The other woman.... Is it possible that the faith is based on a lack of historic understanding? Who the hell know's where our derivation lies? We're just as confused as they were. Evolution is the best answer for me and creatioist belief and science both break down, concerning our beginnings...
And what of snakes and the formation of a hell for "heathens"? I can bring up a myriad of injustices against man and contradictions to boot. In one verse it says God is wrath, in another, God is mercy. If there is mercy, why slaughter whole groups of people? I have allot of qualms with the...
The fact that they call themselves christian for one. Yes the fat lady is not in line with most mainstream ideals but, she still pushes the idea of using scare tactics to convert "sinners"... That's the mainstream aspect of it. The not so mainstream is her absolute tyranny and obsession with...
And when you speak of eastern philosophies, yes, the Hindus have many gods and they predate christianity and judaism by 1000 years or more... So by this statement alone, who is right and who is wrong? It's all here-say on any level...
Yes they do... Is the baptist wing not mainstream? Is Catholicism not mainstream? These two are bent on preaching hell and damnation on non believers. So it very much is a part of the mainstream...
The buddhists really don't have gods so much as interpretations of human attributes. The belief entails that all gods are extensions of one's own mind or, what you perceive as a god is nothing more than a person with a buddha nature. The christian dogma seems more sinister... Comparing the...
I can admit I'm nuts, it's the majority of the rest of the 7 and some odd billion crazies that have a problem admitting it. I like to call this planet, are you ready for it... Loony bin earth.
That was an enlightened way to put it... That's as far as I'll go with that statement, I still don't see it as true for me. I was raised on the bible for a time and I can say, I wasn't convinced. But this does not entail that I'm bad in any way, I'm just a student of a different way.
I don't think you grasp the meaning of what I'm alluding to. Check out Alan Watts on the meaning of words. I understand that without them, sciences and what not would be useless, that's a given.