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[quote who="Jythier" reply="5" id="3252973"]When my church group visited El Salvador, they built a well so that the people wouldn't have to drink water unfit for animals.[/quote] ...but why do it? They lived already, right? Humans ARE animals, and humans are omnivores and scavengers, like hyenas, which means that humans can build defenses against most any natural environment and even benefit from it. In this "dirty water" there would be a rich amount of proteins and minerals, t

Reply to Islam......peaceful....NOT! in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Anthony R" reply="4" id="3252971"]I know its not a popular view, but I view all religions as a tool put in place by men to control people. Religion isn't setup for an average person to prevail, it benefits Clergy. I have to laugh when the Pope visits a 3rd world country in his Mercedes with gold hubcaps and peasants who drink water unfit for animals drop to their knees to kiss the ground he walks on. Islam is a particularly brutal, violent, and backward religion and unlike Chr

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="45" id="3252927"]John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." Romans 5:8 "when we were in our sin Christ Jesus came to die for us." Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="44" id="3252917"]Also, I paraphrased the idea behind many scriptures. If I quoted actual scripture I would give you the reference. But that doesn't mean it's not Christian. If we went with that, we'd have to say that the rapture isn't Christian, the trinity isn't Christian, because the words are not mentioned in scripture... no, they are, but they are words that describe things that the Bible talks about over many passages.[/qu

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[quote who="GirlFriendTess" reply="42" id="3252813"] Quoting ExpressoKid, reply 40Reply #40 ExpressoKidNice to have you here on JU. Hope you have fun. Well said by the way.[/quote] Thank you for the welcome. Can't guarantee I'll be around for super long, but hopefully I can insert a couple of useful 5 cents here and there :)

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="46" id="3252928"]Here's some things you don't have to do to be saved, according to that passage. Stop being gay Stop murdering people Stop sleeping with your side piece Etc.[/quote] Still these things are spoken of as "wrong", right? That's the point...

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="47" id="3252929"]Too bad about those who were 'helping' Tsunami victims. That's very sad to me. They should have helped everyone first. Sometimes physical needs should come first, in order to open a door to the spiritual need. If they were going to pick and choose, they should have helped those nonbelievers first - the believers go to heaven if they die. It doesn't sound right to me what they were doing. It does s

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="43" id="3252914"]God doesn't tell me to stone homosexuals on sight. That was part of a legal system that was given specifically to the Jewish nation, God's people, people who were supposed to be set apart and holy as a nation. I am not of that nation, so I don't have to follow the laws to that nation. Jesus came and gave many examples of grace (to you, common sense) where he, for example, didn't stone the wom

Reply to Islam......peaceful....NOT! in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Daiwa" reply="2" id="3252561"]At least Christians leave the heads attached (to be 'mind-raped'). BTW, exactly who is 'targeting' who, again? I mean, you know, circa 2012. Not even Terry Jones wants to murder all non-Christians for failing to believe. If ExpressoKid is bent on ignoring current reality in favor of ancient history, tis his/her privilege.[/quote] Give Christians too long a leash, and you'll yourself ba

Reply to Islam......peaceful....NOT! in Religion JoeUser Forums

Jeeezzz! Christianity is still way ahead in killings, tortures and malicious deceptions than any other religion on the planet. Don't think we have forgotten how Christianity came to power. It wasn't by good arguments, evidence and common sense. It was by fear and military power alone. Still today Christianity allows itself to rape the minds of innocent kids and turn them to delusional psychotics. Targeting Islam, seems to have been a hobby that has been going on

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="37" id="3252348"]What I feel the need to express to you, though, is that you are perfectly free to go about your business not believing in this country, same as I am free to go about my business believing. If I pray, you don't have to join in. If I read the Bible, you don't have to listen or learn from it. However, I don't see where that gives you the right to stop me from praying, or stop me from reading the Bible, whether it's a

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[quote who="Jythier" reply="36" id="3252341"] Hostile to whom, exactly? This is what Christianity says: "If you want to, you can be in eternity with God forever. If you don't want to, you don't have to." Is that really that hostile? The problem is, there won't be God in Hell with you, therefore bad, horrible things are all that's left for you there. Why didn't you want to be with God, then?

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"Freedom of religion"... What happened to "Freedom of NO religion?" Religions want everybody to tolerate them, but isn't tolerance supposed to go two ways? For example; The Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam & Christianity) are by default not tolerant religions. They are designed that way. Why should people tolerate what does not tolerate them? I think there should be a quid pro quo here. If for example Christianity is willing to re-write the bible and exclude ever