Religion

cbayer

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43. Understand torture and murder? I guess.

Mon Mar 10, 2014, 01:04 PM

Mar 2014

Not being a believer, I read this in a way that really employed god as a metaphor. I suspect that is the way many read it. It's ok if you didn't get anything from it.

Right after that, I read ecclesiastes, which is probably the perfect antidote to job.

The fact that you don't understand people that interpret things differently than you is an issue for you, I guess. But it's a fact that others do interpret things differently. That's what makes life so interesting, imo.

You obviously see really horrific things where others see stories that inspire them or make them reflect in a way that they hadn't before.

Not sure why that's a problem. Do you really want everyone to have exactly the same experiences as you? Do you really want to convince others that the way you experienced a given event or story is the right or only way.

Life is full of times when you have to reach into piles of very difficult and ugly things to find the nuggets. Buddhist tenet #1: Life is hard. Get over it.

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Religion Doesn�t Require Bigotry, And Don�t Let Anyone Claim Otherwise [View all] cbayer Mar 2014 OP

The thing is, cbayer, few of them even understand it's bigotry. trotsky Mar 2014 #1

Makes you wonder why something that doesn't require it skepticscott Mar 2014 #2

Huguenin is FULL OF SHIT. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #3

That's pretty much the point of the article. cbayer Mar 2014 #6

I'm agreeing. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #9

To believe in the major religions requires bigotry... MellowDem Mar 2014 #4

Well, yes�persecuting and slaughtering other peoples skepticscott Mar 2014 #5

What utter horseshit. cbayer Mar 2014 #7

Well good thing I didn't... MellowDem Mar 2014 #8

No actually, you directed your comments at believers of the major religions. cbayer Mar 2014 #13

Christianity, Islam, Judaism... MellowDem Mar 2014 #68

Saying that christianity, islam and judaism are all fundamentally bigoted is cbayer Mar 2014 #74

How so? MellowDem Mar 2014 #82

Pointing out bigotry is not bigotry. cbayer Mar 2014 #83

I'm not broad brushing a group... MellowDem Mar 2014 #84

No you are broad brushing people who ascribe to those belief systems. cbayer Mar 2014 #85

Most of us on DU... MellowDem Mar 2014 #86

That is correct. And the small bit that religious affiliation gives to some pales in cbayer Mar 2014 #87

Cherry picking is fine, but it's not religion... MellowDem Mar 2014 #88

That's not what MellowDem said. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #10

I am shocked to see you supporting that statement. cbayer Mar 2014 #14

Have you read the catholic bible or the quran? AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #16

You and MellowDem have so much in common. cbayer Mar 2014 #18

Not cherry picked. Built upon it. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #22

How does your cherry picking only the rotten fruit differ from those cbayer Mar 2014 #23

I'm not the one that came up with the idea that AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #24

There are believers and non-believers that hold homophobic cbayer Mar 2014 #28

Thanks for repeating what I just said, and completely missing the point. AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #33

Not remotely the point skepticscott Mar 2014 #26

And that post drips with bigotry. n/t Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2014 #11

How so? MellowDem Mar 2014 #12

They may have areas of bigotry and areas of amazing inclusiveness. cbayer Mar 2014 #15

All three books contain, not just bigotry, but AtheistCrusader Mar 2014 #17

So what? They also contain some of the cbayer Mar 2014 #19

So your response to skepticscott Mar 2014 #21