Faid
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| Quote | It is interesting to read about how some Christians are so ready to distance themselves from the historical events like the Crusades or the Inquisition, and yet many modern evangelicals hold, as a virtual cornerstone of their faith, the most violent type of “inner inquisition” one could imagine: namely their unwavering conviction that anyone who doesn’t ‘accept Jesus Christ as their personal savior” is hellbound for all of eternity. I am certain that when Christ explained to his followers that what we do in our thoughts is every bit as powerful as what we do in our deeds, he meant just this sort of thing: from this perspective, how much better is it to let the “infidel” have his chunk of real estate while condemning him to an eternity of agony in your thoughts? What is more violent than that?
I don’t know about the level of violence in abstract thought not translated to action but I don’t question the level of inanity in the concept. Thoughts are not anywhere remotely near being equivalent to actions. A darned good thing too. Have you seen the Seinfeld episode “The Burning” where Elaine is going to #### and Puddy doesn’t care? If not you should and if you have you should watch it a couple more times. -ds
Comment by tinabrewer — March 28, 2006 @ 5 5 pm |
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Gee Dave, never thought of it that way... and here I was thinking that "hateful speech leads to hateful actions". Silly me.
...No no wait, you said "thought", not "speech", I get it now.
So, everything will be fine, as long as the fundies keep their mouth shut, right?
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A look into DAVE HAWKINS' sense of honesty:
"The truth is that ALL mutations REDUCE information"
"...mutations can add information to a genome. And remember, I have never said that this is not possible."
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