Stereotyping & Religion

Hey, we finally got a subject that has a lot of thought and replies to it.

I kind of like the way JSC described it in the first line. Grab your wallet with both hands and run like crazy in the opposite direction. Most of these super religious are so>>>

Jedd wrote: [quote]How does he know how it ends?

Belief in God is necessary for good to prevail. Our whole being is grounded in reward vs punishment and those two ends of the spectrum influence behaviour. Speaking for myself, in all honest>>>

Jedd the eradication of Christian and any organized religion in general would also mean the gradual extinction of the principles of human dignity. If we cherish what is distinctive about Western civilization then whatever our religious conviction we shoul>>>

Here it is..... the quote I was thinking about. Google would probably tell more, but no time at the present.

Robert Jastrow (self-proclaimed agnostic): "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story [of the big-bang] en>>>

but, given that it's human nature to rely on ourselves and our own ingenuity, in some ways it takes more strength to put faith in something unseen than to tackle the world on your own merits. I certainly never considered myself as someone that was weak>>>

I would certainly agree. It wasn't until my chemistry education in college that I started to really question some of the things being taught. A lot of "scientific" explanation doesn't add up. Quite a few in the scientific community are saying the s>>>

[quote]Jedd wrote: [Of course this is explained away with the old, "well....(sigh) god works in mysterious ways". Hardly an explanation at all.[/quote]

Who owes you an explanation? God? Christians? There are countless things in the universe that>>>

Jedd wrote: [quote]Heaven the carrot and hell is the stick. There are other cultures, where, not to put too finer point on it, getting bent over is the norm. Asia for instance, North Korea particularly, the old Warsaw pact region, Rumania is known>>>

Roofguy wrote: [quote]Mike H wrote: [quote]Tim,

I think it comes down to one thing. If your heart has truly been convinced that God is real is Christ paid the ultimate price for you, then the depth of your ineptitude, retchedness and undes>>>

Roofguy wrote: [quote]CIAK,

The new fangled contemporary churches where the congregation stands up and claps, bounces around, etc, is ok...just not ok for me. .

LOL You just described my church. New Pointe Community Church with roots as>>>

CIAK,

I agree that no denomination or branch of a denominal has a right to call their style the right style. But, I do have a right to call my style of church the right style for me. What is right for me is that church is a solemn, reserved, respectful,>>>

I have to say this is one of the reasons I like the RCS. Because we get this type of conversation going . That being said here is my take on this subject as I see it now. I reject the idea that any religion has any right to monopolize access to the holy,>>>

Hi Roofguy,

My first post was to your question.

The way he acts speaks so loud, I can not hear a word he says.

My next post was to the way the topic is evolving.>>>

Lefty wrote: [quote]Hi,

You find what you look for.

Sometimes. But if I'm looking for a Chevy at the Ford dealership, I won't find what I'm looking for. Does that mean you theory is blown, or does it mean that some people are lo>>>

Hi JSC,

When they set out to on the path of acumalation of dollars, then both would be successful.

The only way I keep it straight is to leave it at that.

Now if you ask about loneliness. One may be unsucessful at evading loniness. This may be to the>>>