Eric, All religions are social control devices.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > Christianity as a whole has been a tool to control the masses. I think the > Church ceased being a spiritual entity after the Council of Nicea and it has > been a political entity since. It has twisted what should have been a > religion f peace and has advocated torture and war in the name of religion. > I don't know how you can think that hasn't been moved forward into the > Christian psyche. While yes, you can find people who truly are Christian as > Christ taught, but they are the exception unfortunately...not the norm. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:jdino...@houseoffusion.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:58 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: I give up > > > I just don't like these blanket statements, Cameron. For example, I can > think of several people who call themselves Christians who, I have found, do > what they say they will do. I can think of two examples of friends of mine > who are in our community. Bring specific examples, back what you're saying > up with facts! > > I honestly don't think you can point to Christianity as a religion as being > the root cause of this person's horrible act. Or the ills of our society. > Prove to me that Christianity is what's to blame here. > > (And now I've opened a can of worms. :) ) (slinks off) > > Judith > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Maureen <mamamaur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Quite familiar with that line of thought as I've read many of those >> > translations, so I'll reword my statement. Very few of those who >> > call themselves Christians today practice what various Bibles claim >> > that Jesus said. I'd settle for them simply doing that. >> >> >> I'd settle for people who call themselves Christians simply doing what >> they themselves say they will do. >> >> -Cameron > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
