RE: Living in America's South...
June 7, 2016 at 11:37 am
(This post was last modified: June 7, 2016 at 11:38 am by Chad32.)
(June 7, 2016 at 11:24 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:Chad32 Wrote:Welcome. I'm from Alabama, so of course the town I live in has a dozen churches scattered around.
I've been working with Somali Bantu refugees (Muslims) since 2004 (almost done since for some reason they're leaving South Carolina). When they first arrived, one of the things they found astonishing was all the places of worship: why did we need so many?
Everyone has slightly different ideas on how to worship Jesus, so they made a dozen different churches. Tolerance of different beliefs is not a biblical teaching. That's why they invented the term heretic. A heretic just means fellow member of the same faith that doesn't agree with all of your views.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
