Tom C wrote:
IOW, you can go about making statements like "that's why (abrahamic)
religions are fundamentally evil.", based on the hideous acts of some
group of people professing to be of that faith.
But you'd be wrong.
Those persons likely are not representative of that faith, in the same
manner that many religions are not representative of the God they
profess to worship.
Tom C.
To avoid offending any religion...
That's a fiddle...like this...
Some people who believe in the great purple invisible dragon god
kill people who think that it is not purple but pink.
Oh, they aren't really representative of people who believe in
the GPIDG, you reply. TRUE believers wouldn't do that because the
GPIDG faith is peaceful.
Then, some people who believe in the GPIDG tell lies about those
who think that the "P" means "pink".
Oh, they aren't really representative of people who believe in
the GPIDG, you reply. TRUE believers wouldn't do that because the
GPIDG faith is honest.
Then, some people...
It's an infinite regress where you avoid criticism of faith in
the GPIDG by defining it to be whatever you want it to be,
regardless of the actions and beliefs of believers.
Keith McG
