Elections Tuesday

[briansd1]

[quote=CardiffBaseball]
My point is “they” are out there in far greater numbers than you can possibly fathom from what I can tell. And many of “them” are humble servants who understand “grace”, and won’t run around beating your head with a bible. Grace in fact does seem to be a lost term with certain types, and I am wholly (holy? ) with you on getting ticked at those people. I for different reasons than you, but nonetheless, I understand your frustration with them. I just think you are painting too broad of a brush here. There are probably 10 christians of the type I describe for every one you seem to be complaining about.[/quote]

Yes, I agree that I’m painting with too broad a brush.

I was referring to the omniscient religious home-schoolers.

I myself once attended a great catholic school. My parents sent me there not for the religion but for the education.

My rebuttal of Allan’s bigotry charge is that if it’s OK for religious folks to preach that you’ll go to hell if you don’t believe in God, then it should be equally OK to declare that believing in God is irrational.

Religious people have their own social clubs (churches) which don’t pay income or property taxes. There is a whole elaborate social structure that supports religion.

If the religious people want to pray, I’m not stopping them.

As reciprocation, I should be accorded the freedom to not believe in God and express my opinions about religion, just like the believers express their feelings about the need for religion everyday.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Arraya]Ok, I agree[/quote]

Arraya: That was too easy, man! I thought we were going to have some give and take.

I don’t know if I’ve asked you this before, but you’ve read Hoffer before, right?

I’ve just been through three of his books and thought I would ask. One of those authors I try to re-read fairly regularly. Especially with all the nonsense flying around as of late.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Arraya]Ok, I agree[/quote]

Arraya: That was too easy, man! I thought we were going to have some give and take.

I don’t know if I’ve asked you this before, but you’ve read Hoffer before, right?

I’ve just been through three of his books and thought I would ask. One of those authors I try to re-read fairly regularly. Especially with all the nonsense flying around as of late.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Arraya]Ok, I agree[/quote]

Arraya: That was too easy, man! I thought we were going to have some give and take.

I don’t know if I’ve asked you this before, but you’ve read Hoffer before, right?

I’ve just been through three of his books and thought I would ask. One of those authors I try to re-read fairly regularly. Especially with all the nonsense flying around as of late.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Arraya]Ok, I agree[/quote]

Arraya: That was too easy, man! I thought we were going to have some give and take.

I don’t know if I’ve asked you this before, but you’ve read Hoffer before, right?

I’ve just been through three of his books and thought I would ask. One of those authors I try to re-read fairly regularly. Especially with all the nonsense flying around as of late.

[Allan from Fallbrook]

[quote=Arraya]Ok, I agree[/quote]

Arraya: That was too easy, man! I thought we were going to have some give and take.

I don’t know if I’ve asked you this before, but you’ve read Hoffer before, right?

I’ve just been through three of his books and thought I would ask. One of those authors I try to re-read fairly regularly. Especially with all the nonsense flying around as of late.

[briansd1]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
The true ignorance and bigotry is found in his broad brush approach that makes anyone of faith stupid, mindless and easily led. I take issue and offense, especially coming from someone who is mindless and easily led himself.[/quote]

Why take offense from a mindless person?

Shouldn’t feel sorry for me and pray for my redemption so that one day I may find my way to God and salvation?

[briansd1]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
The true ignorance and bigotry is found in his broad brush approach that makes anyone of faith stupid, mindless and easily led. I take issue and offense, especially coming from someone who is mindless and easily led himself.[/quote]

Why take offense from a mindless person?

Shouldn’t feel sorry for me and pray for my redemption so that one day I may find my way to God and salvation?

[briansd1]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
The true ignorance and bigotry is found in his broad brush approach that makes anyone of faith stupid, mindless and easily led. I take issue and offense, especially coming from someone who is mindless and easily led himself.[/quote]

Why take offense from a mindless person?

Shouldn’t feel sorry for me and pray for my redemption so that one day I may find my way to God and salvation?

[briansd1]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
The true ignorance and bigotry is found in his broad brush approach that makes anyone of faith stupid, mindless and easily led. I take issue and offense, especially coming from someone who is mindless and easily led himself.[/quote]

Why take offense from a mindless person?

Shouldn’t feel sorry for me and pray for my redemption so that one day I may find my way to God and salvation?

[briansd1]

[quote=Allan from Fallbrook]
The true ignorance and bigotry is found in his broad brush approach that makes anyone of faith stupid, mindless and easily led. I take issue and offense, especially coming from someone who is mindless and easily led himself.[/quote]

Why take offense from a mindless person?

Shouldn’t feel sorry for me and pray for my redemption so that one day I may find my way to God and salvation?

[briansd1]

[quote=Aecetia]It is the academic rigorousness, not the religion. They do not teach to the slowest. The slowest can be tutored. They are not bogged down in political correctness either. Religion is not the point. It is academic discipline.[/quote]

That’s why I think that Catholic schools are the best. To be honest, I didn’t feel indoctrinated while at Catholic school.

They would be even better without the Bible study.

Catholics are more reasonable that Protestants as Catholics only view the Bible as one of the sacred texts rather than the final word of God.

[briansd1]

[quote=Aecetia]It is the academic rigorousness, not the religion. They do not teach to the slowest. The slowest can be tutored. They are not bogged down in political correctness either. Religion is not the point. It is academic discipline.[/quote]

That’s why I think that Catholic schools are the best. To be honest, I didn’t feel indoctrinated while at Catholic school.

They would be even better without the Bible study.

Catholics are more reasonable that Protestants as Catholics only view the Bible as one of the sacred texts rather than the final word of God.

[briansd1]

[quote=Aecetia]It is the academic rigorousness, not the religion. They do not teach to the slowest. The slowest can be tutored. They are not bogged down in political correctness either. Religion is not the point. It is academic discipline.[/quote]

That’s why I think that Catholic schools are the best. To be honest, I didn’t feel indoctrinated while at Catholic school.

They would be even better without the Bible study.

Catholics are more reasonable that Protestants as Catholics only view the Bible as one of the sacred texts rather than the final word of God.

[briansd1]

[quote=Aecetia]It is the academic rigorousness, not the religion. They do not teach to the slowest. The slowest can be tutored. They are not bogged down in political correctness either. Religion is not the point. It is academic discipline.[/quote]

That’s why I think that Catholic schools are the best. To be honest, I didn’t feel indoctrinated while at Catholic school.

They would be even better without the Bible study.

Catholics are more reasonable that Protestants as Catholics only view the Bible as one of the sacred texts rather than the final word of God.

[Author]

Posts