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Christianity: Conservative or Socialist?
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PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
I thought it WAS your choice.....
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
you do realize that a higher amount of education doesn't guarantee a person makes the right choices, right?......
Topspin
Verified User
your anti education too. LOFL
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
no, I'm opposed to your posts....I have never seen a correlation between your posts and education.....
apple0154
MEOW
WOW! Did you see all those tall, blond wives!! Now that's a religion I could get into.
So which religion is realistic in your opinion?
Rationalist
Hail Voltaire
Not Mormonism, which originated in one man's head (buried in a hat, I might add). Joseph Smith was a notorious liar as well as a sick fuck. His first "plural wife" was 14 years old.
Not Catholicism because it strikes me as being rather pagan, e.g. transubstantiation, a doctrine that originated in ancient Babylon. On the other hand, most of the Catholics whom I know do not believe in such rubbish.
Buddhism is somewhat appealing, but seems rather self-absorbed. (I have no problem with it, however).
Sikhism was invented for political/cultural reasons (to unite Hindus and Muslims) and for that reason I don't find it very credible. I've had dinner at the Sikh temple in Vancouver a couple times, though, and found them to be very agreeable.
I believe Protestant Christianity makes the most sense, provided the Bible isn't interpreted 100% literally (swallowing poison, stoning adulterers, etc). Some parts are allegorical, and, from my perspective, many of the laws which we'd regard as rather extreme by today's standards were written to contrast living under the law with living under grace.
Lowaicue
英語在香港
Most religious leaders are realistic. They know that they need only to preach for a couple of days a week to become incredibly rich. They know it, they do it. Very realistic.
Serious answer:
Your question doesn't work. All religions depend upon the worship of the supernatural.
The supernatural does not and cannot exist and therefore is not real.
Reigion cannot be realistc.
Philosophies can.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
you are basing that on what, thirteen tele-evangelists?......
The supernatural "cannot" exist? Absolutes like that are as ridiculous as Scientology.
Minister of Truth
Practically Perfect
I think Tom Cruise would object, Damo. 
Lowaicue
英語在香港
Give me some examples of the actual existence of the supernatural. (I think the word itself might help you)
Lowaicue
英語在香港
Goodness! Are there 13 of them??
I'm sure he would, however Tom Cruise is a lunatic who dances on couches.I think Tom Cruise would object, Damo.
This is as silly as saying that science "proves" there is no God. It's flat bad reasoning. Seriously, when the word itself precludes such "testing" it's beyond idiocy to say it therefore "cannot" exist.
Lowaicue
英語在香港
This is as silly as saying that science "proves" there is no God. It's flat bad reasoning. Seriously, when the word itself precludes such "testing" it's beyond idiocy to say it therefore "cannot" exist.
Does the word itself preclude such testing? Really?
Care to explain or give the etymology?
Tried a dictionary?
OK. I'll do it for you: Super = above or beyond. Natural = nature or adj modifying noun .
Therefore 'Beyond nature'. Well, call me a Republican but that means, to me, it does not exist since 'nature' means everything included in the known universe(s).
I think you need to help me here, sir.
Just a straight response would suffice.