You misunderstand - I didn't leave because of what anyone else said, I left because I realised that if what the bible says is true then I wanted no part of it as I considered it morally suspect at least.
It's the killer blow against any religion that says "follow us or go to hell", what happens to people who live good lives according to their culture and upbringing who may not have even heard of that religion? Either they go to hell (or whatever the appropriate substitute is) in which case the appropriate God is not acting fairly and can't be considered good or worth of following, or they go to heaven (again or appropriate substitute), in which case as long as you follow your own moral compass your going to the good place and you can safely ignore any organised religion. Of course, being a Buddhist means I sidestep all the above and just get on with my life :) On 9/18/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's too bad that you feel you need to reject Christ because you are > dismayed by his followers. > > Ignore all the other bullshit, and just read what Jesus says, and what he > does. Call THAT your Christianity, follow those tenets, and you'll be in > good shape. > > On 9/18/06, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That is pretty much the exact reason I had for leaving the christian > > faith, > > I remember arguing with a born again friend of mine with almost those > > words > > - he said that a child born in those circumstances would go to hell, I > > told > > him that in that case I wanted no part of any god that would be that > > unfair > > and unforgiving. > > > > On 9/18/06, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you, grasshopper. > > > > > > On 9/18/06, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It pains me to the core to have to agree with anything Maureen > > > writes....but > > > > uh...yeah, this is right on. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:215633 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
