Artfuldodger
Senior Member
I see just the opposite, many people of faith "do" join in these conversations.I can see why not many people of faith join in these conversations. Can you guys?
probably not.
I see just the opposite, many people of faith "do" join in these conversations.I can see why not many people of faith join in these conversations. Can you guys?
probably not.
I want to make sure I understand -
Are you contending that Christianity has always seperated itself from politics and that only false religions do that?
Thats what I was thinking.I think the Roman Catholic Church missed that memo. Why is it called Roman again?
Not necessarily true. The church had to make suicide a severe sin to keep from losing folks that really wanted to get to heaven and skip all this suffering.
Absolutely. If a tree or a bush, burning or otherwise, tells me to to treat you as I do myself and to forgive you if you trespass against me, wouldn't you want me to continue to listen to that tree? What's the worst thing that you think the Western, modern version of Christian doctrine instructs people to do? I don't really have many gripes with the present version except for the fact that powerful political figures take advice from religious leaders and that they stand in the way of medical and scientific advancements sometimes.
I would have to know more about how that person treats themselves. Some folks (most folks?) are their own worst enemy.If a tree or a bush, burning or otherwise, tells me to to treat you as I do myself and to forgive you if you trespass against me, wouldn't you want me to continue to listen to that tree?
Not sure.and to forgive you if you trespass against me,
Probably that it promotes a "us vs. them" mentality. Which can go from pretty minor to pretty extreme depending on the person listening.What's the worst thing that you think the Western, modern version of Christian doctrine instructs people to do? I don't really have many gripes with the present version
I worry a little less about that in todays society. Slow down progress in some cases? Yes. But medical and scientific advances have always gotten around that and will continue to do so.they stand in the way of medical and scientific advancements sometimes.