Heretic;1185950 wrote:Oh, I agree. I just think it's funny that a number of this site's (and in general) Christians respond to acts of people of other religions (particularly the muslims) doing something crazy as it being a sign of how evil and horrible their religion is...but excuse anything crazy done by their side as being the work of a "fringe" person/group that doesn't represent the group as a whole. No matter how many of them there are, they are all "fringe". Brings the lulz.

jmog;1185961 wrote:You got so much wrong in that post it isn't even worth critiquing it all. But hey, keep on trolling.

Heretic;1185971 wrote:True in most walks of life. You get that with athletes, as well. The guy who never gets into legal troubles, does a lot of charity work and is a devoted family man is too boring to talk about; but you never stop hearing about the guy who waved around a gun in a strip club while coked up, leading to "they're all thugs!" rants.

sleeper;1185975 wrote:Easy to call it trolling rather than accept that you believe in ridiculous **** that never happened.

jmog;1185981 wrote:Easy to be a hardcore militant atheist and use ad hominem attacks on anyone that believes in ANY sort of faith rather than opening your eyes to other possibilities.

jmog;1185981 wrote:Easy to be a hardcore militant atheist and use ad hominem attacks on anyone that believes in ANY sort of faith rather than opening your eyes to other possibilities.

sleeper;1185991 wrote:I think your more upset that a nerd in 6 sentences can completely embarrass your entire belief system. Your reaction is perfect given your insecurities on your faith because you KNOW deep down inside that what you believe is fraudulent. It's called cognitive dissonance, look it up. Your mind is broken.

Raw Dawgin' it;1185984 wrote:In his defense he never said other possibilities don't exist - he says he doesn't know which is why he doesn't go around claiming things like you and skyhook

DeyDurkie5;1186040 wrote:The point is that teaching this type of hate at such a young age is only going to give this young kid an extreme view as he gets older that gays are terrible and should be dead. The only way this type of hate/racial profiling/racism/etc. goes away is if parents stop teaching their kids this type of stuff. This isn't the early twenties where we are defined by our standing in the community. It should be the age where equality is for everyone, plain and simple. The fact people are justifying this is just dumb. The kid is being taught to hate people. If you substituted blacks in there for gays, there would be a huge uproar. Because it's gays, and the majority of America is religious based, then it gets a free pass. It's hypocrisy at it's finest.

Raw Dawgin' it;1185984 wrote:In his defense he never said other possibilities don't exist - he says he doesn't know which is why he doesn't go around claiming things like you and skyhook

sleeper;1186000 wrote:I also find it ironic you chastise me for not being open to other possibilities. I'm sure you don't believe in the same religion your parents do and that you've pondered not only every monotheistic religion out there, but all the polytheistic ones as well. You "know" yours is correct though, that everyone else is wrong and yours is the correct religion. You can't prove it, but you just "know".

Get over yourself.

jmog;1186056 wrote:What do I claim on here other than things that are possible. I have never claimed to know anything for a fact with regards to religion.

Raw Dawgin' it;1186065 wrote:Why would you believe in something you don't know exists? You believe in god and believe the bible to be true so yes, what you're saying is you believe is fact.

Raw Dawgin' it;1186065 wrote:Why would you believe in something you don't know exists? You believe in god and believe the bible to be true so yes, what you're saying is you believe is fact.

jmog;1186061 wrote:1. I have never said I 'KNOW' my religion is correct, matter of fact I'm pretty sure the 'religion' that I happen to attend that type of church has MANY things wrong. I have only said what I believe to be true and given evidence to show certain things are scientifically possible even if improbable.
2. No, I do not believe the same stuff my parents do, matter of fact at one point in my life I fully believed evolution to be a scientific fact only later to realize this is not so.
3. I have studied many religions, Christianity (many different denominations from Catholicism to Mormonism to Jehovah Witnesses, etc), Judaism, Hindu, Islam, even ancient religions like what the Mayans believed. I spent a lot of time when I was between the ages of 16 and 24 studying MANY aspects of what I believe and challenging every one of those beliefs.

Again, you are incorrect, I have never said I KNOW my belief system (hate the term religion) to be correct, I have just said that I BELIEVE it is correct.

queencitybuckeye;1186077 wrote:The converse is an equally interesting question. Why would one believe God doesn't exist, as there is no more evidence to support this position as that he does?

sleeper;1186080 wrote:Yeah and I'm Bill Gates. :rolleyes:

jmog;1186087 wrote:Prove me wrong, show me where I have ever said my personal beliefs are 100% true and everyone else is wrong?

sleeper;1186081 wrote:Then Unicorns and Flying Spaghetti monsters must exist too!

queencitybuckeye;1186091 wrote:Weak, even by your standards.