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Mississippi Governor Proclaims Confederate Heritage Month
- Thread starter Wandering Monk
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I suppose that to fundies with a simpleMooooo
Welcome to the socialist enclave, Brother Rev.
binary understanding of things, being
not a conservative means being a leftist.
This makes discussion difficult.
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Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Jesus was brilliant. He handled the Pharisees and Romans with great finesse. He was sort of a smart ***. When I reread the Gospels a few years ago (and I highly encourage everyone to read or reread them - they aren't a hard read and it didn't take that long) I was really struck by how Jesus' words were so few and yet so strong. I guess somewhere along the way, I had bought into the idea of a meek and mild Jesus, and He really wasn't like that in my opinion.
Ignatius A
Active Member
That's up to you.
Do you think he'd approve of celebrating
Confederate heritage, warts & all?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I rather doubt it but I don't think Jesus cares much about politics one way or the other.
Pogo
Well-Known Member
They may not all be leftists, but
Survey: Atheists, Agnostics Know More About Religion Than Religious
Rather uninvolved in morality, eh.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Anyone who fights for slavery is ****. Honoring a "heritage" that existed due to throwing a *****fit to preserveslavery is misguided at best.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
Not really but He never seemed to care about politics one way or the other. Now POLITICIANS differ.
Ignatius A
Active Member
First it's NPR. Laughable. Even 25 year employees of NPR know that NPR has lost the confidence of the American people. Next so what? It's not as if the knowledge atheists of agnostics any good. Most often their interpretation of Scripture is selective. I especially like when they imply loving people means letting people do whatever they like without a word of correction. That's my all time favorite.
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Two reasons, one is that they used to be religious and the better one understands a religion the more likely one is to drop it. That is why in biblical historians so often become atheists. Atheists did not become atheists on a whim. Or because they "hate God". It is usually due to following logic and reason and realizing that one cannot force one to believe the self contradictory.
Second, self defense. When one is attacked by the religious one has to know their flaws to protect oneself from them.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
That's why Thomas Paine published Common Sense anonymously. He knew people would dismiss it as the words of a blasphemer.
Ignatius A
Active Member
You imagine politics deals with morality?
Politics is often about (not always) ethics & morality.
A government that celebrates a history of enslaving
humans & violent treason is such a case.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber
Actually that's usually atheists who started out theists.
There are atheists who are atheists because they weren't really brought up with religion. Studies have not found this group to share in the same levels of logic and reason that apostate atheists are known for.
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
OK. Look, I live in Ohio and as I've said before, one reason I LOVE it is because it played a big role in the Underground Railroad. I also love that it is a former Union state.
Pogo
Well-Known Member
The source though you no doubt will dismiss it as well.
Who Knows What About Religion
The Pew Forum’s religious knowledge survey included 32 questions about various aspects of religion: the Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Mormonism, world
www.pewresearch.org
Subduction Zone
Veteran Member
Then perhaps the answer might be more self defense than anything else. Understanding the flaws in the reasoning of those that attack can be very useful. Which is probably why western atheists are better informed about Christianity than any other religion. For example in the US the odds of a Hindu claiming that they are "damned" by their religion, or whatever their equivalent is, would not have almost no threat of violence behind it since the Hindu's are an even smaller minority.