Religion aparts us instead of bringing us together
lightbleeder said: Religion aparts us instead of bringing us together |
Try saying that in the face of Father Changstien el Gamahl,
WereKitten said:
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who's that?
lightbleeder said: Religion aparts us instead of bringing us together |
No, human nature - the need for tribal identity - does that. All religions are about social unity. People use it to their own needs, desires and faults, like they do anything else.
In the wilderness we go alone with our new knowledge and strength.
I wont get into the entire debate, but I've never once heard that just believing in Jesus will make you a Christian and get you into heaven.
Belief in something is not active and does not require effort. Doing as Jesus told us(abstaining from sin, doing good works, seeking God/salvation, fasting, meditating on God's word, caring for the poor) all require effort, thought, discipline, etc. Being a Christian is to strive to become Christ-like, and simply believing that Jesus is the Son of God doesnt even begin to cover that.
"I feel like I could take on the whole Empire myself."
I believe that there is a higher power or a god/gods out there somewhere. But I can't put my faith into this type of stuff. But kudos to anyone who does, doesn't bother me if others do. I just choose not to.
Christianity is Judaism for Non-Jews. Thats all.
I hope, there will be the day, mankind can live their sprituality without the scourge of humanity - religion.
Islam, Christianity, Judaism and all this outher s...t are all talking about peace and love and producing hate, small minds and death, of course!
Looke what Christianity brought to the native americans or to unbeliever in medieval times - millions over millions of death - against Christianity Hitler was Kindergarten!
Religion is all about power, nothing else.
"In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value..."
Stefan.De.Machtige said:
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So that's why some inmigrants in Europe integrate perfectly into society and others form their own ghettos? I always thought it was basically religion...
the most common misconception about Christianity that I know of is that people think that its somehow believable or worthwhile. in fairness to it, this is a misconception that all religions seem to suffer from.
ManusJustus said:
In the Old Testament, God told the Israelites to rape and kill children after they conquered their city. Not quite the 'God cannot be near sin' idea that you state. |
Look, I appreciate that you hate religion, or maybe just Christianity, I don't know, but anyway, this was a totally unnecessary attack.
This thread is not about that, you're not on topic here. You don't have to come running every time someone talks about his faith and turn it into a war.
I don't know what went on in the thread the OP refers to, and maybe that's why you came in here with that comment, but please leave it there.
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