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7th March 2012, 13:34 #91
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@ Knock-on I found this Top 10 Peaceful Men
I should be more specific and say that Jesus' legacy is peace and who is to say when a revolution of humanity ends?May the forza be with you
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7th March 2012, 13:51 #92
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Originally Posted by Mr Alcatraz
The Bible is no different is it? In many ways it is a subjective work of fiction with little basis in fact other than the underlying framework similar to a Dan Brown novel.
Nope the Bible, or any religious teaching for that matter, is no evidence of fact or fiction, right or wrong. It's just a teaching from the past that we can learn lessons from but should be used advisedly.
As to whether Jesus and the early Christians were peaceful and non-aggressive? Very unlikely when the socio-economic situation at the time would rather preclude this. Could you imagine that any such tribe would survive without fighting and conquering it's enemies? Peace and Love? Yeah right! Tell that to the Romans
Either way, all of this has no bearing whatsoever on the existence of a God. In my opinion, a God and Religion are mutually exclusive. It's beyond reason and logic that any organised Religion is derived from the existence of a supreme being or whatever God is (if it exists).
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7th March 2012, 14:22 #93
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Good post knockie
We know most of both the old and New Testament was cherry-picked. And there is no doubt that that there was ugly goings on after Jesus' death and before Christianity was the official religion of Rome. But what is cherry picked about jesus in his life points to him being very strong on the side of non-violence. I don't think we will ever really know however.
ailor: Peace broMay the forza be with you
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7th March 2012, 14:42 #94
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If Jesus had had a machine gun, would he have won?
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7th March 2012, 15:13 #95
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Originally Posted by studiose
The world according to Taki Inoue: https://mobile.twitter.com/takiinoue/st ... 7249326080
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7th March 2012, 15:13 #96
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Originally Posted by Mr Alcatraz
As for whether Jesus was peaceful, it matters little if the people that choose to follow Christianity adopt the "good" parts of the bible's teachings. What has or should have been is not as important as what is or shall be. Can't change the past but the future is ours to command.
Same is true about the past of Countries and Race. We can't influence what happened before we were born but are responsible for what we can influence and change
If religion has an important role to play in tody's world, it is to make things better for everyone and not to be a weapon in conflict to prove one sides beliefs are more relevant than anothers.
All of which has no bearing on any type of God of course.
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7th March 2012, 15:46 #97
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ailor: Amen!!
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7th March 2012, 19:30 #98
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Religion according to the OED is:
2. "a particular system of faith and/or worship",
3. "a controlling influence on a person's life"
Religion for want of a better word is a set of practices based on or that follow as a result of one's faith. To put it more simply: Faith is where and what you believe in; Religion is what you do about it. That definition is flexible enough to include many/few/one/zero God/god/s.
If all of this is logical, then even I must concede that religion breeds intolerance and ignorance, because: "everyone from the lowliest peasant, to kings and princes are motivated by self-interest"
- Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations, Book 1.
The thug who robs a 7-Eleven, a lazy plumber who takes too long to do a job, the bankers on Wall St, even the priesthood who do "naughty things", are all "motivated by self-interest"; because of this, the religion that has caused more mistreatment and unhappiness than any other is surely the religion of self-interest? I'd say that it's caused both far more bad and good than any organised church, or codified religion ever has. Even if you want to look at the examples of jihad and the crusades, we still find people operating from the motivation of self-interest.
Originally Posted by Knock-onThe Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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7th March 2012, 19:37 #99
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Originally Posted by Knock-on
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May I make an important theological contribution here?
"God is... a gas."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49j2Y_680D0&
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