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and forgettable

robco wrote:

and forgettable

Nice reference!

Depeche Mode:

Enjoy the Silence

Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world

Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand
Oh my little girl

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable

All I ever wanted
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm

Enjoy the silence

It was just explained to you.

Eventually Christianity will become a historical footnote when it is finally absorbed into Scientology.

user wrote:

Eventually Christianity will become a historical footnote when it is finally absorbed into Scientology.

Did you mean a "comma"?

To me, a non-christian, I say that if you worship Jesus Christ as part of your religion you are Christian.  It's that simple.

If you say that a certain sect or a certain brand isn't you are splitting hairs.

Wars have begun that way, the age-old reason of, "you pray wrong."

Look at Iraq.  Shiites and Sunnis killing each other over what?  Very small differences in their religion.  But here in the US we call them both Muslims.

It's no different.

And, res, you can argue all you want, you can site any passage of any encyclopedia and you can quote the Bible until you are blue in the face and it won't change my opinion.

Have a nice day.

Pariah wrote:

Christianity has always been an aggressive political movement more than anything.
The religious aspects are just a small part of the larger movement.

I disagree, I think it started with devout followers that, with time, grew into large numbers and acquired political influence.

mo' ron wrote:

Daddyo wrote:

Pariah wrote:

Christianity has always been an aggressive political movement more than anything.
The religious aspects are just a small part of the larger movement.

I disagree, I think it started with devout followers that, with time, grew into large numbers and acquired political influence.

I disagree. There's no reason for someone to pretend to be a god or form a religion and gain followers, unless they are demented or have other political goals.

Romanus eunt Domus!

i tend to think of the peace loving, turn the other cheek, do unto others... folk as fundies, and the rest are evangelicals/extremists.

i personally hop on one foot while worshiping the sandal.

Daddyo wrote:

Ribtorus wrote:

There's no reason for someone to pretend to be a god or form a religion

I agree with this statement.
Jesus did neither of these.

That's not a statement, that's a partial phrase clipped out of the rest of his post.

Here's a full statement: Jesus did neither of these because he never existed.

A practical example of the meaning of Christianity;

The Pope says, "...nothing positive comes from Iraq, torn apart by continual slaughter as the civil population flees."

"Nothing positive" is a pretty unambiguous characterisation.

So, with his presumed special link to the disciples and to god, are christians to accept his claim, and are good catholics bound to it, even unoficially? Or is it just so much boiler plate lamentation that may be dismissed at some timely junction?