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The Bible and slavery
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RE: The Bible and slavery
(July 19, 2011 at 12:39 am)Nick_A Wrote: FNM

What is naive is to believe that anyone who rejects Christianity just doesn't seem to understand it. I'm sick and tired of Christians saying that if people truly understood Christianity, they wouldn't reject it. The fact is that this is just another delusion that Christians live under. People do understand and reject your religion. Get over it.

It even gets worse. I don't think you know what Christianity is so it is impossible to either accept or reject it. You are rejecting aspects of Christendom which isn't the issue and a great deal of it should be rejected.

Of course, I have come to expect nothing less from true believers. Would it help if I told you told you I was raised in a Christian church? Of course not, because since I have rejected it, they obviously weren't true Christians. Or perhaps I didn't study it hard enough? Doesn't really matter what I think though, because you will convince yourself of any scenario as longs as it keeps you thinking Christianity can't be rejected based on a complete understanding of it.

Nick_A Wrote:No, Humanity needs forms of sacred art that serve to awaken humanity to its unnatural psychological attachment to the shadows on the wall in Plato's Cave.

If this was actually true then there would be no reason for people to worship such 'art' and it wouldn't be a religion. You're giving Christianity another unearned characteristic.

Nick_A Wrote:The Bible is able to read you so serves this purpose.

Not sure what you meant by this, but the bible is just a book, not an intelligent entity.

Nick_A Wrote:No. The logical result of denying what the essence of religion offers is what allows humanity to kill on one day and cure on the next without batting an eye.

Which gets back to the argument that what you call the 'essence of religion' does not actually require religion to acquire. If this is actually true, then what allows the religious to kill?

Nick_A Wrote:The only reason subjective morality exists that justifies killing is because of humanity's loss of the experience of objective morality. This loss is normal for life in Plato's Cave. The purpose of the essence of religion is to awaken to the human condition

If the purpose of religion is to awaken to the human condition then I would say Christianity is a collossal failure. It preaches false origins of this condition and gives ridiculous advice on what to do about it.

Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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The Bible and slavery - by everythingafter - July 14, 2011 at 9:44 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Magic Pudding - July 14, 2011 at 9:56 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Shell B - July 14, 2011 at 11:51 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by BethK - July 16, 2011 at 6:43 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 14, 2011 at 11:57 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 15, 2011 at 8:53 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Koldaramor - July 15, 2011 at 4:31 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 16, 2011 at 5:49 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Doubting Thomas - July 15, 2011 at 6:17 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 16, 2011 at 5:53 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 16, 2011 at 6:31 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 16, 2011 at 8:05 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by BloodyHeretic - July 16, 2011 at 7:23 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 16, 2011 at 7:27 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 16, 2011 at 8:08 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 16, 2011 at 8:10 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 17, 2011 at 5:13 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by BloodyHeretic - July 16, 2011 at 8:38 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 16, 2011 at 9:02 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 16, 2011 at 11:32 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 17, 2011 at 2:24 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 17, 2011 at 4:57 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 17, 2011 at 5:11 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 17, 2011 at 9:34 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 17, 2011 at 9:57 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by reverendjeremiah - July 17, 2011 at 9:07 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Cinjin - July 17, 2011 at 9:55 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 17, 2011 at 9:02 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 17, 2011 at 9:49 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 17, 2011 at 10:15 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 17, 2011 at 9:58 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Minimalist - July 17, 2011 at 10:05 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 17, 2011 at 10:07 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 17, 2011 at 10:19 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 17, 2011 at 10:28 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 18, 2011 at 7:57 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Cinjin - July 18, 2011 at 1:24 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Judas BentHer - July 17, 2011 at 10:48 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 17, 2011 at 11:07 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Judas BentHer - July 18, 2011 at 12:54 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 18, 2011 at 1:04 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Judas BentHer - July 18, 2011 at 11:31 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 18, 2011 at 1:08 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 18, 2011 at 1:07 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 18, 2011 at 1:10 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 18, 2011 at 1:52 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by The Grand Nudger - July 18, 2011 at 7:53 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 18, 2011 at 8:52 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 18, 2011 at 11:23 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 18, 2011 at 11:35 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 18, 2011 at 11:47 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Nick_A - July 19, 2011 at 12:39 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Faith No More - July 19, 2011 at 12:59 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 18, 2011 at 9:02 pm
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 19, 2011 at 12:05 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by coffeeveritas - July 19, 2011 at 12:28 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 19, 2011 at 12:45 am
RE: The Bible and slavery - by Epimethean - July 19, 2011 at 9:02 am

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