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Black and white religions
#11
RE: Black and white religions
I'm still reading Ehrman, and it is just stunning how what we today know as 'Christianity' would be totally unrecognizable to Christ as anything He had a hand in.

so it's a crap shoot of the worst sort in possibly having a clue as to how God (for the sake of argument positing He exists) would actually regard anything.
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#12
RE: Black and white religions
According to the Bible if you want to be religious you have to be an intolerant bigot or else you're doing it wrong.
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#13
RE: Black and white religions
intolerant or obedient ?

If Yahweh is telling you to go stab pregnant Amalekite women in their wombs it ain't a matter of intolerance, it is a matter of keeping your God, who is definitely known for inflicting plagues of goiters and erysipelas on slackers pacified.

And that is obedience.

The fearful shit your pants kind.
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#14
RE: Black and white religions
FM, Scandinavians are the least religious but with the influx of Muslims who are now Scandinavians, the stats are changing. Muslim majority these days? Maybe.
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#15
RE: Black and white religions
(February 10, 2017 at 11:23 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I'm still reading Ehrman, and it is just stunning how what we today know as 'Christianity' would be totally unrecognizable to Christ as anything He had a hand in.

"These last days" (Hebrews 1:2) would suggest that the cult should not have survived that century anyway.

Instead it evolved and survived. Very different animal today. EDIT: I guess I should say it's a whole family of animals, many of which really hate each other.
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#16
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It was a whole flock of vastly different sects from literally the get go.

Successors to Apostle Paul eventually stamped out the rest of the lot, did what they could to erase as much evidence as they could that there were ever any serious contenders with different ideas about what Christ ordained.
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#17
RE: Black and white religions
@OP

If they didn't offer a black and white verdict on any given issue, what would their market share be, why would anyone need or desire their product?

Nuanced views of the vast grey areas of the human condition are already cluttered with worthless secular philosophies......who needs more of that.
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#18
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Rhythm! Are you telling me that religions are exaggerating the quality of their products through false advertising? No way!

My God functions perfectly well thank you... I pray, he listens, I feel better! win.win.

Am I missing something here?
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#19
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Well, you shouldn't feel so much better you find all the abominations about yourself acceptable.
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#20
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(February 10, 2017 at 7:07 am)Roksie Wrote: In either case what i have a problem With the bible, although i am sure all 3 monotheistic religions have the same concept. Either you are in or you are out, there is no in between.

False.
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