It's frustrating how some people involved in religious debates always fill their rebuttals with biblical verses that no one can understand. What happened to being original and developing your own logical thought process to defend your beliefs? Hiding behind a book doesn't make you credible...
It's frustrating how some people involved in religious debates always fill their rebuttals with biblical verses that no one can understand. What happened to being original and developing your own logical thought process to defend your beliefs?
Such great posts so far... seriously. I'm trying to present this as a logical question and I've received a ton of insight and have altered the original post to reflect this.
Yep. Just kinda makes me wonder. I know the story behind it is he's the son of god and all, but still - that doesn't automatically make him white.
I used to be a Catholic and I remember sitting in church staring at portraits wondering this same exact thing. Hehe.
Just wondering.
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I understand that this stems from the Renaissance... but still - if different cultures have different ideas of what Jesus looked like, and different cultures have different interpretations of bibles/religious texts... then how can we be certain of what...
I study what interests me, I pay attention to the world around me, and I respect others for what they believe in.
If you think that someone is a "God basher" because they don't believe in what you believe and they question the validity of your religion, then you are very wrong.