Christianity served another black eye by one of its own

[Skwim]

It's so difficult to think. I honestly don't blame you.

Ah c'mon. Just a little bit of credit. Pleeease.

 

[A Troubled Man]

Well, there's no shortage of incompetent judges. I'm not responsible for either (1) stupid people who claim to speak for God and (2) gullible or stupid people who believe it or (3) other stupid people who want to use stupid people who say stupid things to characterize an entire religion or my beliefs.

So, you don't think your beliefs are any more or less ridiculous than his? In other words, how you view his beliefs is how others may view your beliefs. Essentially, your view of his beliefs winds up being hypocrisy.

Just sayin...

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Ah c'mon. Just a little bit of credit. Pleeease.

Credit for what? I'm grateful for the entertainment.

If the thread suddenly loses its entertaining factor, I'll note it and move on.

As it stands, I have no idea what thoughtless dribble will be posted in response to me, so it's fun to check the new posts.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

So, you don't think your beliefs are any more or less ridiculous than his? In other words, how you view his beliefs is how others may view your beliefs. Essentially, your view of his beliefs winds up being hypocrisy.

Just sayin...

Man it must be fun to be so empty.

*And yes, this is why one must be taught how to think.*

I guess stupidity can be taught, too. I just can't bring myself that low.

 

[A Troubled Man]

Man it must be fun to be so empty.

*And yes, this is why one must be taught how to think.*

I guess stupidity can be taught, too. I just can't bring myself that low.

And yet, your beliefs are no less ridiculous than his, they come from the very same book, the one he believes to be true.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

And yet, your beliefs are no less ridiculous than his, they come from the very same book, the one he believes to be true.

Really? Which book do you think that my beliefs come from?

We're going to get to the depths of your intellectual responsibility here. The same thoughtlessness that places too much emphasis on this minister causes you to PRESUME to know my beliefs. Get a grip.

I know you don't pretend any claim to intelligence, but this recklessness is abysmal. You're distracted too easily - by a video and now by my "Christianity" of which you are OBVIOUSLY clueless. You haven't even paid any attention to my posts on this thread. Focus.

It's difficult, but I believe in you.

 

[A Troubled Man]

Really? Which book do you think that my beliefs come from?

If you're a Christian, then it should be the bible, yes?

We're going to get to the depths of your intellectual responsibility here. The same thoughtlessness that places too much emphasis on this minister causes you to PRESUME to know my beliefs. Get a grip.

Are you saying I'm unable to read the bible?

I know you don't pretend any claim to intelligence, but this recklessness is abysmal. You're distracted too easily - by a video and now by my "Christianity" of which you are OBVIOUSLY clueless. You haven't even paid any attention to my posts on this thread. Focus.

It's difficult, but I believe in you.

You can toss out all the personal insults you wish, but it still doesn't change the fact you and he are of the same religion, believe in the same god and the same holy book.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

If you're a Christian, then it should be the bible, yes?

Absolutely not.

Are you saying I'm unable to read the bible?

Sure you can read the Bible. Can you understand it? Probably not. You can't even properly interpret a YouTube video.

You can toss out all the personal insults you wish, but it still doesn't change the fact you and he are of the same religion, believe in the same god and the same holy book.

You are embarrassing yourself.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

You can toss out all the personal insults you wish, but it still doesn't change the fact you and he are of the same religion, believe in the same god and the same holy book.

I'm not insulting you. You just don't know how to take a compliment.

Yes, stupidity is a compliment, and I'll tell you why.

You've been presuming to associate ME and A WORLD RELIGION with the rantings OF A SINGLE MAN whom YOU DEMONIZE. Try to think about that. You associate me with this DEMON because you are so inept you cannot distinguish ONE MAN from AN ENTIRE GROUP. That, my friend, is stupid.

Your justification for this stupidity is that this DEMON man claims "Christianity" when "Christianity" does not claim him.

Yes, when you're pandering crap, I'll point that out to you. If you're too proud or foolish to change your ways, I could care less.

But it is YOU who are insulting ME. How would you like to be associated with such swine -- especially with the rationale behind it is unjust and pathetically irrational?

 

[CynthiaCypher]

Yeah, you're right. It's just a bunch of singular groups that claim to all rally around the same ideals and goals, but don't.

I don't think you understand that Christianity is an umbrella term. It includes even people like me and we don't all have the same ideals or goals.

 

[Skwim]

I don't think you understand that Christianity is an umbrella term. It includes even people like me and we don't all have the same ideals or goals.

