I guess my whole point with this thread is that I don't really understand what the difference between "healthy" and "unhealthy" belief is. If we...
Acting on a belief is not the same as holding a belief. This was my whole point really. What you are describing is racism of thought acted upon....
I'm pretty sure Okie was being modest. It's fair to say that a lot of what anyone believes is likely to be incorrect, purely because of the sheer...
I would think that if people believe in something beyond the material, they'd be used to having its existence questioned. Nah. America is way...
Calm down, dear, it's only a commercial.
I think you believe in God the same way you believe in all the other things you believe in that aren't provable. Once you stop believing them...
For any text it is true. Even if God did write the Bible, we'd need the Adamite language that he took away from us during The Unpleasantness With...
Roland Barthes will be round later to explain all the things that are wrong with this statement.
Well, is that a fact? Not that I don't think this is a prime example of the anti-religious taking on Christianity specifically while supposedly...
I'm wondering about your faith, to be honest. You seem to be a very selective Christian. There are numerous references to God's wrath and...
I remember a discussion along these lines. I don't think I agreed with you that what's described above made much sense though. Yeah, to be...
I figure it's all we've got to go on.
Well that is a fairly common portrayal of Him, even in the Bible. The only part I'd dispute is "dictator", since He rarely bothers to "dictate"....
Why? Because he's Einstein? It seems like OWB was just pointing out a semantic issue. I don't think he actually disagrees with the verity of...
Yeah, our last calendar ended 2009 years ago (give or take). Doesn't mean anything happened then.
I'm saying that if you create enough social stigma around committing crimes, you don't need a totalitarian system. Instead of controlling every...
I think most people do follow that "great" motto. Unless you think that people commit atrocities in the name of religion for reasons other than...
What's inconvenient about it? I should add that I do not believe one has to accept the consequences of a person's beliefs. So if someone...
You see my point though. If religion was just about the trade-off - love god and you don't get killed - then I doubt anyone would take it...
Have to say (and this refers back to another thread), it's interesting that the example of the poor stealing to feed their kiddywinks is cited so...
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