Religious debate threads

#2
#2
I try to. To many splitting hairs and I'm right and you're wrong banter going back and forth.
 
#3
#3
I view them as entertainment only.

Anyone who plans on changing their own or others' views will end up sorely disappointed.
 
#5
#5
I don't avoid them. I love learning what other people believe. I do, however, dislike the way everyone is usually so certain that what they believe is the only truth.
The opposite of open-minded is defensive.
Nobody really KNOWS without the shadow of a doubt that what they believe is factually accurate. Still, faith is an amazing thing, and I enjoy seeing how it affects others.
 
#6
#6
I like to see others beliefs and their reasoning for them. It does bother me the way many believe they are going to change another persons mind by what they perceive to be a very insightful and thought provoking take. People believe what they believe and I for one like the debate on religion, I know many do not because either they or the other party very often take the discussion into personal areas. They forget they are debating ideas and personal thoughts and take it way too personally.
 
#7
#7
I avoid threads that debate religious debate threads. :neener2:

Doh!!! :wacko: :blush:
 
#8
#8
Panthro said:
I do, however, dislike the way everyone is usually so certain that what they believe is the only truth.
The opposite of open-minded is defensive.
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sadly, this also applies to the football related threads.
 
#9
#9
I usually think;

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Here is the bottom line:

"For it is written, 'As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall give praise to God. So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God'"

To me the redeeming aspect of religious debate threads is some powerful testimony given by some of those who have faith and have experienced first hand the Love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
 
#10
#10
gsvol said:
To me the redeeming aspect of religious debate threads is some powerful testimony given by some of those who have faith and have experienced first hand the Love of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Amen! And He will bring it to completion in the day of Christ Jesus... :dance2: :dance2: :dance2:
 
#12
#12
Panthro said:
I don't avoid them. I love learning what other people believe. I do, however, dislike the way everyone is usually so certain that what they believe is the only truth.
The opposite of open-minded is defensive.
Nobody really KNOWS without the shadow of a doubt that what they believe is factually accurate. Still, faith is an amazing thing, and I enjoy seeing how it affects others.
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open mindness is another word for being a wimp.
 
#13
#13
close-mindedness promotes weak-mindedness.

Go in peace, my pastafarian brother.
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#14
#14
What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
 
#15
#15
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
Gilbert K. Chesterton
 
#22
#22
Well, see, I see the statement as applying more to moral relativism. I've never studied up on G. K. Chesterton, but I've read some of his quotes and found them to contain much truth.

I find Al Gore to be a complete buffoon, but I still enjoy using his internet.
 
#23
#23
Does that makes his statement about tolerance wrong?
Or just his ability to live up to that statement?
 
#24
#24
BeecherVol said:
Does that makes his statement about tolerance wrong?
Or just his ability to live up to that statement?
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Oh, but he did live up to his statement. And I do think his statement is wrong. Men with tolerance have just as many convictions.

J-P, Al Gore is a buffoon. But that isn't the point. I am saying that the original context and spirit in which he made some of his famous quotes are probably not agreeable to you. While he was a Christian apologist, he was also very much a man of his era when it came to non-white Christians.
 
#25
#25
IPorange said:
Oh, but he did live up to his statement. And I do think his statement is wrong. Men with tolerance have just as many convictions.

J-P, Al Gore is a buffoon. But that isn't the point. I am saying that the original context and spirit in which he made some of his famous quotes are probably not agreeable to you. While he was a Christian apologist, he was also very much a man of his era when it came to non-white Christians.
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So he used christianity as a crutch, to push his views, or beliefs.
 
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