Originally posted by DoctorScribblesThanks for the link. I'd heard of the phrase, but never knew there was a website about it (I can't actually view it at work).
Pastor Fred Phelps and his church:
http://www.godhatesfags.com/main/purpose.html
http://www.godhatesfags.com/main/faq.html
http://www.godhatesfags.com/fags/fag.html
Incidentally, wouldn't doing away with Christianity do away with the following as well:
http://www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org/
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Originally posted by lucifershammerYou tell me. Are those people only charitable by virtue of having a religion that requires charity? If Christianity had never blossomed as a religion, would those people horde their money rather than being altruistic?
Incidentally, wouldn't doing away with Christianity do away with the following as well:
http://www.catholiccharitiesinfo.org/
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesCouldn't I ask the same of you regarding hatred?
You tell me. Are those people only charitable by virtue of having a religion that requires charity? If Christianity had never blossomed as a religion, would those people horde their money rather than being altruistic?
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Yes, and I don't know what the answer is. They might still be as hateful, they might not. I doubt his church could attract so many followers without appealing to such a widely recognized and respected source of authority as the Bible. Similarly, I doubt the charities would attract so many donaters without the same appeal. I'll leave it to you to infer what these conclusions say about each organization's followers.
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesAnd on the flipside:
Yes, and I don't know what the answer is. They might still be as hateful, they might not. I doubt his church could attract so many followers without appealing to such a widely recognized and respected source of authority as the Bible. Similarly, I doubt the charities would attract so many donaters without the same appeal. I'll leave it to you to infer what these conclusions say about each organization's followers.
Nothing so alienates me from religion that witnessing adherents assert that some manifestly hideous action is wrong because it goes against God's commandments .
It makes you wonder whether they would continue to regard it as manifestly hideous if they were somehow to become convinced that it was in keeping with God's commandments.
It's like such people's inherent moral sense is crippled, and can only kept awkwardly mobile with the assistance of a crude prosthesis: God's "revealed" opinion on the topic.
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Originally posted by aardvarkhomeHow about a CNN report about the church holding an anti-gay rally at the funeral of a murdered homosexual?
Nothing will convince me the site isn't run by a couple of jokers in Solihull.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9904/05/gay.attack.trail.02/
Or a USA Today report:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-31-log-cabin-gop_x.htm
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesYes, that one even topped you farting at Reagan's funeral.
How about a CNN report about the church holding an anti-gay rally at the funeral of a murdered homosexual?
http://www.cnn.com/US/9904/05/gay.attack.trail.02/
Or a USA Today report:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/nation/president/2004-08-31-log-cabin-gop_x.htm
Originally posted by geniusForget the Church. People do want the Truth, but that is one hard thing to come by in our situation. We have no spiritual beings to commune with other than through faith, and that can get confusing. Look at all the different Faiths. All claiming to have the Truth. One mans religion is another mans cult. It's a true mess on earth trying to deal with the spiritual need. The Truth I feel is beyond us at this stage.
this week is freshers week in st andrews, and the CU is heavily advertising it's many events, from grub crawls (a three course meal, with each course at a different persons house) to a caleigh (traditional, lively, scottish dancing). Every hall's Link Group (a vague kind of bible study, get to know the other christians in your hall and do stuff together gro ...[text shortened]... n religion? because it is the truth, and people yearn for the truth. and because God loves them.