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of course there is a tremendous amount of fraud and corruption,
and some of it has devestatingly reached the heights of criminality over the centuries, in religion. I believe any believer, when dialoging with a non believer, must always preface their argument with the acknowledgement of that reality. The problem is this that this fact can and has caused many people to become cynical and maybe miss the larger truths that are obscured by it.
posted by
calmcantey75
on March 15, 2007 at 11:07 AM
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Not serious?
I've been called worse things than that, in fact lots worse, I won't even go into it. I was completely serious, I think. Let me go back and check......
Ok, I get the picture, since I don't fall into the judeo/christian orthodoxy I'm not serious. I can live with that.
posted by
Whysper
on March 15, 2007 at 10:56 AM
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kooka_lives - how stupid are people that they can't see a con when it is
right in front of their eyes?
Where many of our current day fundamentalists attempt to defend original sin as some type of valid concept, original sin was invented by the church of Rome long before protestantism came into the picture and for just one reason. It is the ultimate in subscription ploys. Invent an invisible plague that everyone born is supposedly infected with that has only one cure; being baptized into the church. What parent of yesteryear being spoonfed this nonsense by the supposed authority of church doctrine, would not bring their baby in to be rid of the invisible heaven denying, soul destroying plague? Beats the heck out of sending priests out to pressure families into joining the church. Then when you add a prohibition on birth control to the mix, you end up with an endless supply of invisible plague victims. The world's first pyramid scheme.
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gomedome
on March 14, 2007 at 5:16 PM
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original sin is a ocncoction not a fact
the concept drives people to seek a "higher religiouis authority" for propitation of their sins, thus giving that authority power over their lives.
which is what religious leaders want -- a mass of sinners who have to come to them and pay their money.
posted by
Xeno-x
on March 14, 2007 at 3:41 PM
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Since that does not sound like a serious comment
I'm not going to reply
posted by
kooka_lives
on March 14, 2007 at 3:09 PM
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Jiminy Crickets
Some people always gotta look at the dark side of everything, sure we're all born with the original sin thing. I don't see that as a problem, I see it getting a head start.
When you buy that new car, it's always the first ding that drives you willy nilly, and it would be the same way with sins if we didn't come on board with a freebie on day one.
You don't have to spend half your life living up to impossible expectations, sooner or later everybody sins and that first one would be devistating if you had accept that you broke a perfect streak. So, to make life a little easier, and to keep accounting from selling off sin taxes, we get one free sin when we're born, so nobody has to worry about it.
Get da' picture?
posted by
Whysper
on March 14, 2007 at 1:02 PM
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