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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| Real religion comes from God. |
Unless you practise one of those religions without a god. Or is that not a real religion then?
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| In the material world, everything gets corrupted in time. And some hustlers manufacture their own religions just for material gain. |
Yours, which used to hustle people in airports and NASA parking lots, would never be one of those.
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| But there is no compelling reason to believe that God isn't real or relevant or interested in promoting various types of religion to attract different types of people. |
But there is no compelling reason to believe that Santa isn't real or relevant or interested in promoting various types of good behavior in little children.
Golly.
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| Scientists have been unable to logically explain or even describe the origin of life, consciousness, or the universe with their reductionist, mechanistic strategies despite their public posturings that there is no need to refer to a super-conscious supreme intelligence that's behind it all. |
Because you haven't read about the findings in these areas doesn't mean this is a true statement.
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| Their a priori dismissal of God from science has helped popularize atheism among many educated people. |
Trying to sell this false claim to another crowd? Science looks for natural causes just in the same way you look for a natural cause when your car doesn't start. You don't believe god had a direct hand in your car not starting, there's some Harry Potter woo woo keeping your car from starting.
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| I agree that people who misuse eligion for materialistic purposes are about the lowest people there are. But not all religion is bad. |
When you were hitting up people for cash in NASA parking lots, how much material purpose did you turn over to your religion's banker? |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: |
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None of "mindmetoo's" answers (in his last post) are either true or sincere, in my humble opinion.
He spews faithless hatred of God and religion based on skewed logic, false premises, false pride, and false propaganda he's gleaned from materialistic masters of imperfect empiric science.
I personally rely on spiritual authorities who purely present the original message of God for the deliverance of all fallen souls.
The essence of all real religion is to glorify and develop love for God. Those who are most envious of God promote atheistic propaganda, deride those who practice religion, and have little regard for the sanctity of all life. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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Save the Gnostics
2007 10 14
By Nathaniel Deutsch | nytimes.com
Mandeans are a small pre-Christian sect that view the John the Baptist as their savior. The religion combines some aspects of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Gnosticism. There are an estimated 100,000 Mandeans worldwide, mainly in Iraq and Iran 
Baptism is the most important rite.
The central rite of the Mandean cult is immersion in water, which is regarded as a symbol of life. The greater the number of ablutions performed the better. Mandeans must face the North Star during prayers. Mandeans are only allowed to marry other Mandeans in order to preserve pure bloodlines.
The United States didn�t set out to eradicate the Mandeans, one of the oldest, smallest and least understood of the many minorities in Iraq. This extinction in the making has simply been another unfortunate and entirely unintended consequence of our invasion of Iraq � though that will be of little comfort to the Mandeans, whose 2,000-year-old culture is in grave danger of disappearing from the face of the earth.
CONT'D ...
http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=2020 |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:48 am Post subject: |
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| Rteacher wrote: |
He spews faithless hatred of God and religion based on skewed logic, false premises, false pride, and false propaganda he's gleaned from materialistic masters of imperfect empiric science. |
Could you give me an example? |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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What's the use? It's not worth arguing over. It's just my impression, and the hatred is mainly reflected in the harsh tone of some of your writing.
( I'm also somewhat of a mind-reader ...) |
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