Religious Debate Room the Third

[schnabels_grandson]

Maybe if you make a new topic titled something like "religious debate IV - the philosophies"  It will get going like old times.

[liszmaninopin]

Maybe, but we need staunch defenders and relentless attackers (all in a friendly way, of course) to make the debate interesting.

[eddie92099]

Ed, I might suggest that if you want to change somebody's mind, calling them names probably doesn't help much.

I don't want to change his mind. I want to call him a muppet,
Ed

[liszmaninopin]

Why a muppet?  I hardly ever call names, actually.  If I want to insult someone, which I rarely do, I will use some adjective; "cretin" being a personal favorite.

[liszmaninopin]

Actually, I take that back; I meant "cretinous."  Just "cretin" is a noun.

[eddie92099]

Why a muppet?

I thought it was apt. Not too rude,
Ed

[liszmaninopin]

It's kind of clever, actually.  Maybe I'll remember that.  I think this topic has become more of a "ramble on about anything" topic than a real debate.

[chopiabin]

Rambling rocks my world all night long.

[liszmaninopin]

It can be amusing.  Actually, the kind of rambling I enjoy most is when we just add posts back and forth, almost like a real time conversation.

[cziffra]

um...ohh, i know

someone told me that religions start wars!  that's rubbish!  wars are NEVER about religion, they're always about land!  jus tpeople wanting land

religion can ONLY ever do good in the world, it could never cause a war!

[liszmaninopin]

You're joking.......I hope?

[eddie92099]

someone told me that religions start wars!  that's rubbish!  wars are NEVER about religion, they're always about land!  jus tpeople wanting land

religion can ONLY ever do good in the world, it could never cause a war!

And the Pope is Jewish,
Ed

[liszmaninopin]

It's been quite a while since we heard any theists in this thread.

[schnabels_grandson]

lol.  The guy's obviously yanking your chains.  He must know that religion has caused many, many wars and that the churches always support one side or the other.  The catholic church supported Hitler.  Plus there's the crusades.  Tell me they weren't exclusively about religion.  

[eddie92099]

The catholic church supported Hitler.

It wasn't quite that simple, before we all go on anti-Catholic rants ,
Ed

[schnabels_grandson]

Your right, it wasn't that simple, but for an organisation that is supposed to follow Christ, they sure don't do a good job of being "no part of the world".

[liszmaninopin]

Nor do most other Christians.

[chopiabin]

What ever happened to Twinkles and Wired?

*Listening to AFI - have found a new favorite band*

[liszmaninopin]

I've wondered that myself; I almost miss refuting their arguments...almost.  (just kidding, by the way)

[DAwud7]

I just barely read threw this and i have never ceen someone try too prove a point with the word Guess in his staements so many times. Reffering too twinkles.

[chopiabin]

I think he took self-imposed exile rather than be looked upon as an indiot in the end.

[schnabels_grandson]

That's unfortunate because he looks like an idiot anyway.

[Antnee]

Maybe it wouyld be interesting to check this site out...
It has an amazing collection of Near Death Experience accounts. Proof..........or maybe just the people's brain's going haywire before they go?

www.nderf.org

()-Tony-()

[rob47]

Twinkelfingers, you don't need to tell me all about who's this God and who that is. I'm a complete Roman Catholic--I go to mass, pray the rosary, blah blah... of course I don't take it seriously, I'm only forced! We have to pray more than 10 times a day in our school. more than 10 times! And it's true.

What i was saying was, "God loves us so much that he gave up his only begotten son." Okay, nice fiction.

Gave up--doesn't that mean that Jesus died? and that giving up, meaning, he'll perish and vanish forever? wouldn't it be meaningless if God "gave up" his only son Jesus, and Jesus would just rejoin him afterwards, with the same power and might as before. it's like only a play they were performing. Jesus "dies" in the play to show us that God the Father really loves us. but in the back stage he's completely healthy.

this is an interesting point which people should think about 

[kelly_kelly]

um...ohh, i know

someone told me that religions start wars!  that's rubbish!  wars are NEVER about religion, they're always about land!  jus tpeople wanting land

religion can ONLY ever do good in the world, it could never cause a war!

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How long have you been living on this planet?