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Is there ANY possibility that you could be wrong about ANY of this? Or are you presuming your views and opinions here to be absolutely true and inerrant (as though you are now God's equal)? And if you COULD be wrong, which of these accusations that you're slinging at other people (most of whom...

And taken away, too. But which? And when? You don't know, and neither do I.

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Actually they do. Just as one person has that right, so do 10, or 100, or 1,000, or a million. And your trying to stop them isn't saving anyone. People have to be allowed to choose their own path. It's God's will. And your trying to control everyone else's choices and behaviors not only won't...

Yes. They are the ones that need no labels because they embody the divine spirit of God's love, forgiveness, kindness, and generosity for all the world to recognize. "Christ" is a way of being, not a religious ideologue in someone's holy book. I don't think it's even about that. To be Christian...

They do tend to drive people away from investigating Christianity. And in turn tend to attract would-be tyrants and zealots.

Yet, we still have to make that determination for ourselves. Each and every one of us. Our participation in the actions and endeavors of others. Unless we misinterpret what we read. Which clearly does happen. Millions or people have been raped, robbed, tortured, and murdered for the cause of...

And people who speak in public. Or cough in public. Or sneeze in public,

”Say your prayers, but tie your camels.”

On the other hand, presuming to know what God will do for you is both dishonest and arrogant.

There’s no need. The observation stands on it’s own. I can’t make anyone acknowledge it that is intent on not acknowledging it.

Mine, either. But the virus did happen, and people did get very sick, and die. So I did as I was asked by those who ought to know better than I, and I found that it does indeed help me avoid colds and flu, it nothing else. So, since I'm now used to the minor inconvenience of covid protocol, and...

The fact that you couldn't respond without insults tells me that you are not here for any positive purpose. I think we're done here.

It's our responsibility to determine our own ethical priorities, and to judge our own actions in the world according to those priorities. Of course that will involve having to judge the behavior of others to determine our degree of participation and/or response. The problems arise when we...

And I likewise thank you for your honesty and humility. It is sincerely respected and appreciated. Grace manifested.

And therein lay the formation of the toxic religious zealot, using his own understanding of God, and his own clan's holy books to appoint himself the right hand of God. Inerrant and unquestionably righteous in his own eyes, now, and free to mete out divine vengeance as he sees fit. It's a very...

Go where? I don't see where this post is going.

Someone needs to accuse the "brethren" because they clearly have decided not to accuse themselves. They've decided to make excuses and wallow in their own imagined self-righteousness, instead. No. Which is why I don't presume my sins to be any less loathsome than anyone else's. And why it's not...

You can think what you want, but all I'm seeing here are just excuses for why we (and maybe you) aren't doing better. Being Christlike was always an impossibly difficult challenge. Love, forgiveness, kindness, and generosity are difficult to embody in a "dog-eat-dog" world. And yet it seems a...

I.e., to serve those who are suffering, not to rule over them, condemn them, and punish them for their weakness. Seems a lot of self=proclaimed Christians these days want to rule over their fellow humans, and judge and punish them and even blame them for their suffering.