- Mar 12, 2016
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well, we have all noticed that some who call themselves Christian are often further from it than the so called pagans
It seems that sometimes when one gets religion, his or her mind just shuts like a steel trap for some strange reason. Some christians act like.. well, that if a member of a Christian church other than his/her own says something, it is automatically to be dismissed, often derisively, for no "reason" other than the fact that person belongs to a different church! Now is that insane or not?
If Hitler quoted the Bible (no evidence he ever did, but..) does that mean we have to throw out that psg???
that's about how much sense this makes.
example: many people are downright hostile toward Catholicism. This is usually b/c they have listened to pastors who are virulently anti-Catholic. 9 times out of 10 said pastors have not investigated CAtholicism to speak of, yet they criticize and put down all things Catholic b/c soemthing about it doesn't "feel right"
this reminds me of a part of Ted Cruz's book, A Time for Truth, about when he was in law school and the teacher (I believe it was the famous Alan Derschewitz) got really IRATE when someone said RE some legal case: "well, i feel...[whatever]" The guy did not seem to want to hear about feelings as concerns law (to speak of).. and i totally agree
so anyway.. people go by their feelings when it comes to religion.. and it is really repulsive sometimes. A Catholic will say, for example, that the virgin Mary was always a virgin and give proof of that from the Bible, but the anti-catholic person will say t he most twisted, illogical things to dispute.. even the Bible! just because he is against Catholicism.. a religion he does not u/stand, but feels compelled to utterly and completely dismiss at every turn, logic be damned, truth be damned.
Now that is just downright foolish
obviously truth does not change depending on whom is speaking it
:wacko:
It seems that sometimes when one gets religion, his or her mind just shuts like a steel trap for some strange reason. Some christians act like.. well, that if a member of a Christian church other than his/her own says something, it is automatically to be dismissed, often derisively, for no "reason" other than the fact that person belongs to a different church! Now is that insane or not?
If Hitler quoted the Bible (no evidence he ever did, but..) does that mean we have to throw out that psg???
that's about how much sense this makes.
example: many people are downright hostile toward Catholicism. This is usually b/c they have listened to pastors who are virulently anti-Catholic. 9 times out of 10 said pastors have not investigated CAtholicism to speak of, yet they criticize and put down all things Catholic b/c soemthing about it doesn't "feel right"
this reminds me of a part of Ted Cruz's book, A Time for Truth, about when he was in law school and the teacher (I believe it was the famous Alan Derschewitz) got really IRATE when someone said RE some legal case: "well, i feel...[whatever]" The guy did not seem to want to hear about feelings as concerns law (to speak of).. and i totally agree
so anyway.. people go by their feelings when it comes to religion.. and it is really repulsive sometimes. A Catholic will say, for example, that the virgin Mary was always a virgin and give proof of that from the Bible, but the anti-catholic person will say t he most twisted, illogical things to dispute.. even the Bible! just because he is against Catholicism.. a religion he does not u/stand, but feels compelled to utterly and completely dismiss at every turn, logic be damned, truth be damned.
Now that is just downright foolish
obviously truth does not change depending on whom is speaking it
:wacko: