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Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Slacker, Oct 15, 2019.

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  1. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I could be wrong about the whole thing. But the particular wrinkle we’re talking about is related
    to internal logic. It doesn’t makes sense that Jesus did what he did because he thought he was *a* way.
     
    Alma, Dec 17, 2020
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  2. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Then why do so many people who say they have "faith," seem so unwilling to consider anything except what they want to believe?

    My observation: What you are calling doubt is usually an exercise in finding ways to convince themselves of ways to cling to what they want to believe. Sincere doubt never enters into those peoples' worlds. That would entail looking at reality and questioning why they are insisting on believing things that don't empirically fit with what they can observe.
     
    Last edited: Dec 18, 2020
    The Big Ragu, Dec 18, 2020
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    I think faith is meant to be a struggle, not a certainty.

    Many folks disagree.
     
    Last edited: Dec 18, 2020
    Azrael, Dec 18, 2020
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  4. Splendid Splinter

    Splendid Splinter Well-Known Member

    my connection to my Christian roots is a bit frayed but what has always baffled me is this double talk that the Bible is the holy text, the text to end all others and one to essentially rule them all, correct? If so, how come say for example, Leviticus and his claims of homosexuality being sinful are enforced so much, but you do not see Christians protesting bowl haircuts, pig skin, tattoos or clothes with mixed fabrics? What about the multiple definitions of marriage in the bible? Why are we supposed to think that only one is correct?

    Basically, why and how are people suddenly allowed to choose what is sin and what is more sinful? Why does this 'cherry-picking' sort of thing even exist?
     
    Splendid Splinter, Dec 18, 2020
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  5. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Dec 18, 2020
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  6. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Jesus fulfills the ceremonial law.

    As it relates to homosexuality, it falls under the same heading as adultery.
     
    Alma, Dec 18, 2020
    #750
  7. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    How does it relate to cherry picking the one issue you think you can answer, but ignoring all the other issues raised by that post?
     
    Mngwa, Dec 18, 2020
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  8. lakefront

    lakefront Well-Known Member

    Then why did god make the gays?
     
    lakefront, Dec 18, 2020
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  9. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    What do you care? You think "powerful men" wrote the Bible to subjugate the masses.
     
    Alma, Dec 18, 2020
    #753
  10. Mngwa

    Mngwa Well-Known Member

    That's what organized religion is.
     
    Mngwa, Dec 18, 2020
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  11. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Did God write the Bible with pen or pencil?
     
    Songbird, Dec 18, 2020
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  12. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    I know, right? Whatta woild we live in, whatta woild.
     
    Alma, Dec 18, 2020
    #756
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