> Saying that you disagree with someone,
> or that you think they are incorrect,
> is not an "attack". Sounds paranoid...
Vehemently denouncing something is not an attack? Having scripture that
cites how a god smites worshippers of other gods is not an attack? I'm
taking strictly a religion-neutral stance here. From a sociological point of
view I think it's generally necessary for one religion to denounce another
in order to protect the belief system.
> And I took an entire class (with my wife, and a group
> including nuns in habit and conservative Jews), on
> "Who Is The Messiah?". Turns out the word was being
> used with two entirely different meanings on the
> Jewish and Christian sides. In that context, it's
> possible BOTH are correct - i.e., Jesus was AND
> was not the Messiah. Separate thread sometime.
Yeah, that gets into some really convoluted issues, mostly dealing with
interpretations of words, mistranslations, etc.
Relating to the whole "Jesus IS God" thing, there was an early Christian
movement called Arianism that interpreted the words differently than the
Church, instead taking the stance that he wasn't exactly God. It was pretty
much squashed.
Words are tricky and can be interpreted many ways.
> Yes, it's a typically Christian word concept, since we do not
> believe in Original Sin. Totally different life view. If I believe
> there is GOOD in all of us, and we just need to develop it to be
> closer to God and God's purpose, and you believe there is SIN in
> all of us, which can only be overcome through Christ as Savior,
> then of course we will have diametrically different views on a
> lot of faith topics.
The "If...you believe there is SIN" doesn't apply to me. I don't know what
SIN means. I understand the concept of the word as it applies to religions,
but that's it.
> And re "hate", if my wife and I have been misled by traditional
> misconceptions about another faith tradition, we as reasonably
> intelligent and open-minded persons would like to learn the truth.
Well see, that's a problem. Not that you want to learn, that's cool. But
nailing down truth is really, really tricky. Especially when talking about
belief systems. Some might say it's impossible, but it depends on what you
mean by truth.
-Kevin
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