Religion

[wkmac]

My best wishes to all those who started their day early by going out and observing the miraculous miracle of the Risen Sun!

 

[bbsam]

If I tried to force you to believe in God and Jesus, would it work?

 

[wkmac]

If I tried to force you to believe in God and Jesus, would it work?

Nobody is forcing you bbsam. When is offering an opinion force?

 

[bbsam]

Nobody is forcing you bbsam. When is offering an opinion force?

LOL. You have it wrong. I was simply musing that the answer would be "no" so my position would be "why bother?"

What if the real position of each religious body, atheists, and agnostics was, "This is what we believe. Take it or leave it."

Because isn't that really the fact of the matter anyway? People are free to believe in or not believe in whatever they want. Even if taught in schools (creationism) parents and students alike could easily say, "That's a load of horse crap." Much like economic theories, but somehow religious theory is threatening it would seem.

 

[wkmac]

LOL. You have it wrong. I was simply musing that the answer would be "no" so my position would be "why bother?"

What if the real position of each religious body, atheists, and agnostics was, "This is what we believe. Take it or leave it."

Because isn't that really the fact of the matter anyway? People are free to believe in or not believe in whatever they want. Even if taught in schools (creationism) parents and students alike could easily say, "That's a load of horse crap." Much like economic theories, but somehow religious theory is threatening it would seem.

Seems my own theory about religion is threatening.

 

[bbsam]

Seems my own theory about religion is threatening.

How so?

 

[wkmac]

How so?

You so!

 

[bbsam]

Oh? I've always found religion interesting in a day to day kind of way and a bit in historical context but the argumentative stuff seems strange and missing something fundamental to me.

 

[wkmac]

Oh? I've always found religion interesting in a day to day kind of way and a bit in historical context but the argumentative stuff seems strange and missing something fundamental to me.

Whose arguing with you?

 

[Non sequitur]

May the peace of Christ be with all the browncafe brothers and sisters no matter our differences.

 

[wkmac]

May the peace of Christ be with all the browncafe brothers and sisters no matter our differences.

May it make a positive difference for you.

 

[oldngray]

 

[bbsam]

Whose arguing with you?

Nobody...I think. Because it takes two and I've already made clear I don't understand argument on religion.

 

[wkmac]

I won't argue with your clarity.

 

[pickup]

My best wishes to all those who started their day early by going out and observing the miraculous miracle of the Risen Sun!

That miracle really takes place on December 25 after the sun was dead for three days before it starts moving northward again relative the earth and that tilted axis it has.

 

[wkmac]

That miracle really takes place on December 25 after the sun was dead for three days before it starts moving northward again relative the earth and that tilted axis it has.

Yes but millions of christians gathered in places all over the world this morning looking east to marvel at the risen sun.

 

[pickup]

Yes but millions of christians gathered in places all over the world this morning looking east to marvel at the risen sun.

Gotta worship the sun, if we don't feed it our love and affection, it will lose its power and go out just like any other God or morphic field.

Speaking of which Neil gaimans book American Gods is being made into a cable tv series. There you will see what happens to Gods when they are no longer being worshipped. Easter still does very well but only because she still gets worship albeit not in the most direct way.

 

[wkmac]

 

[Catatonic]

Oh? I've always found religion interesting ... but the argumentative stuff seems strange and missing something fundamental to me.

On both sides to me.
Jerks on both sides.

 

[Jones]

Gotta worship the sun, if we don't feed it our love and affection, it will lose its power and go out just like any other God or morphic field.

Speaking of which Neil gaimans book American Gods is being made into a cable tv series. There you will see what happens to Gods when they are no longer being worshipped. Easter still does very well but only because she still gets worship albeit not in the most direct way.

That was an excellent book, I'll keep an eye out for the series.