RE: Am I nuts? I like Jesus..:)
July 22, 2017 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: July 22, 2017 at 12:19 pm by Astonished.)
(July 22, 2017 at 12:01 pm)Dropship Wrote:(July 22, 2017 at 12:12 am)Astonished Wrote: No need for shields, just something to scrape off the bottom of our shoes.
Which bit of this needs scraping off?-
"Love one another, feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the destitute, tend the sick, visit the prisoners, look after the poor"-Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 12:30, John 13:34, Matt 25:37-40)
That 'Jesus of Nazareth', 'Mark', 'John', 'Matt' part. The identity of the speaker is irrelevant. The content of an idea itself is the only significant aspect. Your incapability to realize that is your own failure. And none of them (not that they existed) were the originators of any of those ideas anyway so what exactly is the point you're trying to make, if any? The fact that it's a typical religious idea to place the importance on the existence of a speaker is damning enough about its failures to actually instill good ideas, but the ones that go downhill from there (not questioning things, ostracism of out-group members, etc.) just make you look like a terrible or simply disturbed person for defending the mythology behind it all. Stop putting people on pedestals and liberate yourself.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
