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Originally posted by mr-lizard
I find that so amusing, considering how tolerant hinduism has been to most other religions, embracing jesus, budda and mohammed as just three amongst many other so called enlightened beings.
Yet it's the christians that consider their gods demons.
They hypocrisy would be funny if it wasn't so true.
Yet you quote it like you know what you're on about, India has christians living side by side with hindu's, sikhs, jain's, buddists, muslims and many others, in relative peace considering the size of the sub-continent.
I also find it really funny, that I, the atheist is the one who is correcting the religious here.
Given the website that these folks were working on and the theme of it, it doesn't sound to me like these people are into satanic stuff at all.
Originally posted by blueorder
Originally posted by rapinbatsisaltherage
The majority of the people on this planet have some type of fetish. Who are you or I to say what "normal" is? Marrying girls that hadn't reached puberty yet was normal in my country about a hundred to two hundred years ago. Something being normal doesn't make it right or wrong. A society at the given time decides what normal means.
All I know is that I tolerate and accept others for who they are long as they aren't hurting anyone else. That is a hell of a lot more "Christ" like than judging people. Meh.
[edit on 1-7-2008 by rapinbatsisaltherage]
It is a statement of fact, it isn't normal, because most people do not do it, ie it is not the norm, don't see why people get so hang up on the correct usage of this term
Originally posted by rapinbatsisaltherage
And to Shadowflux, I come back here and see you are still wasting your time? Why bother? God spoke against organized religion, and ritualistic worship. That is all current Christians and Catholics seem to do. How much you want to bet the biggest God horn tooters in this forum go to church? Don't bother with a word they say, they are not the true followers of Christ, much as they'd like to believe so, they speak for themselves, not their religion, and they certainly do not speak for God. No one can, no matter how many quotes they pick out of a big contradicting book.
Thelema is a philosophy of life based on the rule or law, "Do what thou wilt." The ideal of "Do what thou wilt" and its association with the word Thelema goes back to François Rabelais, but was more fully developed[1] and proselytized[2] by Aleister Crowley, who founded a religion[3] named Thelema based on this ideal.
Well, you are very, very wrong. Hindus and Christians and Muslims and Sikhs do not live side by side in India in peace and tranquillity. Hindu violence against Christians and Muslims is an enormous problem. The Sikhs have problems with both Hindu and Muslim violence against them, and unlike the Christians they are perfectly happy to respond in kind.
Matthew 18
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Hebrews 10
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Originally posted by mr-lizard
Excuse me, I spent many, many months travelling across India, from the cities to the beaches, through the jungles, plains and deserts, to the foothills and mountains of the himalaya's... from the poorest slums to the marble palaces.
I do think I know what I'm on about.
I saw many, many aspects of Indian life.
I suggest you stop reading the newspapers, save up some money and maybe go somewhere to open your eyes a little.
Before coughing up any old rubbish that you people seem so happy to circulate.
I have also been told that there is a belief among some soldiers in Satanism, and that the extent and prevalence of it in the military is being covered up.
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
reply to post by renrivers
Of course, I now know that KISS stands for Knights In Satan's Service.