RE: Respecting Christian family and friends
December 12, 2014 at 6:50 am
(This post was last modified: December 12, 2014 at 7:15 am by watchamadoodle.)
(December 11, 2014 at 10:16 pm)whateverist Wrote: From the perspective of Judaism, Christianity suffers from premature ejaculation. Sure, sure the messiah is coming but this crazy, Jewish carpenter is not the one. Christians are jews who got excited too easily.
Notice how almost all of history can be explained in terms of human sexuality. Remarkable, really.
Flexibility vs. rigidity?
(December 11, 2014 at 11:24 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: ...I think you're conflating issues. There's no guarantee that the kids will end up Catholics. My mother won the Jew argument, and here I am...an atheist.
I agree rigidity doesn't always win, but it only needs to increase the probability.
On the other hand, Buddhism seems to be a flexible religion, but it has successfully competed against other religions.