reverend maxwell snort wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:24:32 -0500, Spot started something, now I'm
laying
> in:
>
>>> lol! this sup****ts a basic tenet of something I firmly believe
(outside
>>> of any proscription of faith); that most religions believe in much the
>>> same thing, and most of the arguments are over semantics.
>>>
>>> in any event; whether spam-man believes he will be forgiven or not is
>>> irrelevant, since the law of man says "don't spam", and he is subject
to
>>> that. okay; time to pursue a ToS...
>>
>> It's all bull**** intended to make the believer feel good about
>> themselves and avoid doing what is necessary.
>
> dogma is that, yes; and so is much organized religion, since it depends
so
> heavily on dogma (not a play on "spot", it's just the right word)
>
> religion is not the only belief system dependent on dogma. any time
> anyone uses beliefs to not accept responsibility for their actions; it's
> another example of the bull**** I'm on about.
>
>> This crap implies that all rulers were
>> put in power by the make believe god of whatever religion is teaching
>> this piffle.
>
> hmm... or that rulers want us to think that. or it could just be
saying
> "go along to get along"; depends on whether or not the flock are sheep
or
> wolves.
>
>> Another example would be one of the main tenets of Christinsanity;
>> turning the other cheek. This is another one of those feel good
vagaries
>> which looks good on paper but doesn't quite cut it in the real world
>> where some people live. If I slap you; will you really turn the other
>> cheek? How about if I slap your wife? Case ****ing closed.
>
> yep. if you slap me, once; I probably will ignore it. hell I might not
> even feel it. twice, though, and you won't slap anybody until your arm
> heals. you touch my wife, I'll rip your ****ing head off. I *try to
turn
> the other cheek, but, I'm not perfect (perfect rhymes with insane here)
Exactly. My point was this stuff sounds all nice and righteous in church
but
in the real world it just doesn't work. The turn the other cheek
philosophy
does not address the situation where a loved-one is slapped; only if you
personally are. Makes me wonder about the wisdom of someone who would
teach
people this type of behavior.
This is something that I've had discussion about (in the real world) with
bible thumpers and without fail if I bring up the question about what do
you do if someone slaps your wife they can never answer. Why was something
like this left out? Why do so few even ask. Actually, I've never heard a
bible thumper ask and I don't expect to.
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