ISIS would agree there shouldn't be Christians on RallyPoint. Is it right to strike one religion for the sins of another?
http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants/384980/
The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths. It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse. Here’s what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.
Wear your cross, carry your cross, I don't care. I just don't want to hear about about how you were saved again today.
http://forward.com/articles/214824/christian-idaho-woman-converts-jewish-neighbor-/
By the same token, anyone can call themselves Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jainist, Jew or Atheist... It does not mean that they are or adhere to the faith they claim.
We, as a nation, tend to place all other religions based on the the behavior of the worst that claim it, regardless of how their actions correlate to the words of their holy books. Yet, we forgive nearly all who claim to have done misdeeds in the name of their Christian God refusing to condemn Christianity a whole for the actions of the one. As a nation, we are hypocrites.
It is not that I hate Christians, I don't. I hate assholes, and there are a lot that claim to be Christians and use that faith to justify being a drag on our society and culture. When I hear someone try to justify their actions by calling upon their faith, any faith, I don't think "all people of this faith are a$$hats", I look at the person in front of me and think "This person is an embarrassment to the human race."
But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: -Ephesians 4:15
Having said that I am a little frustrated over the idea tgT the Christian should be silent while the gay agenda gets to put there "foot on my neck!"
You state: "We, as a nation, tend to place all other religions based on the the behavior of the worst that claim it, regardless of how their actions correlate to the words of their holy books."
I have to agree with you; and that is unfortunate that people in general have to be that way.
A question I would pose is this; is it necessary to condemn a religion by the actions of those that claim it but do not follow the teachings of their holy books or to condemn the people that are not following the teachings? Just as; should we condemn all Muslims for the acts of ISIS and the Taliban? Should we condemn all Germans for the actions of Hitler? Should all Americans be condemned for the actions of their government?
http://www.ted.com/talks/philip_zimbardo_on_the_psychology_of_evil?language=en
Do we condemn the the individual or the culture that allows/encourages the individual to commit the atrocity?
That is a deeply personal question, and the answer has a lot to do with the soul of the questioner... and my answer is yes.
Philip Zimbardo knows how easy it is for nice people to turn bad. In this talk, he shares insights and graphic unseen photos from the Abu Ghraib trials. Then he talks about the flip side: how easy it is to be a hero, and how we can rise to the challenge.
People read too much in the Koran (which is written by the devil himself, I believe) and you have ISIS when such things do occur.
NO I AM NOT COMPARING A LOVING GOD & JESUS TO SOMEONE LIKE ALLAH AND THE PEDOPHILE (I meant Prophet) Muhammad.
Killing Kids - Deuteronomy 21:21
Shellfish - Leviticus 11:9-12
Shaving - Leviticus 19:27
Blended Fabrics - Leviticus 19:19
Slavery - Exodus 12:43,
Exodus 21:1
Exodus 21:20
Exodus 21:32
Leviticus 22:10
Leviticus 25:44
Colossians 3:22
Polygamy - 2 Samuel 12:8 (god talking to David through Nathan)
Exodus 21:10
Deuteronomy 21:15-17
Kill Witches - Exodus 22:18
Scape goats - Leviticus 16:10
Kill ppl working on the Sabbath - Exodus 31:15
Leave you family - Matthew 10:34-39 (and the alleged jesus said these things)
Do you really believe purportedly christian conservative state government "religious freedom law" movement that claims to authorize discrimination against LGBT people is really going to stop with these groups which in the absence of federal and state legal protection have been historically discriminated against and targeted for assassination in our own country ( google LGBT stonewall killings ) . . . or do you see beyond immediate public relations smoke screen into the future where christian conservatives require the painting of religious identifying logos on personal residences and businesses and the wearing of religious identifying logos on both adults and childrens clothes . . . to facilitate religious discrimination . . . and return to nation state facilitated genocide . . . ghettos, dispossession, rounding up, transport, concentration, labor, and liquidation camps?
Let us not forget five million other people tortured and murdered by the Nazis including homosexuals, priests, gypsies, people with mental or physical disabilities, communists, trade unionists, political adversaries, etc . . .
I'm deeply concerned about return of religious / racial / behavioral intolerance / discrimination in our country.
Warmest Regards, Sandy
o http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/holocaust-non-jewish-victims_n_6555604.html
LTC Stephen C. CMDCM Gene Treants LCDR Rabbi Jaron Matlow
The 5 Million Non-Jewish People Killed By The Nazis
Six million Jewish people were murdered during the genocide in Europe in the years leading up to 1945, and the Jews are rightly remembered as the group that Adolf Hitler's Nazi party most savagely per
Here is my belief. Religion in itself is not bad. Its when people use religion against other people that it no longer becomes religion but a control mechanism to gain.
There are countless examples through History how religion has been used as a tool to control people, populations, and nations. Not one religion is free from this either as all have been used in one way or another to harm, hurt, take over and or control humans.
But in the same instance all religions have been used as a sign of hope, a way of healing, a support of faith in humanity. It is what ever it needs to be for people who use it for good or evil.
I believe in God. Do i understand God, no. Do I think anyone can understand God, no. Why? Because human beings do not have the capacity to think in anywhere the same level as God, or a being you may wish to represent a divine figure.
If God is the Alpha and Omega, as stated in the bible, that mean all things are one to him. He is the beginning and the end of time. So "TIME" exists to God all at once. Now as a human, comprehend that...
Take everything you can remember, Everything you know and everything you think you are going to learn and Jam that into a new born babies head at once. That is a lot of info. Now multiply that by 7 Billion (number of People on earth about now may be off by a billion). That is a lot more info. Then Multiply that by about 10 Billion (thats an estimate of the amount of people that have come and gone since we shall say 1AD). Oh and lets toss in another 50 billion as that is how many more humans will inhabit the earth for the next 500 years. And boom.. all in a newborn baby.. all those memory's all at once. And by the way.. that is just memories, I am not talking emotions, dreams, realities or anything else.
Still comprehend??
Yes that is what I believe. God is everything, everywhere and all things.
Religion is the human way to understand God.
Humans can not understand God.
This is just my belief. No proof exists but its my rational thought on God and religion.
Valid points, I am believe in God but I believe true faith does not come by force but by independent belief. I advocate others to consider. Excluding and forcing religion to me are the same and both are done out of hate. Hate leads to the perversion of good will.
I've noticed this probably since about mid 90's when I started to pay attention
Need I go on? It is not just the left but also the right and not just Christians.
You should try telling that to the people attempting to force teaching creationism in our public schools.
But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -Hebrews 11:6
Additionally, given that no one can be forced to believe in a given religion (and therefore the "horrible punishment"), such threat of punishment does not force anyone to do anything for the sake of a religion. Anything a self-professed Christian does for the sole sake of his/her beliefs (to avoid the Hell they believe in), is a direct result of their free choice to believe in it in the first place. Now bringing up the issue of omniscience changes the free will discussion a bit, but neither of you brought it up and so it's irrelevant to my points.
SGT Anthony Rossi