(July 31, 2017 at 10:21 am)Astonished Wrote:(July 31, 2017 at 9:58 am)vorlon13 Wrote: (emphasis mine)
I'm a big fan of religions competing in the marketplace of ideas. Tell me how your faith is less fucked up than the Mormons, for instance, and how you cherry pick scriptures 28% less than those slacker Methodists !!!
Yeah, thing is, they do, and every last one of them completely misses the fucking point. So many different denominations (and even non-Xtian faiths) have films made promoting theirs and shitting on alternate interpretations;, alternative religions and of course non-believers. On those occasions where it's not blatant hate speech, it's just inane and piss-poor apologetics.
So, just lie down and take it? Or does anyone have a potential solution to propose?
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Is it really propaganda or hate speech if a given religion in fact prohibits their bishops from marrying, for instance, and another denomination correctly points to Scripture acknowledging married bishops ??
It wouldn't necessarily be hate motivating the disclosure, but perhaps just a desire to see more fealty to the bible and more folks eligible for Salvation.
I'd say all Christians are entitled to know which denominations are 'doing it right' and which ones aren't
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.