WHY DO PEOPLE TRY TO FORCE THEIR RELIGION ON OTHERS??

Hmmm........Well, it's been twelve(12) days since I asked realife that question.

booman2 wrote:

Hmmm........Well, it's been twelve(12) days since I asked realife that question.

Hey Boo

I am going to ask you two questions.... and answer one of them for you the way you would answer it ( I think).

This is a spectacular feat, so watch carefully.

Boo, do you believe that the Bible gives accurate, faithful and trustworthy history without error?

To which, I think, you would answer (here's where I step way out on a limb) "No, of course, I don't believe that the Bible gives accurate, faithful and trustworthy history without error."

So my second question is: Then why are you concerned about the outcome of a story which you believe did not happen?

Really, the only folks I've ever known to be concerned by some of the more violent passages in the Bible are folks who do believe that they really occurred.

If you don't think it even happened , what are you getting so worked up over?

So my second question is: Then why are you concerned about the outcome of a story which you believe did not happen?

Really, the only folks I've ever known to be concerned by some of the more violent passages in the Bible are folks who do believe that they really occurred.

If you don't think it even happened , what are you getting so worked up over?

real life wrote:

So my second question is: Then why are you concerned about the outcome of a story which you believe did not happen?

Really, the only folks I've ever known to be concerned by some of the more violent passages in the Bible are folks who do believe that they really occurred.

If you don't think it even happened , what are you getting so worked up over?

This is so elementary, an intelligent person shouldn't have to ask the question. Because the adolescent hatefulness and violence of the god of the bible is exemplary of those things which the adherents thereof admire. When a religion glorifies such things, whether or not they occurred, it shows only too clearly just how sick the belief set is.

If self-sacrifice and humility means to give up your common sense, no thank you! You're a good example of what's wrong with this world.

This is so elementary, an intelligent person shouldn't have to ask the question. Because the adolescent hatefulness and violence of the god of the bible is exemplary of those things which the adherents thereof admire. When a religion glorifies such things, whether or not they occurred, it shows only too clearly just how sick the belief set is.

Your lack of understanding of Christianity is only exceeded by your hostility towards it. Hardly an indicator of intelligent discourse
Living proof of the old line. "better to keep quiet and let people think you are an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt"

In order to accept your god, one must accept self-sacrifice and humility, then it's a sacrifice not worth a pence. The insurgence in Iraq "accept self-sacrifice and humility" too! They have left common sense and logic behind to accept their 'savior.' They believe they are martyrs for their god. You still don't get the picture - I presume.

cicerone imposter wrote:

In order to accept your god, one must accept self-sacrifice and humility, then it's a sacrifice not worth a pence. The insurgence in Iraq "accept self-sacrifice and humility" too! They have left common sense and logic behind to accept their 'savior.' They believe they are martyrs for their god. You still don't get the picture - I presume.

You mean I don't get your picture. While I will be the first to admit that much suffering has been brought forth in the name of God; it is man's flawed understanding that is usually at the root of the suffering.
The Bible and the Koran are not the same. They do not advocate the same things nor do they even point to the same God. The Koran and Islam points to the worship of the Arabic moon god (hence the crescent) and not the God seen as the creator and Father of all as in the Bible. Mohammed did not advocate the abolition of the pantheon of Arabic gods but to worship only one of those gods as supreme. Both Christianity and Islam are monotheistic but that is where the similarity ends.

I have noted time and again that in these fora, as soon as your criticism of someone's position begins to strike home, they first accuse you of hatred, anger--of some form of hositility--which is in fact a projection of their own reaction. This is usually followed by insults and sneers. In the case of the good loving christian, GM, it took him exactly one sentence to get down to the insult.

real life wrote:

So my second question is: Then why are you concerned about the outcome of a story which you believe did not happen?

Really, the only folks I've ever known to be concerned by some of the more violent passages in the Bible are folks who do believe that they really occurred.

If you don't think it even happened , what are you getting so worked up over?

This is so elementary, an intelligent person shouldn't have to ask the question. Because the adolescent hatefulness and violence of the god of the bible is exemplary of those things which the adherents thereof admire. When a religion glorifies such things, whether or not they occurred, it shows only too clearly just how sick the belief set is.

Oh sorry, did I use the same language and tone you usually do ?

(Was that just a stone going through your glass house?)

Your criticism of Christian opinion is so simplistic and devoid of rationality that I have to take a few seconds to stop laughing so I can reply. Hardly striking home.

Between you and CI, I don't know who provides me with the most entertainment.

Gos; Here is where you miss the point. Nominal christianity has proved to be no different than any other religion. The question you should be answering is why the bible should be regarded as the Word of God in spite of its misapplication.