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Originally posted by blankduck18
Originally posted by crmanager
reply to post by blankduck18
So...your belief is true. Mine is false. Ok.
I will pray for you to find the peace you seem to not have in your life.
When did i say that?
In fact it is you who are saying you are correct everyone else is wrong.
Originally posted by ghaleon12
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Originally posted by LordBucket
reply to post by For(Home)Country
Radical events are not the source of the angst. It's small, regular, recurring personal experiences. The twin towers may have been destroyed by muslims, but that was a once-in-a-lifetime event that happened a thousand miles away to people I don't know. It doesn't affect me. Christians, on the other hand, are routinely manipulative, and the source of discomfort. For example...you're at a company party, having a good time, when all of the sudden a manager asks for everyones attention and starts a group prayer, and starts babbling about Jesus. Instantly, everyone in the group who isn't christian is uncomfortable. For a good minute, we're compelled by social custom to sit and be quiet and listen about your religion. All the while we're thinking "umm...what am I supposed to do? He's bowing is head. Should I bow my head to? But I'm not christian. I don't want to mislead anyone. But I don't want to be rude either. Even though I think it's extremely rude for him to be putting me in this situation, and I'd really rather be talking to Sally over there and...uh-oh, should I say "amen?" Hmm. Well, too late now. Wait...Sally over there said amen. I know she's not christianm but she said it anyway. In fact, most of the people said amen and I didn't. That's awkward. Was that rude of me? I don't feel like it was rude, I feel like they were being rude by putting me in this whole situation, and it's especially awkward that it was a manager who did this...I mean, I'd like to be up for promotion next week, and now I've just advertised to the christians that I'm not one of them and...and..."
Yes. This is the kind of thing that's going through our head whenever you guys do your group prayers. And stuff like this happens all the time. I've never seen a muslim, or a jew, or an athiest, or anyone else pull this kind of stunt. And this is the sort of thing that bothers people. Not "radical" events thousands of miles away that happen to other people.
[edit on 20-10-2009 by LordBucket]
Originally posted by crmanager
reply to post by blankduck18
So...your belief is true. Mine is false. Ok.
I will pray for you to find the peace you seem to not have in your life.
Originally posted by CHA0S
I see I've started a "war" ...for those of you wondering what started this...you can view my thread here: A serious flaw in the bible...
btw...there's no need to get angry...I'm just putting forth my oppinion on the subject...
CHRISTIANITY BROUGHT SATAN TO THE WORLD?!!!
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Satan is an embodiment of antagonism that originates from the Abrahamic religions
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The word satan means challenger. With the leading ha- to make haSatan, it refers to /the/ challenger. This describes Satan as the angel who is the embodiment of man's challenges. Satan works for G-d. His job is to make choosing good over evil enough of a challenge so that it can be a meaningful choice.
Mayans did not have a "Satan." Nor the Hindus.
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As the morning star he was known by the title Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, meaning "lord of the star of the dawn." He was known as the inventor of books and the calendar, the giver of maize (corn) to mankind, and sometimes as a symbol of death and resurrection.
Nor the Hindus.
Originally posted by blankduck18
See OP you would be very surprised if you did some research yourself
Rather then believe what you are told
Im not saying anyone wrong or right here
Simply saying that you need to look into yourself
Erase what you have been taught and learn to teach yourself
How is that any different than living in a society where we are bombarded
with advertisements encouraging sex, self gratification, individualism,
alcohol consumption, materialism, and consumerist saturated capitalism?
Why is it that once a Christian makes someone feel uncomfortable, it's a big deal.
All I'm saying is ideologies that go against our own
are constantly thrown at us, no matter how subtle they are.
But when it comes to Christianity, boy oh boy do things get intense.
Originally posted by crmanager
Originally posted by blankduck18
See OP you would be very surprised if you did some research yourself
Rather then believe what you are told
Im not saying anyone wrong or right here
Simply saying that you need to look into yourself
Erase what you have been taught and learn to teach yourself
EGO on a biblical scale. "Forget what you have learned." It's all wrong?
An what YOU say is correct? Wow. EGO!