There are people of genuine faith and people of religion. People of faith can think for themselves and quietly live their faith everyday. Those are the people who I hold in the highest regard. People of religion they want somebody to do their thinking for them as evidenced by the many times they've come to my home unannounced and uninvited and attempted to forcibly impose their religious views for no other reason than for the fact that some higher ranking church official sent them out to do so under the threat of not getting into heaven if they didn't bow to the will of that official.
What does the Bible say about...........???? "On Topic"
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tourists24
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No problem agreeing with ya there either. You always have to be on your toes who you put your trust in. No better example is UPS
tourists24
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In your eyes I suppose so
It’s funny, really. It’s like there is another set of nonbelievers who can’t simply say “no thanks” and go about their lives. It’s like they insist on an argument as if the want to be spanked and dragged to church or something.
A lot of weird people in the world.
floridays
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Is that a legitimate question, or is a trapper setting his traps?
Fred's Myth
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Or they sincerely wanted to share their story of Salvation and eternal happiness with a jerk who resents getting his fat ass up from his recliner to answer the door.
El Correcto
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It’s more just entertainment in mocking.
Like what if I believed every time I farted a kitten died, so after every fart I would say “Meow Meow” and take a tearful moment of silence for the dead kitten.
You’d find that strange and probably funny at first, then it would probably become kind of worrisome, like what else does this idiot believe.
That’s fine as far as it goes. But I think people prefer to see how religious people live, not listen to them preach.
Which is both fair and unfair. There’s a lot of hypocrisy that rightly gets pointed out but a lot of very decent and very religious people that go quietly about their lives making small but meaningful impact in their communities. These people aren’t really appreciated in a representative degree by people watching from the outside.
El Correcto
god is dead
I don’t hold children waiting in the line to sit in Santa’s lap on high regard.
Honestly, I think there’s a part of you that is maybe a little intrigued by religion.
I used to drive around the Iowa country side drinking 40’s of Old English 800 listening to religious talk radio and having mental arguments about how stupid religion was. WTF was that all about?!?
I get it now. I’m now just over a year since I fell out of regular church attendance for the second time in my life. And even though I’m fairly certain I’ll probably never go bac, I do miss it and I feel like I’ve failed my family in that.
And believe me, I have zero problem with irreverent comments and mockery of the church. I happen to agree with a lot of it. But there’s a lot of good people there doing a lot of good things too.
El Correcto
god is dead
I don’t like the argument of there can be high functioning cult members.
I’m really not interested in it at all. Even when Shapiro was doing his Jew fairy tales at the end of every show I would just turn it off. I suffer from cultistphobia, one on one it’s not bad but when y’all gather in groups it’s concerning.
El Correcto
god is dead
It’s not just in my eyes, it’s in reality. What evidence do you have for any of your cultist beliefs. I’ll help you out, none.
But many won't take a polite "no" for an answer. They just keep coming back again and again and again to a point where it becomes forcible . But, now that I'm a free agent sinner I will listen to their proposals if submitted through the required proper channels. In fact just the other day my agent got an got an e-mail from the Presbyterians asking that I not sign anything until they had a chance to review the offer and try to better it. Of all the offers submitted thus far and there have been quite a bunch the sticking point is usually the 5th year option and the signing bonus .
tourists24
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Maybe your reality. I have all the answers I need for me.
El Correcto
god is dead
That’s because you’re a cultist that believes nonsense. But okay, do you fren.
tourists24
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Totally sincere. It's becoming a problem for me.
There's a city in southern Mexico, San Cristobal de las Casas, that's named in part for a bishop Bartoleme de las Casas. What was so great about him? When the conquistadors were raping Mexico he stood up to them and protected local Chiapans. Still a hero there. I don't agree with a lot of the Catholic Church's practices but there are numerous examples of priests in the past, when the Catholic Church was THE Church, who selflessly and tirelessly worked to protect and assist countless people around the globe. Just as many groups, both Protestant and Catholic, do now. Christian groups are at the forefront of many natural disasters bringing relief aid from their members. You folks who like to spit on and denigrate everything about Christianity may someday find yourself receiving aid from said groups when you most need it, and no strings attached. You may resent them for their beliefs, but they are going to still keep doing what they do, and the world is a better place for it.
El Correcto
god is dead
Wow that’s a wonderful story of crediting someone of not being a rapist. Now let’s take another look at the Catholic Church and see how that has held up since the 1500’s over all.
The point being it isn't all bad like you like to make it out to be.
El Correcto
god is dead
I don’t believe hitler raped anyone. Maybe it wasn’t all bad after all.
