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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 12:40 pm
(June 12, 2011 at 12:20 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Good point RYFT, including the fact that many christians consider it in vogue to say "Im not religious, I just have a personal relationship with Christ and live my life according to the bible" ...at the same time, the same people will say; "I am not interested in the religion of atheism. Religion is man made.. Christ is the creator."
Exxaaaacctly.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when
called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 12:42 pm
I hope it's a sign that it's deteriorating. One day, religion WILL die. It all depends on how smart the people are.
Trudging through endless religion one step at a time.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 12:57 pm
With the incredible growth of Atheism (most are ex-Christians I would bet) I just can't see this silly superstition lastly much longer. It's hard to get through to a Christian. We all know prayer does not work, there has even been a new study by the AHJ which proves it, but if you go to a bookstore there are lots of books on prayer and how it works. How can anyone delude themselves likethis? I think deep down they know it does not work but just won't admit it.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 12:59 pm
I've said it before but the more religious numbers decline, the more extreme and zealous the remaining numbers will be. But let's also not ignore the fact that the newspaper calls itself, "Crossroads of the Conservative Community," so I think they're just trying to play the part of the persecuted Christian.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 2:08 pm
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(June 12, 2011 at 11:21 am)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Do I have to say that Islam is a much greater threat to reason and freedom than Christianity currently is? Islam needs to go, but they have made sure that NOBODY in their jurisdiction is able to make a speech of reasons for freedom without paying HEAVY consequences. These mother fuckers just recently tortured to death a 10 year old boy..SCUM..enemies of science and freedom! Disgusting tyrants!
Laws are the enemy of freedom.
And many of them annoy me. Highly.
Oh well, I agree with the rest, and they do make laws 
(June 12, 2011 at 11:44 am)LastPoet Wrote: To be honest, I think reasoning won't do. Ultimately and much like any human progress, the ending of islam (at least the most fundamentalist ones) must be ended by war. War is the ultimate equalizer. Don't get me wrong, war is a horrid business, but when the shepherds have all the control over the sheep, sweet words won't do.
War without extermination cannot end an ideal. And even after all of those currently practicing are eliminated... an ideal is everyones: and anyone can have it again.
Ultimately, religious wars amuse me. Do carry on.
(June 12, 2011 at 12:42 pm)Nitsuj Wrote: I hope it's a sign that it's deteriorating. One day, religion WILL die. It all depends on how smart the people are.
The day 'religion dies' is the day we have become the Borg collective.
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Is Christianity dead? Nope. It's dying in Europe though, which is wonderful. For me at least.
"Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds."
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When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy. They told me I didn't understand the assignment. I told them they didn't understand life.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Is christianity dying? unfortunately not.
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 3:00 pm
Not yet dead but on the way........nothing lasts for ever.
 A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Unfortunately not,
Although, I have definitely noticed a drop here in Scotland in the number of religious folk. But there is still a preacher every Saturday who yells out verses of the Bible in my city centre for hours on end. Last time I passed him I asked him to quiet down as he was breaching my peace and being inconsiderate to others.
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RE: Is Christianity dead?
June 12, 2011 at 4:08 pm
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2011 at 8:43 pm by Rayaan.)
Is Christianity dead? Of course not.
However, as many of you would agree, it's very likely that all religions will wither as time goes on and possibly even disappear from the earth one day (including Islam). But, no one knows when that's going to happen.
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