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certain Christians' beliefs
defy reason.
and then they forget that God speaks to different people in different ways.
they then fail to accept what others believe firmly.
but many Christians came by their beliefs as many other relgious believers have -- by being taught it -- previous pagans were forced and coerced into Christianity and then taught their children and the children accepted it.
this happens with all religions.
believe ifyou want
just don't expect that others will see things your way.
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 9, 2006 at 8:50 AM
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kooka_lives - I agree that too many people hold that the answer to societal
ills are found within their religion.
It is a common mindset, propigated and supported by religious groups themselves but must take a willful ignorance to subscribe to. When supposed solutions begin with the qualifier "If only....." what type of solutions are they in reality? At what point does an individual proposing these solutions wake up and smell the coffee? No singular set of religious beliefs will ever be adopted by all members of a free society. To propose an adherance to a singular set of religious beliefs as a cure for societal problems can only be described as a myopic delusion, reconciled by willful blindness and perpetuated as a popular misconception.
posted by
gomedome
on May 7, 2006 at 2:43 PM
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True that!
Can't break anononymity - but actually know a few nuns who are circuit speakers in AA. In Utah, when I lived there, alcohol was so out of hand that the liquor stores were state run, (I don't know if it's the same now, but it was then). Many religious people as isolated from the main stream of life, by occupation alone, and isolation is one of the best incubators for addicitive diseases of any type.
posted by
sftreat
on May 7, 2006 at 12:25 PM
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you'd be surprised
how many alcoholics religion has made.
particularly the Christian Religion
posted by
Xeno-x
on May 7, 2006 at 12:21 PM
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