(July 2, 2018 at 7:27 pm)Kit Wrote:(July 2, 2018 at 7:23 pm)JairCrawford Wrote: I didn't intend for it to come across as apologetics, honestly. I just don't expect us to agree there.
Sometimes, it is not about finding a middle ground. Sometimes, something is so grotesque, in a way that does more harm to society than the superficial benefit it purports, that one of reason must speak against it. Religion is that thing of which I speak, that is so evil it only does more harm the more it exists despite the fact that there are "well-intentioned" believers.
That I can understand. There is great hypocrisy within the church right now. The church has a tendency to persecute and then cry that they are being persecuted. We can go on and on about what's been committed in God's name in history. It isn't pretty. Not to mention the psychological manipulation. And these things must be spoken out against, from both within and from out.