I agree. The trolls are getting out of hand. Like I'm in this one thread asking legitimate questions about Christianity and expressing my thoughts on an issue, and people are calling me names because I don't agree with their views. Name-calling and personal attacks shouldn't be tolerated.
I agree. The trolls are getting out of hand. Like I'm in this one thread asking legitimate questions about Christianity and expressing my thoughts on an issue, and people are calling me names because I don't agree with their views. Name-calling and personal attacks shouldn't be tolerated.
Are you referring to the post where you and George Carlin called my faith "bullshit"?
Look, son, you catch a lot more flies with honey than vinegar, take it from an adult (most of whom you consider "idiots", remember?). If you want to be taken seriously and participate in legitimate discussion, you're best advised to lose the shrill diatribes first. I don't expect anyone to agree with everything I say, in fact, you can disagree with all that I say, and I'm fine with it. But, if you lead, basically, with "anyone who is a Christian is an imbecile", then you look foolish and I, and others, get our backs up.
So, welcome to the site, and I hope you can grow to appreciate all the Patriots on the site, including the Christians.
No, I was referring to my questions about Christianity and the things about it that make no sense to me, and my question about why no one else seems to think it's weird to go to an Arab festival and not expect trouble when you preach fire and brimstone. Yes, I do believe that Christianity is "bullshit" and that most people older than me don't have a clue about how the real world works, but these were statements, not personal attacks. From thereon, you and everyone else in the thread began calling me a troll. That's what I call "name-calling" and is a little immature. It would be different if you said you thought my ideas were "bullshit" in return.
Comprende?
Oh, don't worry about that. I criticize everything irrelevant to real life, like today's church. I don't think it has a place in today's modern society anymore, but people should still have the freedom to worship whatever they want. In all reality, I have the utmost respect for Jesus. He had a solid message of love for your fellow man; he befriended the scum of society like tax collectors and prostitutes; he literally owned nothing except for the clothes on his back; and he traveled from place to place spreading the word of God.
Now what I think is that modern religion has gone completely backwards. Churches have elaborate edifices, they take in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, they have more political clout than most politicians, they think that the idea of spreading the word of God is guilt-tripping people into believing that their own desires are hindering their lives when the exact opposite is true (like they say, "no sex until marriage," when studies show that people who're more sexually active tend to be happier, and most married people become bored of sex with their partners after a couple years).
I'm sorry, but modern Christianity is backwards. Just so you know, Jesus was not the perfect son of God. He drank, had sexual relationships with Mary Magdalene, and encouraged people to rebel against their religion (the Pharisees) and Rome. So if you look at it, modern religion has become the very Pharisees that Jesus spoke out against.
Take a good look at the world. Everything revolves around money. The government is corrupt. Everyone is out for themselves. So yes, I know exactly how the world works. There's no sugar-coating this.
Could write for days on this stuff. Obviously, can't. Good luck, son.
He's an atheist Flash, anything you explain to him goes in one ear and out the other. He's young and knows it all, remember? Regardless of what he says, don't give him place, it's that easy.
...but let's not call each other names....You sicken me, hypocrite.
...but let's not call each other names....
Well, however you want to spin it, if it makes you feel better. For my part I think the thread has wandered off topic and needs to be brought back around...it's not doing any good to have it hijacked into a discussion about Christianity. If you find people on a thread talking about a subject about which you have objections, exercise your right to participate in a different thread. There's no rule that says you have to get yourself caught up in a topic with which you disagree. Change the channel! You have a right to believe what you like, and so do others. Want your views respected? Respect the views of others. That's known as "maturity".I'm actually quoting scripture here. Jesus called the Pharisees "hypocrites" because of their holier-than-thou attitude and love of money.
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