I'm sure that ideals and goals vary from Christian to Christian, but in main I figure they pretty much revolve around . . . .

Ideals
Good Will
Opportunity
Resolution
Faith
Humility
Courage
Purity
Reverence
Sincerity
Temperance
Balance
Integrity
Beauty
Truth
Serenity
Adventure
Prayer
Self-Regard
Conviction
Endurance
Repentance
Thanksgiving
Joy
Love
Home
Friendship
Brotherhood
Peace
Justice
Mercy
Magnanimity
Equality
Freedom
Loyalty
Tolerance
Progress
Forgiveness
Trust

Goals
Serve god
Spiritual growth
inner peace
salvation​

 

[dawny0826]

N. C. Pastor Calls For Death of "Queers & Homosexuals"

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Nothing new of course, just a reminder that _______fill in the blank_________ .

I generally like people, but this guy is a freaking idiot. He has no business speaking on his political opinions in front of a congregation. Blatant hate like this in church makes me want to vomit and idiots like this reiterate my position on abstaining from attending church services.

 

[darkendless]

Seems as if Christians (and not olny Christians) are quite happy to talk about their religion as a whole until something or someone that reflects poorly upon thei beliefs comes up and they conveniently isolate the problem

 

[Quagmire]

Seems as if Christians (and not olny Christians) are quite happy to talk about their religion as a whole until something or someone that reflects poorly upon thei beliefs comes up and they conveniently isolate the problem

Really? Can you give any actual examples of Christians in here talking about Christianity as if it were some sort of unified entity?

Seems as if you preface your sentences with "seems as if" you can get away with making just about any wild generalization you like about just about anybody:

(observe) Seems as if all of the dog owners in here are named Bill.

 

[darkendless]

Really? Can you give any actual examples of Christians in here talking about Christianity as if it were some sort of unified entity?

Seems as if you preface your sentences with "seems as if" you can get away with making just about any wild generalization you like about just about anybody:

(observe) Seems as if all of the dog owners in here are named Bill.

Something that is highly amusing to me is christians describing what God would want and how God would guide them in particular situations. Example, God would not agree with rape. As that is a rather black and white issue there is no division. As soon as there is division, the party causing the disturbance is isolated and condemned. I would assume that using the same book would result in the same answers, guess i'm wrong.

This is not isolated to Christianity.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Really? Can you give any actual examples of Christians in here talking about Christianity as if it were some sort of unified entity?

Seems as if you preface your sentences with "seems as if" you can get away with making just about any wild generalization you like about just about anybody:

(observe) Seems as if all of the dog owners in here are named Bill.

Honest question here: why can't people think clearly about this issue?

 

[Quagmire]

Something that is highly amusing to me is christians describing what God would want and how God would guide them in particular situations. Example, God would not agree with rape. As that is a rather black and white issue there is no division. As soon as there is division, the party causing the disturbance is isolated and condemned. I would assume that using the same book would result in the same answers, guess i'm wrong.

This is not isolated to Christianity.

That's nice. What it isn't is an example, which is what I was asking for.

 

[Quagmire]

Honest question here: why can't people think clearly about this issue?

What fun would that be?

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Something that is highly amusing to me is christians describing what God would want and how God would guide them in particular situations. Example, God would not agree with rape. As that is a rather black and white issue there is no division. As soon as there is division, the party causing the disturbance is isolated and condemned. I would assume that using the same book would result in the same answers, guess i'm wrong.

This is not isolated to Christianity.

Your amusement is irrelevant to the issue.

This pastor does not represent "Christianity." Period.

There is simply no way to argue that this pastor represents anything more than his own views, and one or two of his lemmings.

This pastor is not a Christian leader by any stretch of the imagination. He is not a cardinal, a bishop, a Pope, dean of a college, or even a crossing guard for all we know.

This only thing significant about him is the YouTube video. To make a bigger deal out of it than that is OPENLY dishonest.

 

[darkendless]

Your amusement is irrelevant to the issue.

This pastor does not represent "Christianity." Period.

There is simply no way to argue that this pastor represents anything more than his own views, and one or two of his lemmings.

This pastor is not a Christian leader by any stretch of the imagination. He is not a cardinal, a bishop, a Pope, dean of a college, or even a crossing guard for all we know.

This only thing significant about him is the YouTube video. To make a bigger deal out of it than that is OPENLY dishonest.

My amusement is not relevent no, but it is what it is.

Question: what does represent christianity? Why this issue is an issue to me is because these people are all a part of chritianity until they do something like this.

What makes this man any less christian than any other christian?

What represents Christianity if not its followers, even the bad ones?