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originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
a reply to: SuperFrog
* Oh..an additional thought.. Many seem to take this wild and outlandish idea (in my view) that Creationism and Evolution are mutually exclusive concepts? Why is it impossible to say there was inspiration for the origins of life in a puddle of goo ..or not..to be the point here ..and then, by the way of nature as we see it every day, THAT life evolved into the endless variety we see now over millions of years to change? I've never seen it as Either/Or by any stretch.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: simsumre
I believe in Jesus Christ almighty, Lord of Lords, King of Kings, and my own personal saviour. I also believe in trying to live by his example where possible. That means interacting with people of every walk of life, every social class, every religion and ideology going, and people from every spectrum of the political strata prevalent at the time.
In short, if it was good enough for Jesus to mix with the Godless, then it is good enough for me, and for that matter, for you. Anything else is hypocrisy, of a much grander scale than that perpetrated by persons who have no professed faith. You dirty the name of Jesus when you speak of your faith, so toxic is your method of worship, so isolationist. At least when atheists make an ass of themselves, they do not cheapen the name of a deity in the process.
With people with your attitude wandering about, spouting off at the mouth about how you do not mix with certain folk, you bloody HERO, it's no wonder the faith is looked down upon.
It's faith of your sort that makes Christianity look bad.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: simsumre
Rub it in?
You aren't even a bit sorry for your hateful attitude toward your fellow human beings! To even think of coming out with something as callous as you did, as snobbish, you aren't feeling genuinely aggrieved at your lack of perfection, you are just unhappy that you got called on it. Well this is one Christian to another, telling you to buck your ideas up and be honest with yourself about why you do and say the things you do. Do what you do out of love, and not spite.
No one is perfect, but there is a difference between recognising that and trying anyway, and using the fact as an excuse to deflect fair criticism.
originally posted by: crazyewok
Of course the system not perfect and there needs to be maybe some reforms of certain areas but it is a usefull class in a mufti cultural society.
“I don’t have an issue with what you do in the church, but I’m going to be up in your face if you’re going to knock on my science classroom and tell me they’ve got to teach what you’re teaching in your Sunday school. Because that’s when we’re going to fight.”
“There’s no tradition of scientists knocking down the Sunday school door, telling the preacher, That might not necessarily be true. That’s never happened. There’re no scientists picketing outside of churches.”
“Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes…. The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.”
originally posted by: Wrabbit2000
a reply to: SuperFrog
So... It's more than a little offensive when those who don't share that view can't simply disagree..and I don't mean you personally at all here, it's a trending thing across society as a whole....
Creationism tho...is what the VAST MAJORITY of this world's people believe. In one form or another, from one God or Deity or another and for one purpose or another. That all varies as much as weather, race or the opinion of both among men and women. Respect for both those who choose not to believe...as well as those who make it their life's focus ...ought to be universal