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Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
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Sun, 20 Apr 2003 17:35:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
Hi David -

In lugnet.general, David Schwanke writes:
No he was basically showing dont judge a book by its spiritual cover.

Snipped a good illustration :-)

Sorry if the post is now off topic.  Not sure how this would classify in
this setting.

I think it would be appropriate with followups set to lugnet.people (which
I've done to this message). It would also be appropriate in
lugnet.off-topic.debate, though from experience I seriously doubt you'd like
yourself after posting about your faith there ;-)

-Tim

I was, in fact asking this question because I don't approve of children
being dragged to church by their parents.  Religion (or absemce of) should
be a decision that we make alone, without the parental influence.  We all
know that people believe in what their parents believe 99,9% of the time.
This, to me, is a bad thing.  I'd wish that children couldn't go in any
religious building before a certain age so that they can choose fr
themselves when they are old enough to decide if they want to be part of
this or not.

By trying to teach a child something, you almost automatically force it to
them if they are in the proper environment.  So you could consider my
question as a rethorical blame.

Especially using LEGO braicks, a toy that children love, to illustrate your
opinion, this to me is a especially sad.

I just don't understand why religious people can't live there religion alone
for themselves, why they feel compell to harass others about what they feel,
how they see things...  If I was to act like that, all my posts would end
with my own beliefs:

God doesn't exist.  If he did, he'd be a real ass-hole letting all those
people suffer.

But if I did that, expressing my opinion, then I'd be accused to provoque.
To me, "Jesus loves you" and all that crap is provoquing, but when I dare
say so, I get flamed and accused of intolerance...

Terry



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  Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
 
(...) Wait a moment here...with the logic you're advocating you claim: Parents shouldn't drag their children into situations they may not be competent to decide for themselves. With such logic, you can also bring this argument to say that kids (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
 
(...) OK. I usually don't get into debate, but this isn't the place to talk about religous beleifs. I'm glad you have an opinion, but I for one, am 14 years old and have been an official member of my church for a year now. I don't have a problem (...) (21 years ago, 21-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: For some Lego is a religous experience. (Was: Re: Quantifying and Classifying the LEGO Community)
 
Hi David - (...) Snipped a good illustration :-) (...) I think it would be appropriate with followups set to lugnet.people (which I've done to this message). It would also be appropriate in lugnet.off-topic.debate, though from experience I seriously (...) (21 years ago, 20-Apr-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun.community)

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