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  • cornnifer
    cornnifer Posts: 2,130
    hippiemom wrote:

    I just don't believe that it's true, that's all.


    THIS is very respectable. As a Christian i have absolutely no problem with people saying "I just don't believe it". Cool. i totally respect that.

    Its when people dig and dig to come up with contradictions and discrepancies that aren't really there etc. that make me shake my head.
    "When all your friends and sedatives mean well but make it worse... better find yourself a place to level out."
  • deadnothingbetter
    deadnothingbetter Posts: 2,202
    cornnifer wrote:
    THIS is very respectable. As a Christian i have absolutely no problem with people saying "I just don't believe it". Cool. i totally respect that.

    Its when people dig and dig to come up with contradictions and discrepancies that aren't really there etc. that make me shake my head.
    exactly!
    This isn't the land of opportunity, it's the land of competition.
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    deadnothingbetter wrote:
    exactly!
    Fo real!
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Yea, but I believe that Christianity is evil, and it's part of my religion that I should rid the world of Christianity. You can't really argue with my faith, can you?
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • keeponrockin
    keeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    cornnifer wrote:
    THIS is very respectable. As a Christian i have absolutely no problem with people saying "I just don't believe it". Cool. i totally respect that.

    Its when people dig and dig to come up with contradictions and discrepancies that aren't really there etc. that make me shake my head.
    I agree. However when Christians (not you) start pushing their faith, THEN I start to question some of the logic. If its a 'live and let live' attitude, I have no issues.
    Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    keeponrockin wrote:
    I agree. However when Christians (not you) start pushing their faith, THEN I start to question some of the logic. If its a 'live and let live' attitude, I have no issues.
    ...
    That's how I am. i don't care what religion others follow... it's not for me. Not right now.
    I run into Christians who tell me it is their Duty to 'Spread The Gospel'... which I have no problem with as long as they quit trying to convince me that Jesus is the One Way to God. I went down that street already and didn't like what I saw... it was definately the Wrong Way for me to find the God I'm looking for.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Yea, but I believe that Christianity is evil, and it's part of my religion that I should rid the world of Christianity. You can't really argue with my faith, can you?
    What you should do is not judge people immediately. Give them a chance to explain themselves. If they start acting like a jerk about it, then go off on them :)
    IMHO, it makes a person look like a complete idiot/ jerk when they feel the need to argue over religious stuff, whether they are for it, or against it.
    There are a lot of "christians" out there who feel the need to say crap like "God hates fags!" "Burn in hell!"...That stuff is so opposite of what the Bible preaches, it is almost laughable. It is a horrible testimony, and it has given real Christians a very bad reputation.
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    ForestBrain wrote:
    What you should do is not judge people immediately. Give them a chance to explain themselves. If they start acting like a jerk about it, then go off on them :)
    IMHO, it makes a person look like a complete idiot/ jerk when they feel the need to argue over religious stuff, whether they are for it, or against it.
    There are a lot of "christians" out there who feel the need to say crap like "God hates fags!" "Burn in hell!"...That stuff is so opposite of what the Bible preaches, it is almost laughable. It is a horrible testimony, and it has given real Christians a very bad reputation.

    I thought Christianity was all about Sexual Magick
    I necessarily have the passion for writing this, and you have the passion for condemning me; both of us are equally fools, equally the toys of destiny. Your nature is to do harm, mine is to love truth, and to make it public in spite of you. - Voltaire
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    I do not know how to respond to that.
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    I wish I could find a raised eyebrow emocon.
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.
  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    ForestBrain wrote:
    What you should do is not judge people immediately. Give them a chance to explain themselves. If they start acting like a jerk about it, then go off on them :)
    IMHO, it makes a person look like a complete idiot/ jerk when they feel the need to argue over religious stuff, whether they are for it, or against it.
    There are a lot of "christians" out there who feel the need to say crap like "God hates fags!" "Burn in hell!"...That stuff is so opposite of what the Bible preaches, it is almost laughable. It is a horrible testimony, and it has given real Christians a very bad reputation.
    ...
    The problem is... how does one tell who is a 'Real Christian' and who is a 'Fake Christian'? What is the criteria?
    Is the Christian that takes on the battle against Abortion Good or Bad? How about the one that protests War? The Death Penalty? The Ten Commandments in a Court House? Prayer in Public School? Who is Good and who is Bad? Who is a 'Real Christian' and who is not?
    ...
    And who applies the criteria? Wouldn't that act go against Christian thought... therefore, making themselves 'Bad Christians'?
    That's how all Christians get lumped together.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • ForestBrain
    ForestBrain Posts: 460
    ^ A person who protests abortion is not a bad person, lol. Doesn't matter if they are a Christian or don't believe there is a god.
    Just...don't judge a person based on ONE thing about them. It isn't right.
    A good example to me and Ahnimus...or however you spell his name.
    Now, the first few posts of his that I read gave me the impression that he was the type of person that I cannot stand at all. I don't really like him that much, but it isn't my life's goal to prove him wrong or call him names. I don't know him. He posts on a message board for Pete's sake...so I am not going to assume things about him and judge him. I don't even do that with my sisters, who I am extremely close to. You just don't know the motives behind what people do until you get to know them, and even then, you are not in their head.
    IMO, before arguing with a person, or protesting that person, you should try to talk to them and understand them a little bit before labeling them.
    When life gives you lemons, throw them at somebody.

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