Christianity does a lot of good things, using a lie to do it is devious. How many down and out people do they 'hook' with the lie and then suck their blood for the rest of their Life? Good counseling and teaching of skills would do a lot more to reduce recidivism in prisons. Should a rapist murder be comforted before paying the price of his deeds? By my definition Unity would be a uniting of the whole. Groups are groups of segregation from unlike interest. How is Unity possible? It makes a whole lot of sense to me that it would start with the one thing that We 'all' 'do' have in common, that "thing" in our mind. Everybody goes on and on about what will not work and won't even consider the common element that could work. Everybody has their own personal glorification attached to the 'thing' in our mind and is too selfish to think of a way to make it known as a common link.
Please excuse my missionary zeal. peace & love On May 5, 2:15 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Here and now, the lie, cleansing of atrocious behavior with magic > words of acceptance, is the devious aspect of Christianity. -Tinker > > I have felt the same way about Catholic confession. It has been > explained to me that God grants forgiveness but man dispenses justice. > So while a mass murderer can find spiritual salvation he still gets > the needle. I don't think of it as devious; I see it as giving hope > to the hopeless. Telling even the most deviant criminal there is a > possibility for redemption. There is plenty of documentation of > prison ministries getting bad guys to accept responsibility and > attempt to lead a better life. It usually doesn't hold when/if they > get out but with support of group therapy and frequent contact with a > caring priest/preacher they have a better chance then they would > otherwise. > > As far as Unity I don't believe it is possible on a large scale. Too > much knowledge and access to different opinions makes conformity > impossible. Some people still don't believe in the basic idea of > evolution. How is this possible? Even though it has practically been > proved and every piece of evidence we find supports natural selection. > The ID people annoy me-but that's a discussion for another thread. > > dj --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
