Why the sudden hostility toward religion in America in the last few years? What's up with that?
Simmering Frog
2012/06/27 23:56:03
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Scott ヶBrony Of PHAETヶ 2012/06/27 23:57:53
That's like saying it's okay for black people to hate white people because white people have hated black people for so long. But discrimination is discrimination, regardless
And not all religious people condemn others. Christianity itself does not advocate condemning and discriminating against other
And not all religious people condemn others. Christianity itself does not advocate condemning and discriminating against other
The above statement is BS...
the Christian belief that non-Christians will be condemned to hell,
The bible itself teaches hate... You know Kill the Homos,, Kill the non believers,,, rape women,, kill Babies.. Yep Religion is wonderful..
If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:26)
Then they speak of Morals.. Yea Right.. I could give you stories of people I observed over the last 65 years from the Good Christian Community that have the morals of a pile of snakes.....Yep Religion is Great...
This is just one example where Christianity condemns other "christians" who consider themselves to be better than others. There's also the case where Jesus has mercy on the adulteress who was about to be stoned, and He also is constanty rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees for their condescending views over other people
Luke 14:26 also does not advocate hate, but advocates the love people should have for God compared to that of their family members. It goes along with the verses Matthew 10: 34-36, where it speaks of the conflict between family members when one decides to follow God and the others do not
You make a very novice mistake to misinterpret the Bible so carelessly as to think Jesus is truly advocating hating your family when it CLEARLY tells you to love your family and your enemies in many other verses. And for the record, here's a translation of Luke 14:26 that I believe gives a better idea of the true message Jesus was trying to preach
“If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
also this one as well
Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love fat...
This is just one example where Christianity condemns other "christians" who consider themselves to be better than others. There's also the case where Jesus has mercy on the adulteress who was about to be stoned, and He also is constanty rebuking the Scribes and Pharisees for their condescending views over other people
Luke 14:26 also does not advocate hate, but advocates the love people should have for God compared to that of their family members. It goes along with the verses Matthew 10: 34-36, where it speaks of the conflict between family members when one decides to follow God and the others do not
You make a very novice mistake to misinterpret the Bible so carelessly as to think Jesus is truly advocating hating your family when it CLEARLY tells you to love your family and your enemies in many other verses. And for the record, here's a translation of Luke 14:26 that I believe gives a better idea of the true message Jesus was trying to preach
“If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
also this one as well
Those who come to me cannot be my disciples unless they love me more than they love father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and themselves as well.
Using the bible to validate the word of the bible is Absurd...It says one thing in one place and contradicts itself in another....
You don't find anything out of place about that? Are you so stuck on your stubborn beliefs that you won't change them even though they clearly don't correlated with the obvious facts?
Christianity is based on fear
Christianity preys on the innocent
Christianity is based on dishonesty
Christianity is extremely egocentric
Christianity breeds arrogance, a chosen-people mentality
Christianity breeds authoritarianism
Christianity is cruel
Christianity is anti-intellectual, anti-scientific
Christianity has a morbid, unhealthy preoccupation with sex
Christianity produces sexual misery
Christianity has an exceedingly narrow, legalistic view of morality
Christianity encourages acceptance of real evils while focusing on imaginary evils
Christianity depreciates the natural world
Christianity models hierarchical, authoritarian organization
Christianity sanctions slavery
Christianity is misogynistic
Christianity is homophobic
The Bible is not a reliable guide to Christ's teachings
The Bible is riddled with contradictions
Christianity borrowed its central myths and ceremonies from other ancient religions
The verses on love are obvious and undeniable; why do you think only the verse on "hate" is the one that has alternate interpretations?
And why should I worry about what religious scholars are deciding? I have my own personal reasons to believe in God, so quick trying to convert me into your religion of non-belief
No one cares what. you believe.. just keep it to yourself. But of
course you again think you are right and all the people are wrong if they dont follow your dogma.. And FYU Non Belief is not a religion.. Another dumb misconception by you bible thumpers..
The Scholars are showing religion and belief in God/Gods to be what is . irrational belief and delusion....
Have a happy delusional Day...
You're the perfect example of the kind of atheist I mensioned in my original comment and you're doing a great job proving how accurate my point is that athiest somehow think they're justified in their discrimnation.
And then you act like I'm forcing it on someone after you criticize me with no provocation? You've already surrounded yourself with so much ignorance that there's no point in trying to have an intelligent conversation with you when you've already decided that you don't want to listen
With Bush it was Islam. But then again, 911 was pretty fresh.
etc, etc, etc...
Jinx.
There has been a HUGE wave of religious evangelical prostheltizing... just as once example, the amount of shows like the 700 Club being shown on 'our' airwaves--- but with a huge backlash from them for shows like 'bewitched' and 'charmed.'.
There are huge crosses being put on public land... but there's no other religious symbols (of any size) being allowed on those same sites. There's been the attempts to post the 10 Commandments on public walls, even though it's kind of clear that the 10 Commandments are unconstitutional.
Add to the antics of such notables as Jerry Falwell, Fred Phelps and Ted Haggard... and you'll begin to see that very few of them actually practice what they preach.
People who want to share their religious views with you, almost never want you to share yours with them. -- Dave Barry
The problem is that the atheists and agnostics are usually willing to keep quiet-- until they're pushed into defending their rights by people who think they have a divine right to impose THEIR religious views upon the rest of society.
Then, when the atheists and agnostics start to object and push back, that is when the religious folks then cry "FOUL".