Want to try that comment again?

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/213803

Save it for someone who cares.We all know what this place is about.I know just by seeing the name of who started a post that I already know that it is going to be about Christians and how wrong they are before I even open it up.You want to be fair and balanced try talking about another religion other than Christians(like that will ever happen).

General Religion to me personally means the introductory or basics of how each religion evolved and how it stands in today's society today. With over 4000 religions existing on a planet of approximately 6.6 billion people we have a diverse set of belief systems that are truly interesting to learn and discover.

I have set up a thread to allow us to embrace idealogies, discuss, and even disagree to broaden our minds and knowledge in the category of "religion".

I look forward to your visit to the following thread.

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/215176

what that comes from the mouth of any human living breathing person, written in a public place, does not open itself to the scrutiny of all other eye's???

offense as beauty, and rich, and fair, and smart, and humble, and noble, and discreet, and impartial, and partisan, is in the eye's of the beholder???

belief written aloud, in public, make itself suspect by it's own writings, and to think otherwise, is but to wish that all mouths in the universe should but suite one person???

Historically a male-chuavinistic society wrote a book and claimed it to be the word of the creator of all humanity.

A human reads the book and points out that the contents do not appear to be very godly.

And this is called 'bashing' a religion?

That's just not right.

Especially in the face of the fact that this religion proselytizes it's doctrine as the "word of God" with impunity.

If they are going to make such an outrageous claim they should be willing to defend it via honest intelligent debate.

impunity if only what self deem as impunity???

is not it just as right as you saying the writings are not godly???

sure, EACH is RIGHT, or where is the end of the blame road???

it travels the road to infinity no solution, so true solution, must be of more???

and so you visit the same place you despise, saying other's have not intelligence, lol...

is not honesty one but speaking all itself know???

come on abra, lift the eye's to more, beyond the horizon of delimited, as if self must revert to thinking another is not of intelligence, then where does this place self in the ladder of wisdom???

Opinions or views on any religion or lack of, is what it means to me.

I want to say that it is not as if your eyes are being propped open with toothpicks while you are forcefully restrained and sat in front of the screen...

the human nature create any words into a religion, with the first inclination to believe there is a they???

humanity is human, and a belief only try to quantify what is better than human, but indeed, nothing human need an excuse for itself, or it has been convinced to not believe in many other's, so it will not be able to believe yet in itself???

the more one believe in another, the worse case even the more, the more one is freed to believe in itself???

to believe in all other's, disolve all religions in the eye's of the beholder, and make oneself free, from the very thing that first created a thing called religion, that lie within all human things, a need to find something to make self better???

Yes David, but I'm willing to debate it without screaming foul and calling the other person a 'basher'.

I'll gladly debate the issue. I'm not trying to shut anyone up.

Therein lies the difference.

Whatchoo talkin' bout Willis?

no one said you wished for anyone to shut up, lol...

you called foul when you said other's did not debate with intelligence, and spoke without honesty, lol...

indeed, you have sought dilligently, and found that small tad, that sliver, that makes abra better, than what is despised, lol...

it is simply known you have far greater intelligence than to think another has no intelligence, no matter what the mind say, the heart sing forth a different song, and equalized song, that dance with freedom and joy in it's steps all day long, lol...

what is good for the goose, the goose doth find hidden, in the hollor, below the floorboard, under the house, beneath the foundation, under the dirt, that cover the golden egg, that the goose does love and forever polish, from finding confidence in what it think is lacking intelligence.

peace dear abra...

The OP didn't say anything of the sort.

I think it's for different religions to express their opinions and beliefs.

At any rate, it ends now.

Posted at the top of this forum:

It has become evident to us that, generally speaking, not enough common courtesy is being given to one another in this forum. We realize that religion is a passionate area for many, but people are simply taking too many liberties.

To reel in this unproductive trend, we will be less tolerant of confrontational and baiting posts from this point on. This includes sarcastic posts and backhanded compliments. We will also be quicker to suspend and/or ban users who do not comply.


Thank you for your cooperation in keeping this forum civil,
The Mingle2 team

whoa, whoa, whoa, pull back the reigns, slow the chariot, bring the stampeeding horse to bay, lol...

not true!!!

not true!!!

lol...

there are many days, i look for the dear patron saint Abra, and cannot find, the one that seeks to seperate humanity from what weaken it, and causes despise for other's, and seeks after happiness and peace for fellow peoples, and none has found the perfect way to strengthen one another yet???

if belief does not weaken man, and reduce to but following a belief as soverign more than people, than why does religion make anything believe itself is persecuted more than any other???

jmho, of the man called Abra.

Whoa, I thought that "General Religion" was a place for open debate pertaining to any and all religions. I've seen some bashing directed at more than just Christians, but I figure that there are going to be people who can't stand that others are entitled to their opinions and views, even if they are different. I can't take them personally. I hope that I haven't posted anything inappropriate, and if I did, then I do apologize. But, wow, now we're getting into an even bigger arguement than in the thread about whether God is real.

I just wanted to add to this part of what was said here..

We can all agree (no matter what faith, or lack of faith we are) that there is a big difference between someone that is trying to silence those who don't believe as they do, someone who chooses to be dishonest/unintelligent, and those here who can hold a intelligent debate.

There are a number of people on here, who are believers(some in the mainstream religions, some not) that I do enjoy debating with, and I can, at least, understand the reasons they choose to have faith.

There are also some people on here, who, I feel, intentionally mislead others with their posts. This is something that I will fight against, because I really don't care what the subject is, be it religion, politics, history,etc. If you are intentionally misleading, you are wrong.

There are also some people, who I really question why they come into this section, and post(we do have some examples in this thread). The main reason why I question it is because there have been honest questions, that myself, and others have asked, that have been in no way questioning any belief or faith, and we either get told we are bashing the persons beliefs, or answers like "I would take the time to explain, but you wouldn't understand"

I'm sure I have been in arguments that have gone too far in here, for some reason, the Irishman in me comes out really well in verbal conflict. And, I will continue to question everything, because that is the only way we will truly learn.

it cannot be so, that people are defined and delimited, by the words that come forth from the mouth, as the tell of total human worth or value, as there is not one here that all could find many good things to say about them, but in religious forums, peoples most look for expansion of the mind, and finding greater knowings, and long for mental stimulation and learning???

these motives do not care about words of flattery and vanity, but seek most to engage in all manner of discourse, that bring forth feelings buried within, but, when the feelings have subsided, they are now no longer exist, so love is born, where none would have been???

so three cheers to mingle2, for helpin make the love...

mingle2 is the love breeder, and what breed love more than acceptence of other's, and what be acceptence more than the acceptence of all other's words, not allowing such things to dictate love or not love???

i can feel the love in this whole thread, and see each one here as good, and loving, and find no offense in any words spoken here???

just my one ignorant vote on it, lol...

working thru the humanity of humanness, forge many new friendships, and many more friendships, overflow the gates of mingle2???

just me idea's...

peace to peace to peace

I am still waiting for someone to say "hi" on the thread I created?

Really! Seriously!

A "hi" would be great

http://mingle2.com/topic/show/215176