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ringo
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Message 16 of 120 (761907)
07-06-2015 1:15 PM
Reply to: Message 15 by Tangle
07-06-2015 1:09 PM


Re: Division
Tangle writes:
examples of 'evil' Christian ideas are many
It's debatable whether those are "Christian ideas" or just ideas that some Christians have.

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jar
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Message 17 of 120 (761911)
07-06-2015 1:28 PM
Reply to: Message 16 by ringo
07-06-2015 1:15 PM


Re: Division
Actually I have a real question whether more than two of Tangle's examples could even be remotely considered as evil.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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ringo
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Message 18 of 120 (761912)
07-06-2015 1:30 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by jar
07-06-2015 1:28 PM


Re: Division
jar writes:
Actually I have a real question whether more than two of Tangle's examples could even be remotely considered as evil.
It does seem like a pretty low threshold of evil.

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Jon
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Message 19 of 120 (761944)
07-06-2015 8:05 PM
Reply to: Message 7 by Tangle
07-06-2015 2:29 AM


Sheesh. A least give a tiny amount of context...
The context adds nothing. Your claim is still that:
Left to their own devices, religions would be as primitive and destructive as extreem Islam is today.
You also made the claim that (Message 1025):
It is supported by the evidence [that religions are inherently violent and only become non-violent through tempering by irreligion and secularism] - there's actually a lot of it.
Now's your chance to present that evidence.
Edited by Jon, : No reason given.

Love your enemies!

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Tangle
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Message 20 of 120 (761969)
07-07-2015 4:53 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by ringo
07-06-2015 1:15 PM


Re: Division
Ringo writes:
It's debatable whether those are "Christian ideas" or just ideas that some Christians have.
They've all been invented by mainstream organisations that call themselves Christians. (Let's avoid the 'no true Christian' bollocks.)

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Tangle
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Message 21 of 120 (761970)
07-07-2015 4:56 AM
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07-06-2015 1:28 PM


Re: Division
Jar writes:
Actually I have a real question whether more than two of Tangle's examples could even be remotely considered as evil.
Well I disagree, but I would have thought that two was enough to debunk a religion claiming to represent the ultimate good.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Faith 
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Message 22 of 120 (761972)
07-07-2015 6:10 AM
Reply to: Message 15 by Tangle
07-06-2015 1:09 PM


Re: Division
- only people that subscribe to their brand can get to heaven
I have to suppose that this is a garbled version of the teaching that Jesus died for our sins so that we won't go to Hell. Some denominations don't clearly preach this at all.
- babies that die before being christened can't get to heaven
Sounds Catholic to me. Nothing in the Bible supports this, but I suppose you are only interested in what some denominations say rather than what the Bible says.
- contraception is a mortal sin for which you go to hell
Definitely Catholic. It's weird how Catholicism divides sin into categories. The Bible makes it clear any sin whatever leads to Hell, and the only salvation from Hell is belief in Christ's death in our place.
- people are born with sin
Now that is Biblical. We wouldn't need salvation if it weren't true.
- women are inferior creatures
There is nothing whatever in the Bible that says such a thing. Historically men may have believed it nevertheless.
- the church can be super rich whilst taking money from the poor and preaching that you must give to the poor
Only the Catholic church could be called "super rich" -- oh except for some televangelists who fleece the flock, but they aren't a church. And while wealth is morally neutral, greed for it is a sin.
- you can buy indulgences
Catholic lie.
- prayer works
It certainly does if you believe rightly.
- heretics can be lawfully killed
Catholic evil.
- you can wage holy wars
I don't know who believes or teaches this. Wars just happen when there is unresolvable conflict. but it's far from the spirit of Biblical Christianity.
-- and so on
All in all an amazingly garbled list. Anything that deviates from the Bible and calls itself Christianity could be called evil though.

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Tangle
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Message 23 of 120 (761978)
07-07-2015 8:02 AM
Reply to: Message 22 by Faith
07-07-2015 6:10 AM


Re: Division
I know, Faith, only your kind of Christianity is true Christianity.
Billions beg to differ.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Faith 
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Message 24 of 120 (761980)
07-07-2015 8:04 AM
Reply to: Message 23 by Tangle
07-07-2015 8:02 AM


Re: Division
Since when is truth determined by popularity?

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Tangle
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Message 25 of 120 (761982)
07-07-2015 8:13 AM
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07-07-2015 8:04 AM


Re: Division
Faith writes:
Since when is truth determined by popularity?
Since when is truth determined by unpopularity?
A couple of points - it's rather obvious that my position is that no branch of Christianity is 'true'. Rather, that all branches of the brand - including your own - have made up all this nonsense and will continue to do so it seems.
Some of this nonsense causes people to do some very bad things and believe ideas that are bad for them. Hence 'evil', a rather silly word which I'm interpreting to mean harm of various sorts.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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Message 26 of 120 (761983)
07-07-2015 8:20 AM
Reply to: Message 25 by Tangle
07-07-2015 8:13 AM


Re: Division
Tangle writes:
it's rather obvious that my position is that no branch of Christianity is 'true'. Rather, that all branches of the brand - including your own - have made up all this nonsense and will continue to do so it seems.
Can you show that any form of lifestyle and philosophy is anything other than made up?

God created war so that Americans would learn geography. —Mark Twain
"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." —Mark Twain

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jar
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Message 27 of 120 (761984)
07-07-2015 8:26 AM
Reply to: Message 21 by Tangle
07-07-2015 4:56 AM


Re: Division
You are of course free to disagree. That is certainly your right.
But since neither of the two possible evils are universal or exclusive to Christianity or even to religions your position seems just plain silly.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Tangle
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Message 28 of 120 (761987)
07-07-2015 9:49 AM
Reply to: Message 27 by jar
07-07-2015 8:26 AM


Re: Division
Jar writes:
But since neither of the two possible evils are universal or exclusive to Christianity or even to religions your position seems just plain silly.
Christians believe different things. They badly agree on anything. The point is that religions have beliefs which are often harmful, some devastatingly so.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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jar
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Message 29 of 120 (761988)
07-07-2015 9:51 AM
Reply to: Message 28 by Tangle
07-07-2015 9:49 AM


Re: Division
Let me fix that for you.
The point is that people have beliefs which are often harmful, some devastatingly so.

Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!

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Tangle
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Message 30 of 120 (761989)
07-07-2015 9:52 AM
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07-07-2015 8:20 AM


Re: Division
Phat writes:
Can you show that any form of lifestyle and philosophy is anything other than made up?
Why would I want to do that? We're talking about religions - they're universally man made with no empirical backing.

Je suis Charlie. Je suis Ahmed. Je suis Juif.
Life, don't talk to me about life - Marvin the Paranoid Android
"Science adjusts it's views based on what's observed.
Faith is the denial of observation so that Belief can be preserved."
- Tim Minchin, in his beat poem, Storm.

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