Post #266,685
9/5/06 9:33:21 AM
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Interesting
Yet when placed in a setting where the majority culture proved hostile to my faith and beliefs ... So praying to the "wrong" diety is hostile. Yup. That about sums it up. ===
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Post #266,688
9/5/06 10:00:11 AM
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Yeah.
Sometimes I despair of Humanity.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Post #266,692
9/5/06 10:26:45 AM
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And just think, he was "one of the good ones"
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Post #266,703
9/5/06 11:12:15 AM
9/5/06 11:12:56 AM
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I heard an analogy about
Christians.
If you think of a church as a sort of hospital for sick/hurt souls, and you'll be less outraged at the kind of people you find there.
I have a different problem with the 'healers' altogether.
Imric's Tips for Living
- Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
- Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
- Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.
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Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
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Edited by imric
Sept. 5, 2006, 11:12:56 AM EDT
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Post #266,713
9/5/06 12:23:49 PM
9/5/06 12:25:34 PM
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Yep... didn't find this guy too impressive
There was a story on CBC Radio One last year by a guy that went down to the SE to hang out with some of the evangelicals down there. At one point, he recorded the pastor he was staying with as "it's surprising -- here's one of the people that don't believe, and I'm not afraid to leave my children or my wife with him or anything!" (Paraphrase; it was a while back that I heard the story.)
'Pears that they think that anyone who's not one of them is a potential pedophile/rapist/angel of darkness.
This guy seemed to think that it was better (as in, more polite) to not stand during the Buddhist prayers and go to the football game then to constantly turn down the invitations from his neighbours to go see some football. They must've thought that he was an elitist exclusionary tool... and they'd've been right.
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Edited by jake123
Sept. 5, 2006, 12:25:34 PM EDT
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Post #266,715
9/5/06 12:31:32 PM
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That's *exactly* what they think
'Pears that they think that anyone who's not one of them is a potential pedophile/rapist/angel of darkness. The(ir) "One True God[tm]" is the one source of morality. If you don't believe in Him (the right way and based on the right translation of what He said) then what restrains you from the most wicked acts of depravity? This suggests of course that if that person has a crisis of faith they will go all Lord of the Flies on you. ===
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Post #266,718
9/5/06 12:45:57 PM
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Yeah, and considering the extent to which they're in the
current power structure helps to explain why The Rest Of The West is looking fairly askance at the US these days...
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Post #266,720
9/5/06 12:53:31 PM
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Not really, the leadership panders to them during the
election cycle then ignores them the rest of the time.
thanx,
bill
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