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What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
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What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
Science is based on evidence, facts, and theories supported by evidence and fact.

So what exactly gives one religion the leg to stand on and say "this religion is true, the rest are false", when there is no evidence or fact to back up their claim?
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
GOD'S WORD, HEATHEN! 
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
Our prophet can beat up your prophet
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
(November 14, 2016 at 10:10 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Our prophet can beat up your prophet

Don't fux with Jesus, bro

Matthew 21:12
Quote:Then Jesus entered the temple[a] and drove out all who were selling and buying in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
(November 14, 2016 at 10:01 pm)Casca Wrote: Science is based on evidence, facts, and theories supported by evidence and fact.

So what exactly gives one religion the leg to stand on and say "this religion is true, the rest are false", when there is no evidence or fact to back up their claim?

 By and large, I don't we see too much of that 'out in the open' these days.  I think some denoms keep such criticisms in house, such as the one one of my sisses attends.  They get an occasional anti JW or anto Mormon sermon, but I don't think their float in the county fair parade would ever highlight such a viewpoint.

Recently the Omaha World Herald reported an outlying rural school district had some kind of assembly for their students about drunk driving (it's bad, m'kay) and afterwards apparently some of the folks who put on the program passed out some anti-Mormon tracts.  It garnered considerable negative attention.

And as for deeming a specific schism in the Christer orbit a 'false religion', it's pretty damn easy to do.

If they aren't handling timber rattlers or swilling polonium tea, or do allow menstruating females in the building on Sunday, I can guaranty, they ain't doin' it right.

I suppose it's even more fun with a schism like the Mormons to prove their falsity; they have quite a propensity of ignoring and/or changing virtually all their key (and minor) doctrines and then having had a brain fart along the way in regards to publishing for general distribution the incriminating paper trail they themselves generated on their faithlessness and perfidy.

For most other faiths, even if they do claim Biblical Literalism and Inerrancy, the ingrained habit of scripture cherry picking and Bible buffet does make pointing out the missed verse or dogmatic contradiction perhaps a little less stinging as a rebuke.
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
(November 14, 2016 at 10:01 pm)Casca Wrote: Science is based on evidence, facts, and theories supported by evidence and fact.

So what exactly gives one religion the leg to stand on and say "this religion is true, the rest are false", when there is no evidence or fact to back up their claim?

Arrogance.
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
here's another one to trip up even the most hard core faithful:

of course they are gung-ho on the 10 Commandments, but point out when Jesus was asked to list the ones to follow, He omitted 4 of them. Ever hear a Christer talk about the 6 approved by Christ Commandments ?? Hell no.

And then if you ask about the one Jesus muffed . . . .
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
Group delusional disorder with aspects of both grandeur and persecution.
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
It's the same thing as thinking our opinions/ideologies are the right ones over the others. That's not to say we shouldn't respect others' opinions, but our opinions wouldn't be our opinion if we didn't think they were right lol. Religion is the same way. Obviously I think Christianity is right over Judaism or Islam, etc... if I didn't think that, then I wouldn't be Christian.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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RE: What gives a religion the right to claim their fantasy is correct and the rest false?
I don't know how it doesn't bother more people. I think discovering all the other religions would be the wake up call for me if I was raised that way.
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