Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
attofishpi wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:20 am
I have friends that are spiritual in some way and also don't like the term God. I truly think US evangelism has tainted the entire concept, so many people are turning away from the term 'God' and certainly from Christianity in droves because of their stupidity and bigotry.
I sometimes shudder a little when I admit to people that I am Christian.
I do appreciate truly good-hearted Christians and the work they do in caring for others.
Wow that seems to be so nice of 'you', "lacewing". Thank 'you' for sharing with 'us' just how nice 'you' really are.
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
I just don't like the ones who try to speak as/for God because that is something entirely self-serving, bordering on creepy.
Do you, however, like the ones who continually CLAIM;
'There is NO one truth'?
Are the ones who 'try to' speak as/for KNOWING thee Truth, or as/for God, by CLAIMING the above, also being entirely self-serving, and bordering on creepy, as well? Or, is it DIFFERENT when this is being spoken about?
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
That completely denies the connectivity we are all naturally/divinely part of and pretends that a select godly few are in a position to tell others what to do and what awaits them if they don't. What a load of dishonest crap.
Have you EVER considered that what 'they' are TEACHING/TELLING 'you' is just ANOTHER Wrong INTERPRETATION.
And, to 'them' what 'they' are TELLING/TEACHING 'you' is NOT so-called 'dishonest crap', because, to 'them', 'they' BELIEVE 'it' to be ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
Just like the, again, 'dishonest crap' that 'you' 'try to' TELL and TEACH 'us' here "lacewing". Although 'we' can CLEARLY SEE just how Wrong 'it' IS, EXACTLY, 'we' ALSO KNOW that it is just 'your' Wrong INTERPRETATION, which 'you' BELIEVE to be ABSOLUTELY True, which is WHY 'you' have been led SO FAR AWAY.
Informing 'one' that what they BELIEVE to be ABSOLUTELY TRUE is 'dishonest crap' works in NO one's favor.
Extremists have a way of doing completely the opposite of the values they claim to follow and destroying balance everywhere they go! [/quote]
And, 'your' EXTREMISTS views are NO different AT ALL, EITHER.
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
Lovely. And they (in great numbers) seem to find a haven in theism, where they can claim anything they want while insisting that no one should challenge it, else they blaspheme God!
Here we can CLEARLY SEE that we have ANOTHER ONE who starts a thread on pretence, but then ends up DISCLOSING its OWN BELIEF. Which, REALLY, is what it REALLY WANTED to TALK ABOUT and DISCUSS.
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
Extreme theists, more than anyone else, are fulfilling the prophecies of doom that they threaten others with!
And what are EXTREME "atheists" doing?
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
It's just so freakin' twisted and they're too rabid to realize or acknowledge it.
Talk about being too 'freaking twisted', and being too 'rabid' to realize just HOW ABSURD this thread is. ALL is energy/, which could be God, BUT, REALLY, I HATE particular "theists" BECAUSE of the way i was brought up and MISTREATED.
Lacewing wrote: ↑Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:54 am
Meanwhile, all of the peaceful theists and non-theists are witnesses to all of that insanity as it threatens the world for all of us.
And 'your' kind of NOT LIKING some and BIGOTRY does NOT 'threaten the world AT ALL correct "lacewing"?