They have a show like that. I think it's called The Dish.
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They have a show like that. I think it's called The Dish.
talk soup was awesome.
IM A DOCTOR DAMN IT NOT A RAPPER
Because true Christianity is a religion with a social conscious; while Evangelism is a cult, with the sole purpose of maintaining it's survival and increasing it's fellowship. A technicality like that invalidates all other forms of Christianity which prevents crossover and aides in pulling members through fear.Quote:
Originally Posted by IronPlant
You can determine the validity of a religion by the wealth of the leaders... inversely proportional.
Yeah I know that, I wasn't saying all christians are like that. I just don't see how some people can be so bitter and cold like that about God.Quote:
Originally Posted by AstroBlue
Even as a Christian I totally want to disown the religion when I read shit like the stuff on that site. I have to stop and remind myself that they are wrong.
If God is real I bet that sort of crap bothers him as much as sinning. In many of those examples it puts gods motives with in that of a human. It assumes he has the mental capacity of sinning human. The example with the guy being insulted and thus god must be insulted was one of them.
I heard an enlightening interview with an Evangelical Christian today on the radio. Turns out they're not a cult! And they're not supposed to be Republican zombies, either.
Apparently, they are defined by 3 core beliefs:
1) That you can establish a personal relationship with the presence of Jesus, and enrich your life thusly.
2) That you can always find good advice to live by and help you in the Bible. (Also stated as "The Bible is Infallible", but apparently this does not mean they take the bible literally.)
3) And I forget the last one. Damn.
An interesting point he made: Many evangelical Christians are adopting a new core set of values - Republican values - that are directly contradictory to the Evangelical values!
For example - Jesus teaches pacifism, yet many evangelical christians are now gung-ho about the War in Iraq. WTF is going on?!?!
I saw a lot of this at my old high school, which was all males and Catholic. I was surrounded by the sons of semi-wealthy Long Island parents, and seeing them simultaneously be "devout catholics", mean drunks, and uber conservatives was kind of scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cowutopia
Then again, Jesus wasn't always about letting his ass get kicked. He stated that sometimes you must defend your beliefs, but to compare that to going to war overseas is stretching it a bit.
But yeah, politics and religion will forever be intertwined. There's no avoiding it.