On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:16:12PM +0000, Sean Furey wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 09:00:12PM +0000, Pigeon wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 09:01:47PM -0800, Day Brown wrote: > > > When you get right down to it, both Christianity and > > > Islam are dangerous cults. > > > > How can you claim that a religion which preaches love for one's fellow > > people is a dangerous cult? This is a tenet of both Christianity and Islam. > > Of all the places that something like this could have come up right > now, debian-user would have been the last one I'd expect... > > Whilst I wouldn't go so far as to say that Christianity and Islam are > nothing but dangerous cults, it is only recently that I've become > aware that many/most Christians believe that non-Christians are > automatically destined for hell. Christianity does preach love for > one's fellow people as you say, but in my opinion that belief makes it > a very disturbing and possibly dangerous faith.
There is usually one point left out of these dscussions. It is a waste of time debating whether what Christians or Muslims believe is dangerous or not before you answer the first and most important question: "Is what they believe *true*?" I think the evidence in favour of Biblical Christianity is overwhelming - from Archealogy to Experience it all makes sense and adds up. And one thing is for sure - not everybody can be right ;) So therefore it has to be important to at least find out what others believe and investigate to a point where you can be confident you haven't bought somebody elses lie. > > This is of course completely off-topic, but I'd be happy to continue > off-list if you're interested. Throw me in on your off list discussion if you want. dc -- David Purton [EMAIL PROTECTED] For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. 2 Chronicles 16:9a
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