Posted by + on January 31, 2000, at 18:56:17
In reply to Re: effects of religious intolerance, posted by Adam on January 31, 2000, at 14:21:43
moral, critically-thinking members of society who reject it out of principle, not, say, out of ignorance and bigotry.
Morality has to have a basis. If your basis is not the same as mine then we don't have the same view of what morality is. The Church has to reach various audiences, some intelligent, some not so intelligent, some conservative, some liberal etc.. If you are offended by a particular Church, evangelist or whatever, maybe you are not at the right place. The Message is geared to different audiences. I don't necessarily like everything I hear, but I don't condemn the Church because someone offended me. Also, do you know of a religion that has more martyrs than Christianity? What does this tell you? Will someone who feels unsure of their beliefs die for them? How many atheist martyrs are there? There are a lot of disquieting things in the Bible, but if there is a God should he have to conform to our way of thinking or should we have to conform to his way of thinking? I personally don't support any aggression against other beliefs or denominations within the Church other than by verbal argument. I am upset with what I see as the degeneration of the media, (TV, internet etc.), and for you historians, are you familiar with the fall of Rome?
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