Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
I know you're not close to zen mode. LOL
Why do Christians proselytize?
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ZenMode
Well-known member
It's hard to tell the difference between someone who is prideful, and very dedicated to something, vs an actual troll.
When they are both liars and pricks the equation changes.
I see you met BP and Dutch.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Or someone who is in zen mode...not that you would know in your present state of mind. LOL
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
It was a thing associated with her religion.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
^ Good illustration of how you do not necessarily need to follow a deity in order to engage your spiritual aspects.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
I would say that the search for knowledge is Cypress's most important "everything."
Hubris and disparagement towards other intellectual and religious traditions doesn't seem very Zen.
You can't ignore the irony of an anti-religious poster adopting practices that came out of the Mahayana Buddhist religious tradition.
I have posted dozens of threads about Taoism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism and the atheists on this board never jump into those threads to mock those religions. They instead studiously patrol the board for any thread about Christianity to register their complaints and mockery about that specific religion.
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AProudLefty
Black Kitty Ain't Happy
Well yeah but she complained. What stopped her from taking it off? Nobody has to know. Just you and few others.
ThatOwlWoman
Leftist Vermin
According to what I've heard on this forum, pointing out any sort of hypocrisy in the self-proclaimed Christian members -- or in very public Christians -- means you hate all Christians.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
True, but Zenless is also an example of a spiritually intolerant douchebag.
His comments were no better than someone ridiculing Jews for wearing a yarmulke or a Muslim woman for her hijab.
IMO, his declaration of atheism was an excuse, not an appeal for spiritual tolerance.
According to what I've heard on this forum, pointing out any sort of hypocrisy in the self-proclaimed Christian members -- or in very public Christians -- means you hate all Christians.
Haha!
I have respect for a lot of the genuine ethical tenets of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, etc. so it strikes me as an insult to truth and integrity when a fake Christian or fake Buddhist ignore the tenets of their supposed faith tradition.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
Thanks. I have never asserted the superiority of Christianity, atheism, Judaism, or Hinduism. I maintain there is something to be learned from a knowledge of all of them.
It seems to me that the intelligent and curious person can learn something from the atheism of Friedrich Nietzsche, the Christianity of Augustine, the Daoism of Zhuangzi.
BidenPresident
Verified User
As Picasso said, I don't search, I find.
Work on reading comprehension and respond to what I actually said, not to what you wish I said.
BidenPresident
Verified User
As early as 1936 he quoted him in an article entitled ‘A Trend in English Draughtsmanship’ – “I do not seek,” said Picasso, “I find”.’
https://www.tate.org.uk/tate-etc/issue-24-spring-2012/i-do-not-seek-picasso-i-find
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
According to what I've heard on this forum, pointing out any sort of hypocrisy in the self-proclaimed Christian members -- or in very public Christians -- means you hate all Christians.
Only according to fucking morons like the Evangelistas or the Westboro Baptist idiots. Such assholes use religion (or lack thereof) as an excuse to hate others.
Claiming all Christians are like the Westboro Baptist douchebags is as flawed as claiming all atheists are violent members of Antifa like these idiots:
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/c...-prison-for-roles-in-plot-to-bomb-ohio-bridge
Three Men Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Plot to Bomb Ohio Bridge
