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cbayer

(146,218 posts)
25. You are doing too much lumping and no splitting.
Wed Sep 12, 2012, 04:40 PM
Sep 2012

If you are unaware of the liberal/progressive arms of many religions practiced in this country, then I can see how you can reach your general conclusions.

Did you miss the civil rights movement?

10 suckers and it's shame thelordofhell Sep 2012 #1
yep... You are correct... Yooperman Sep 2012 #2
My daughter's English teacher exboyfil Sep 2012 #3
What perplexes me the most is how we can stand back and agree that Mormonism (for one) is BS NightWatcher Sep 2012 #4
I love this post :) Fix The Stupid Sep 2012 #5
You win the thread. cleanhippie Sep 2012 #6
If one assumes that all the stories of a given religion are "non reality based" cbayer Sep 2012 #7
Well, reality-based means a specific thing RainDog Sep 2012 #8
Again, if you start from the assumption that all historic religious references and stories cbayer Sep 2012 #9
I didn't say "all" - I said the texts are obviously full of errors RainDog Sep 2012 #10
Agree that the texts are contradictory and, therefore, can not all be true. cbayer Sep 2012 #11
"Most people do not read them literally or think they were actually written by a god" - Really? cleanhippie Sep 2012 #13
Yes. This "gradation" of belief is how people say "I'm not like that" RainDog Sep 2012 #32
if they were not written by god, then why do they have any more validity than any other text? RainDog Sep 2012 #17
A recent post here highlighted a poll which showed that most people who consider themselves cbayer Sep 2012 #19
That's true, people will make their own decisions RainDog Sep 2012 #21
Are you really comparing all the flavors of different religious groups with the KKK? cbayer Sep 2012 #24
I was talking about your attempt to say "it's personal" RainDog Sep 2012 #26
You appear to be an anti-theist. Am I correct about that? cbayer Sep 2012 #30
My OP was about religion in general RainDog Sep 2012 #31
Denial of what? cbayer Sep 2012 #33
Thanks for this reply RainDog Sep 2012 #35
I think we probably agree to a large extent as well. cbayer Sep 2012 #36
I would really like people's answer to my questions RainDog Sep 2012 #34
It's also a reality-based fact okasha Sep 2012 #12
Those changes are happening due to societal pressure and the inability to defend those beliefs cleanhippie Sep 2012 #14
That's true, basically they are caving in to secular ethics and morality... Humanist_Activist Sep 2012 #15
Those changes come about because people's reality shows them their belief group is wrong RainDog Sep 2012 #23
In a nutshell, Joseph Smith was a conman. He was caught flatfooted in fakery and deceit. dimbear Sep 2012 #16
I don't see any difference between Mormonism and other belief systems RainDog Sep 2012 #18
Many fundamentalist christians aren't seeing the difference either cbayer Sep 2012 #20
Fundamenalists are part of the same group RainDog Sep 2012 #22
You are doing too much lumping and no splitting. cbayer Sep 2012 #25
How do you want to split it? RainDog Sep 2012 #27
You have already made up your mind here. cbayer Sep 2012 #28
LOL RainDog Sep 2012 #29
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