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Re: The Brick Testament: A Family Stoned and a City Massacred
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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But to people who embrace the OT as a part of their religion, it isn’t a
joking matter. They base their lives around it, and don’t usually appreciate
it when people mock them for it. It isn’t very respectful or civil behavior
towards them.
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Kinda like the cartoon that ‘Fundie’ Christians love to trot out in their
newsletters--guy at funeral--‘Poor old athiest Joe, all dressed up with
nowhere to go’
Beyond that, when people take their own belief system so seriously, to the
detriment of other people’s ideas about what’s right and wrong (Robertson,
Limbaugh, etc.), then I’m sorry--they’re the ones responsible for the ‘poking
fun at’.
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Is this the secular version of “an eye for an eye”?
All Christians?
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start understanding that not everyone has to
march to the same drummer, and start accepting others, who in no way interfere
in other people’s lifestyles, for who they are.
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Any specific examples in mind? (he asked knowingly)
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I’m sorry but I’m a big believer in some sort of ‘prime directive’ where other
people’s lifestyle choices are concerned--what doesn’t impact on me doesn’t
concern me.
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Okay, someone from Vietnam comes to live in the US and continues to fry up cats
and dogs for meals. Any problem with that? (assuming that your pet isn’t a
part of the soup d’jour)
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Moreover, Christians who like to ‘talk down’ to non-Christians, like ‘those
that don’t believe that JC is the path to salvation are going to hell’ is the
epitome of arrogant presumption.
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Why is it more presumptuous to believe that than to believe that there is no God
and every Christian is a pathetic dupe?
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John 3:16 is fine for the Christian, not so much for
the Buddhist or even the orthodox Jew.
Anyway, not sure if any of this made any sense, but my Christianity is akin to
the anabaptists (iirc)--the house on the hill--set the example with all
aspects of your life and with everything you do, but don’t try to drag others
‘kicking and screaming’ into your fold.
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Uh, well, Dave, don’t know if you missed the memo on that or not, but that type
of evangelism went out of vogue with the end of the Inquisition:-)
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If people like what they see, they’ll see your
foundation. If they don’t like it, life goes on.
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God gives worth. Life without God, if examined honestly, is worthless.
JOHN
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