S.T.A.G.E. said:
The_Yoda said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
The_Yoda said:
I said before people should be accepted warts and all. Perspective plays a huge roll in this. From a Christian perspective homosexuality is a sin or in my simplified example a wart. From a homosexual's perspective they may consider the view of homosexuality being sin as a wart. It depends from whose perspective you view things who is right and who is wrong. So many things in life boil down to perspective. |
Ultimately religion societal progress hasn't occured in the US because of Christianity, its because of philosophy and humans rights movements. Religion was will always be used as an excuse for why people should be held down. Its just the way it is and when 78% of the country thinks like this, its very hard to find reason. This is not to say that everyone shouldn't have the ability to practice and believe in what they want. Thats what the forefathers wanted us to do and have the luxury to do. The problem with Christians that they are trying to force Christian dominant thinking into the political sphere and when that happens society will only fall from it. History books teach us how dangerous it is to mix church with state.
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If this was true the Babtist minister Martin Luther King Jr should have led a very different life wouldn't you say?
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Ministers have the empathy of a nation of believers. As a Christian it was easier to speak to Christians about political change. He was assassinated because he was making more social and political progress than religion. He went about peaceful progress because he's a pacifist like Christ was in the scripture. Malcolm X is the exact same way. You know...the same guys who Professor X amd Magneto were created after? The duality of peace vs militant by any means necessary tactics for social change. Most of these guys were socialist were socialist as well.
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How is this possible ... using Chistianity as a vehichle to promote change ... doesn't work so well with your assesment of "Its actually a fact that religion has held society back" or with "Religion pushes society back. It always has and always will. Society's progress has always occured outside of religion, but some people need it to get through the day, so I digress with that."
"He was assassinated because he was making more social and political progress than religion." - can you possibly even back this up with facts?
