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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 26, 2024 at 6:32 pm
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 2:09 am
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(June 12, 2024 at 11:03 pm)Prycejosh1987 Wrote: Mormons arent Christians. Saying Jesus and the devil are eternal brothers is like projecting mortal kombat. Its not true. But i suppose it makes a great bed time story.
They are christian in some sense but in another sense, it is a very modified form of christianity.
All these religions are based on judaism, which is the original religion. I call it Judaism version 1.0 and the various sects based on it would be sub-versions.
Christianity would be Judaism v2.0
Islam is Judaism v3.0
Mormonism is Judaism v4.0
Each of these religions spawns off sects. They are based on small disagreements.
All religions are bed time stories. There is a better word for it. They are called Just-so stories. They contain wild claims that can't be verified.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-so_story
For example: the claim that Mary was magically impregnated by the jewish god to give birth to Jesus.
For example: the claim that Zacharias had a visit from an angel named Gabriel. The angel tells him he is going to have a boy which is suppose to be very special. Then, Zacharias does not believe the angel so the angel mutes him for a while.
The boy in question is going to be John the Baptist. The story is somewhat similar to the story of an angel visiting Joseph, the father of Jesus.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 7:59 am
(June 12, 2024 at 11:03 pm)Prycejosh1987 Wrote: Mormons arent Christians.
^^^ Says the True Christian, got it.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 8:56 am
Lots of people think Catholics aren't either...too many saints to pray to.
MEH.
It's all just a different flavor of the same crap.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 9:11 am
Only my beliefs are valid. All others are bogus, and those that follow those bogus beliefs, are going to hell.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 11:11 am
(June 27, 2024 at 8:56 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Lots of people think Catholics aren't either...too many saints to pray to.
MEH.
It's all just a different flavor of the same crap.
The Protestants seem happy to count Catholics and Mormons when they're bragging that there are 2.4 billion Christians in the world.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 2:38 pm
(June 27, 2024 at 11:11 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: (June 27, 2024 at 8:56 am)arewethereyet Wrote: Lots of people think Catholics aren't either...too many saints to pray to.
MEH.
It's all just a different flavor of the same crap.
The Protestants seem happy to count Catholics and Mormons when they're bragging that there are 2.4 billion Christians in the world.
Yeah, but they consider them the bastard step children.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 3:53 pm
(June 27, 2024 at 2:38 pm)brewer Wrote: (June 27, 2024 at 11:11 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: The Protestants seem happy to count Catholics and Mormons when they're bragging that there are 2.4 billion Christians in the world.
Yeah, but they consider them the bastard step children.
Which they kind of are....but actually Catholics might not be Christians, in the traditional sense. Mormons are something different. I had a chance to get baptized as a Mormon a few years back and ended up not going through with it.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 27, 2024 at 4:40 pm
(June 27, 2024 at 3:53 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (June 27, 2024 at 2:38 pm)brewer Wrote: Yeah, but they consider them the bastard step children.
Which they kind of are....but actually Catholics might not be Christians, in the traditional sense. Mormons are something different. I had a chance to get baptized as a Mormon a few years back and ended up not going through with it.
No Christian franchise is more traditionally Christian than Catholicism.
If the Mormons are still aware of you, they may very well baptize you after you die.
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RE: Stupid things religious people say
June 29, 2024 at 11:44 am
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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