Muslims, I would not like Islam. *chuckles* Very good, benji. I like your skewed sense of humor. quote:
ORIGINAL: gooddogbenji Again, I have nothing against the people within it, I have issues with hypocrites, biblethumpers, or people who use their religion as an excuse to live their lives a certain way (Note: Not reason, but excuse to themselves and others. The difference is an excuse involves a lie, either from the religion itself or from the person.) without trying to find a better way. What I think is most illuminating about Christianity is that it acknowledges that perfectablity is an illusion. We will all fail at being "perfect", because that's our nature. I find this to be true. The issue that ShadowMstr reacted to was this: quote:
ORIGINAL: CrappyDom Thank god for the Christians, otherwise there might be peace on earth. To me (and I assume to ShadowMstr, but he can speak for himself) Crappy was doing exactly what you say you don't want to do - confuse the religion with each and every single individual within the religion. Crappy appears to be using the excuse of the imperfect practice of some Christians as an attack on all Christians. ShadowMstr called him on it, and I agreed. quote:
ORIGINAL: gooddogbenji And, as Crappy said, find me another religion that has wreaked large scale havoc on 6 continents, and is trying to translate penguin sounds to convert the 7th continent as well. Perhaps the question you should be asking yourself, is why Christianity was able to successfully achieve the "reach" to be able to have an impact in such a wide area, over such a length of time. FHky edited for: grammar
< Message edited by FirmhandKY -- 9/8/2006 1:10:34 PM >
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