Paul G. Allen wrote:
On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 06:55 -0500, Todd Walton wrote:
Stone fags. Spear Muslims. The teachings of Christianity are many.
This also is not taught by Christianity.
Do not speak of what you do not know.
Do the Crusades ring a bell?
And selling you daughter into slavery certainly is part of the founding
documents of Christianity.
And virgin brides are to be executed by stoning.
And polygamy is allowed.
...
You don't get to pick and choose. That's called *hypocrisy*. AKA-
Christian when Convenient.
Unfortunately, that seems to be the majority of "believers" (hence the
statistics showing greater rates of "sin" in religious countries rather
than secular countries).
Once the door to "Well, that doesn't really apply ..." opens, *others*
can challenge those beliefs. Either it's the Divine Word or it's
subject to interpretation. Hiding behind whichever explanation is more
convenient is not allowed.
I used to be a "live and let live" kinda guy about religious stuff. I
am no longer.
Just like physical freedom ends when your physical freedom impacts my
physical freedom, your religious freedom ends when it impacts my
religious freedom.
And it's time to start defending that.
Religious arguments end debate. They are a priori wrong. Period.
Besides, there are some very good practical and ethical arguments that
come to the same conclusions as most religions through the power of
logical thought. It's time to start applying them.
-a
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