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justonemore:
Dear Samara
The argument over Christianity gets real tedious, and for several reasons. On the one hand you got your ' literalists' who insist that every word in the Bible is literally, true. Verbatim. ' An if you got any questions you can just shut up 'cause it ain't none of your lookout, no how! On the other hand, you got your secular humanists ( yes, they DO have a manifesto, published 1906) who insist that it is folly, superstition to believe in the existence of Christ, or his divinity. Yeah Sure!
An' if you got any questions you can jus' shut up an' go meditate on your unworthiness! Eat some yoghurt! Hug a bunny! ( Just not a western jack, they'll tear the crap out of you, they sure as hell did my dogs!
Then, of course, you got your Mohammedans, who insist that while He existed, He was not divine, did'nt do what he said. never mind that those Mohammedans asserted this some 642 years after his death, and that there is considerable dispute of the provenance of the Q'uran... the earliest known copy of which is a palimpsest.. Yah, no kidding.
The major religions of the world have some commonalities.. mostly in what they advocate. In matters of treatment of one's fellows, the sick, the imprisoned, the poor, those beset by sorrow or misfortune. I suppose that is why we ( Judeo-Cristians) can get along with Bhuddists and Hindus and all manner of odd folk. And they with us. About 99.3% of practicing Bhuddists would rather sell you a big color T.V. at a fat profit than kill you. Me, I'd rather get them Bhuddists hooked into a Coca-Cola franchise than kill them.
  However, ( you knew there was one, didn't ya?) There are two major religions which do not have the same moral codices as the rest.
They are communism and Islam. they are the only two which have war and violence as fundamental to the practice of the faith. You may test this assertion for yourself. It is important to note here that 'Fascism" and 'Communism' are just two faces of the same coin. Idealogically, no difference.  Just as there is no profound difference in the social model between fascism, Communism, and Islam. ( test the theory!)
......So, what's new? well, both Christianity and Judaism are new. Take a look at human history and you'll see a radical break starting with 'ol Abraham, through Moses, ( wadn't he a cranky dude!)and on and on.
I recommend C.S. Lewis, 'Mere Christianity' or maybe the 'Four Loves', as effective antidotes to the logical-positivist plague of our age. those are short,sharp clear. the very best of apologia.
Yes, i am a wordy bastard, and a redneck too!   J.O.M. Cain't help it. I'm an autodidact- only one who was one would have the temerity to say so.

Froderik:

--- Quote from: "justonemore" ---C.S. Lewis, 'Mere Christianity'
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none-ya:

--- Quote ---J.O.M. wrote;
" There are two major religions which do not have the same moral codices as the rest.
They are communism and Islam. "
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Since when is communism a religon? Didn't Marx say that religon is the opiate of the people? Myself I'd rather have the real stuff.

justonemore:
None Ya! I suppose that there is still controversy as to whether communism is a religion. In my view, the primary reason for the controversy is that a communist's first task is to persuade you that he's not one, but a 'progressive' ' a socialist, a free thinker, a methodist, a catholic. what have you.
I accept communism as a religion because it has all the characteristics of a religion, i.e.; an accepted dogma, a social creed, faith absent proof, and most important, and end-times doctrine, and don't forget, an ontology , or theory of reality. The difference between a 'valid' religion, and a chuckle-headed one, is in my view, How they prove out in human and world affairs. Communism has given us the cold war, chernobyl, a gulag system whose population never fell below 17'000, Cuba, Che', the list rolls on. Poverty, desperation and war. Ever whur ya look.
on the other hand islam gives us slavery as a social institution, the stoning of women and mutilation, and poverty, desperation and war. Ever' whur ya look
One handy test "By their fruits, ye shall know them" Apply that test to various philosophies, see how it works.
J.O.M.
Speaking of 'opiate of the masses' I hear tell that Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals!

none-ya:
J.O.M. Please don't misunderstand me. I'm not defending communism nor any organized religon. I'm sure many a citizen under communist rule has prayed in church for a better system.

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