Christians tell Hindus "not in my house"

Humans will always find ways of dividing themselves from each other and of feeling superior to each other, whether it is black/white/brown/yellow, baptist/methodist, protestant/catholic, christian/muslim/hindu, village A/village B, Spurs/Mavericks (HA!).

Each of us holds within ourselves the good or evil that humans are capable of, and that is what makes us human. It is not religion itself that is evil any more than a hammer is evil. It is what you do with your faith.

I think that God and the universe speaks to us often, but sadly, some are too busy to really listen. In the end, in a hundred years I will be just as dead as the most vile, evil person alive today. I would hope that in some way, my life's actions reduce the world's misery, and that the world is better for my having been in it. I also hope there are enough people who choose to act to do the same that on balance things get better over time.

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That's hot.

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That's hot.

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So you are all about criticizing religion but when someone points out 5 of the 5,000,000,000 good things that come out of religion, you have nothing but a shitty joke?

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Originally Posted by johnsmith

So you are all about criticizing religion but when someone points out 5 of the 5,000,000,000 good things that come out of religion, you have nothing but a shitty joke?

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Pretty hard to see how any of that is on par with the black eyes on religion I mentioned above.

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"tied only to religion" is false.

"tied often to religion" not so much.

"tied more often than Phenomanul would probably be comfortable admitting to"...?

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What does this have to do with my admission of anything? I have no vested stake in defending the actions of those who profess to be christians and respond by acting un-Christlike. They will be held accountable for their own actions. That people continue to gauge an entire belief system, however, based solely on the actions of those who don't even represent its ideals is beyond my control.

I clearly stated that intolerance (and the actions it breeds) is a despicable human trait.

Those who wish to tie it to religion, while being blind to everthing else are deceiving only themselves... it reflects their own personal bias.

are these the demons?

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are these the demons?

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How else am I to respond to your constant cynicism, ridicule and scorn? Naively? Please... You're old enough where you know exactly what you're doing. You need to grow up.

Anyways to answer your "question"... Without acceptance of Christ's redemptive act of forgiveness you will meet those demons soon enough...

As harsh as that may sound. It's still completely up to you.

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How else am I to respond to your constant cynicism, ridicule and scorn? Naively? Please... You're old enough where you know exactly what you're doing. You need to grow up.

Anyways to answer your "question"... Without acceptance of Christ's redemptive act of forgiveness you will meet those demons soon enough...

As harsh as that may sound. It's still completely up to you.

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:lmao

this is about you, not me.

are people who kill in the name of religion demons?

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Pretty hard to see how any of that is on par with the black eyes on religion I mentioned above.

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Hitler: over 6 millioin Jews dead... started a war that resulted in over 70 million human casualties.

Stalin: over 40 million dead... imposed a regime that turned Russia upside down.

The list goes on and on for people that waged wars over something other than "religion"....

Alexander the Great, Ghengis Khan, Napoleon, Attila the Hun, Mao, Kim Yong-il

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:lmao

this is about you, not me.

are people who kill in the name of religion demons?

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No. People are responsible for their own actions.

you could have thrown bush in there while you're at it.

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No. People are responsible for their own actions.

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you came into this thread shouting tit for tat.

are you saying that people who kill in the name of religion has nothing to do with religion?

Another even-handed and rational discussion on religion for the SpursTalk Political Forum.

Well done, everybody.

hitler prayed before major battles

anyway, the Church kept Europe from caving in on itself during the dark ages and established the first schools

tough question huh?

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you came into this thread shouting tit for tat.

are you saying that people who kill in the name of religion has nothing to do with religion?

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Conveniently you've ignored the fact that I stated on three separate occasions that "two wrongs don't make a right"... I'm not defending the actions of anyone.

Your bias is clear...

Like I said earlier.... grow up.

just won't answer that question, huh?

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hitler prayed before major battles

anyway, the Church kept Europe from caving in on itself during the dark ages and established the first schools

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Alongside the satanic cult that put him in power.... but don't tell clambake... he doesn't believe in demons.

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just won't answer that question, huh?

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People who kill in the name of religion don't typically embody what their religion represents...

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People who kill in the name of religion don't typically embody what their religion represents...

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just can't do it, huh?

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just can't do it, huh?

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Your reading comprehension is not my problem.

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People who kill in the name of religion don't typically embody what their religion represents...

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What about people who think the bible is true? The bible that tells them to kill people who follow gods other than Yahweh?

I thought Hitler was a Christian.

phenom bailed without answering.

must be buried in scripture.

bright peach just isn't his color...:wakeup