What is wrong with Christians?
Ohhhhhh I see, when Christ said turn the other cheek, he didn't really mean it.
Well then by all means, keeping branding people and killing people as usual. Christ forbid you all stop now!
Other thing, I reported the news exactly as reported on the AP wire. I didn't single "naughty, naughty Christian" out purposely. Blame that on the Associated Press Wire.RK, I wasn't making the point that anyone in this thread was wrong, I was making the point that religion in itself is wrong when its focus turns to hatred to another for believing differently.
This part is directed to everyone - not just RK:
If I was a Hindu, would I even be allowed in this conversation? After all, Hindu's believe in many gods - not just one - and yet you don't see them killing anyone in the news.
Now, if I was God sitting up on a cloud, those are the people I would save and I would forgive them, as they didn't believe in me, but they still managed to follow the message I delivered about being good to one another.
This is exactly the reason I hate religion, as it is always about Muslims, Jews, and Christians proving they are right and all other religions are wrong, and they site verse after verse to prove their point.
You've read the book attested to your faith, now do you honestly think this is what your God wants - for you to bicker endlessly over how his words should be interpreted?
He says don't kill, be good to one another, help those who need help ... or do these three things not appear in the books of your faith?
Considering man's animosity toward man, the greatest proof of God's love is that he hasn't yet decided to cull everyone on the planet and start over, as we are often nothing more than a warlike bickering people who are more concerned in how the other person believes in God then we are in our own actions.
Religion is a methodology to bring a person closer to ascension, not to determine those who are worthy, as that's determined by God himself, or did we go to war with him too, considering him, perhaps, too weak to judge his own flock?
And did you ever once think that many people turn away from God because they don't want to become a part of the endless war between the religions? Because if you didn't, then you you will never understand why I have strayed away from my faith.
And before someone tells me it's because I have lost touch with God, I will strongly disagree, as I think I see him clearer now than ever before, and I can see him shaking his head at what a mess we have become, and wondering why we fail to understand that he just wants us all to get along.
Anymore, religions are lapel pins worn by many that are well-versed, but not well-learned, and it deeply saddens me.
Keep them coming Mikey. You've been reported for name calling again. Just don't understand the rules of debate I see. Just like with TKI, though I love all the I hate Make Money emails I'll receive, you are not worth the click to delete them when I'm through. Good evening Mike. And as a Christian might say, God Bless and peace be with you.
Debate? This was no debate. You come in here with a completely twisted story and you call it a debate. What a laugh.
Do you know what is wrong with the world and the US? These guys. You'll probably recognize some of them RKHenry.And therein lies the point I was trying to make ... There is one God, so why so many different religions? Does anyone actually believe God favors Muslims, Christians, Jews, or Hindus?
I'm betting my afterlife God cares more about what we did than who we served during our lifetime.
And truly ... if God did favor any religion over the rest, would he not smite the believers of other religions, make them disappear, or
point his people toward the right one?
Religions were created by man ... not God ... and I know this as Adam and Eve did not attend a church.
I'm not against religion, I'm just against the ultimate comedy where it needs to divide us. It's almost as if we are all little kids bullying each other for our father's attention. Does that make sense to anyone?
If we all believe in God, then where is the reasoning that we should bicker and fight? Shouldn't we, instead, focus on the commonality that's our greatest strength? We all say we believe in God, so why can't we all believe in our own way?
And as for Christians killing Muslims and Muslims killing Christians (in the past and in the present), were those men doing God's work, and would we want to shame our own religions by claiming they were? If anything, we should be screaming out *together* against such acts and not blame the religions for their occurrence, but the actual men who perpetrated them.
After all, the major religions are ruled over by God, and saying any specific religion killed a person is placing blood on God's hands. Now I ask, is that where it belongs?
I'm not trying to provoke anyone here, I'm trying to get people to think. To stop the hatred among people, we need to start by breaking down the differences and accepting one another regardless of our beliefs.
A house is built by laying down one brick and adding many more. I'm laying down the first brick and asking the question ... are you willing to lay the next brick? or is the hatred too strong to let go of it?
And to Mark Money, thanks for pointing out about the Buddhists/Hindu war. I was uncertain on that one, and I'm always willing to learn more (and have my mistakes pointed out). Sadly, it goes further to prove religion has strayed far from its purpose of uniting people together.If I could post this everywhere, I would ... as it contains a lot of wisdom.
If I could post this everywhere, I would ... as it contains a lot of wisdom.
Thank You Yoshi! Sometimes people loose sight of whats important!!!
Doh! The thread broke!
Either we finally got the message right, or perhaps someone up above thinks we've debated it enough.
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