Thanks for the support, there, Sera Michele.
I am not confusing fundamentalists with extremists. What I am referring to is not the simple belief that the end of the world will come...
Okay, I admit it, that was mean. What can I say? It was late, I was tired, and for me this seemed like a no-brainer (my fault), so I was annoyed...
Let them talk all they want. That's fine with me. Just keep it our of our government. No one who believes that we are in the end times (with all...
Would it be too much to ask for people to stop pointing fingers that the other guy's religion, claiming that it is THIER extremists who are...
Alright, perhaps it's my mistake for thinking that you might have learned something about critical thinking and logic, but then again, you are...
My father in law has been treated for skin cancer several times in the last six years or so. He's still going strong. Still, I hope your hubby...
I'm sorry for your loss... I wish I could say something that would cheer you up.
I have always enjoyed the discussions/debates I've been a part of in these forums. Despite the way it appears at the moment, I have respect for...
Actually, no. Do you even read your bible? Or do you just trust whatever your spiritual leader says is in it? The ignorance of Christian doctrine...
And the gullible shall inherit the earth? I don't think so.
You ought to check out the philosophical works of William James (to my mind, the greatest philosopher to come out of the U.S.) - particularly...
Not according to Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." This would mean...
Yep. Here comes the dogma. Perhaps you can answer this little gem, then: WHich of these passages is the true word of god (and if both,...
Actually, no one gets into the afterlife except bodily. That's the whole point of the resurrection of the dead during Revelations. Which is why it...
As I have shown in previous arguments, god gave us free will so that he could force us (by action or by inaction) to beg him to take it back....
Actually the Hebrew word for the Holy Spirit, ruwach. Gramatically, it is female (perhaps the Catholics had it right when they started the whole...
And what a choice! "Love me OR suffer eternally in hell!" That's not a choice. That's what we free-thinking adults call "coercion." The threat...
A few decades ago, people burned thamselves alive in protest over the suffering of the Vietnamese people. They didn't scream, they hardly moved....
A firm believer in hell... Does it make you feel good to think of all those people suffering? Do you pull the wings off butterflies too (that's...
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