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Author Topic:   Do some Christians need prejudice?
jar
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Message 18 of 76 (178948)
01-20-2005 1:04 PM
Reply to: Message 17 by berberry
01-20-2005 12:50 PM


Re: Jesus: Prince of Peace or God of War?
Damn son. I went to Prince of Peace. Bowling alley in the basement.
But you bring up a good point. Are some Christian sects more inclusive while others more exclusive?
Is that a general characteristic?(I realize that even in the most inclusive church there will be some members who are exclusive and that even in the most exculsive church there will be some members who are inclusive).

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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jar
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From: Texas!!
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Message 41 of 76 (179191)
01-21-2005 12:16 AM
Reply to: Message 40 by Swift
01-21-2005 12:09 AM


Re: Wrongly accussed
As a Christian I can tell you that you were not mistreated. If you decide to leave, fine. If you decide to stay we welcome you but you WILL have to follow rules, guidelines and the suggestions from the Admins.

Aslan is not a Tame Lion

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jar
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Message 55 of 76 (179605)
01-22-2005 9:41 AM
Reply to: Message 54 by berberry
01-22-2005 3:33 AM


Re: Attempt to Re-Track
Imagine! Tolerance! A controversial concept in Christian la-la land, all because of the bigotry and hatred people find in their bibles.
While I agree that the current uproar over We Are Family is pretty disgusting, I'm not as convinced that it is actually religious in nature as much as a general symptom of the dumbing of America. In this and some other cases the medium is a mixture of religion, politics and commercialism.
People like Jerry Falwell, Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker and Gene Scott are simply using religion in the same way that Billy Sunday and all the other hucksters did. They have the ultimate commercial venture, selling a product with an even lower product cost than M$ Windows. They sell confrontation.
You can see this in today's Talk Radio venue as well as Fox News. It is the same coin as the Televangelists. There are no discussions, no debates, rather what is delivered is the verbal equivalent of the WWF.
I would ask all of the folk out there to invest a little time in examining some earlier interview format programs. Two past ones in particular, the one hosted by Steve Allen and the one hosted by Dick Cavett; and the current Charley Rose program. In each of these the host plays a minor but significant part as moderator but the goal is to get the guest to fully express his or her opinion.
Contrast those with any of the current crop, Rush, Montel, Springer, Stern or any of the others. What you find today is that the concept is to outshout the guest unless the guest is following some predetermined party line. The majority of the content comes not from the guest but from the hosts.
Religion has always been used as a medium for hate propaganda. It is a viable medium because the audience is preconditioned to accepting the position presented. It is AUTHORITY writ large. But that is not an indictment of religion but an indictment of bigots and shallow thinkers.

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