On Mon, March 26, 2007 4:28 pm, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > 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?
God yes! 500 of the worst years of my life! > > 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 > I really sort of agree with you with this reservation: As with any other body of thought, religions should have the ability to adapt, evolve, and change without being accused of hypocracy or flip-flopping (such a stupid term -- like changing your mind or learning from experience are bad things). But that gets pretty tough when the doctrine of continuous infallability is in force. Ask W ;-) -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
