Being the "Chosen ones" is not righteous, it's not a blessing. It's a chore, a burden. They had to spread the word. They had to lead by example. They didn't have to convert people unless the numbers got to low. When the numbers were high they shunned new members.
. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:49 PM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree, but I think religion is particularly prone to this type of > distortion...and I don't think that's just by coincidence. When even the > righteous interpretation of your scripture states that YOU are a chosen > people, or that other faiths are sinners to be saved, or wayward souls to > be converted...i just think it's easy to get that twisted into a false > sense of certitude about one's convictions: Not only am I right, but i'm > RIGHTEOUS. > > SO while religion is not teaching the hate, i think it's teachings are > ultimately divisive...and that is fertile breeding ground for hate. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:371591 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
