On 7/24/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, good point, sub-culture would be a better term. People use > church to make them feel good about their lives and this involves a > sub-culture: picnics, socials, basketball games, etc.
What about people who believe, simply, that a power greater than them created them, and thus go to church to give thanks for their life? People use church as a great equalizer (like alcohol). For example, I > used to play basketball with virtually the same set of people. In > church games it'd be all nice friendly. In school games there'd be > swearing, elbowing, etc. > So while Sam's point might seem true on the surface, what's really > happening is that there are people who want a be-good environment so > they go to church - which also typically requires religion. Glad you've enlightened us as to "what's really happening". I'll be sure to inform my parents (and the millions like them) that they are just using church like alcohol...as an equalizer....or a "be-good" environment. Could you be more insulting....yikes. I think the reason you've got me so fired up on this is that it's insulting statements like yours, that can make it more difficult for us to fight true religious extremism and zealotry. They accuse us of anti-religious bigotry and ignorance of their beliefs...and you go and prove them right. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211755 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
