Just out of curiosity, which denomination do you belong to? I'm Catholic.
Like I said, we should try to follow their example. Obviously there are some situations that warrant violence. Besides, we're laypeople; we're...
One of the vows taken by Franciscan monks is to never carry a weapon of any kind. And back in the 12th century, this was incredibly dangerous....
The poster is making an argument, and a seriously flawed one. If he chooses to do it in the form of a song, then that's his business. But it's...
Pride. As Joe said, "wanting to stand beside God..." except he meant it in a much more positive way than I do.
"I thought the son of god did that" Maybe you really don't know anything about Christianity. There is only one God, but God exists in three...
I think you are well-informed. I think you're intentionally and knowingly leaving out parts you'd rather gloss over. Such as God Himself...
If there is no truth, then it is false that God doesn't exist.
Yes, religion is very, very hard, but there's nothing wrong with doubt. In fact, it is essential to building real faith. You'll figure it out...
You're absolutely right. The way I see it, philosophers are bound by certain rules like logic, dialectic, etc. Philosophers (well... good...
"Allies do not have to be equal." I suppose you're right. But the fact still remains that if I anger God, He could destroy me or do far worse....
Actually, the debate surrounding the traditional, Cartesian self is a very rich and interesting topic. Hume wrote that there is no way to...
"Fear that God is more powerful that you? Sounds like and ego trip. I would take comfort that in the fact that you have a strogn ally." It's...
"Speaking in tongues doesn't require effort? Um, the first recievers of God's spirit spent time in earnest prayer, locked away in a room before it...
"I have attended churches of almost every denomenation and if you want to see people excited about God, searching for God, living for God go to a...
I'm sorry, that was harsh. I don't think your a fundamentalist wacko. I'm tolerant of most Christian denominations, but the Pentecostals really...
"LOL, so then every single person, including Peter himself, was a fundamentalist wacko, when they ALL recieved the holy spirit during Pentecost...
"And the point on the holy spirit is that Catholic church doesn't teach the fundamentals of recieving it." As opposed to, let me guess, the...
Of course the Church in North America teaches about baptism and the Holy Ghost, no matter how many wacko fundamentalists say otherwise. Baptism...
I do not understand why there is so much hostility against the Papacy here. No laws will be passed forbidding people from practicing Buddhism or...
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