totally mind boggling

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by likwid

Just like people still worshipping some carpenter who got nailed to some wood?

Suppose you're the little girl. Who do you want to believe in? The one who says "love thy neighbor as thy self" or the one who says "we'll cut her liver out so we get a good harvest"?

[Raven]

when those two brainiac's held the liver up
to the Heavens as a sacrifice

their god's are up in the SKY

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Suppose you're the little girl. Who do you want to believe in? The one who says "love thy neighbor as thy self" or the one who says "we'll cut her liver out so we get a good harvest"?

Who gives a damn? It has no affect on us, they've been doing it for thousands of years, stop telling people how to run their lives.

Missionaries did a whole lotta good, just look at Africa.

I'm sure democracy is gonna be a raving success in the middle east too!

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by likwid

Who gives a damn? It has no affect on us, they've been doing it for thousands of years, stop telling people how to run their lives.

Who gives a damn??? You wouldn't want to see the sacrificing of 7 year old girls (or anyone else) to the God of Harvest stopped everywhere in the world ?

Didn't they interfer with how that little girl was running her life? You care that we would tell people how to run their lives by wanting them to stop sacrificing little girls but you don't care that they interfered with the girls life by cutting her liver out?

Sorry , I'm having trouble following the logic of your "who gives a damn" 's.

I think I'll stick with the teachings of The Carpenter on this one.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Suppose you're the little girl. Who do you want to believe in? The one who says "love thy neighbor as thy self" or the one who says "we'll cut her liver out so we get a good harvest"?

Faith isn't suppose to be able about making a choice of "which one do I like more".

Also, let's not forget that the religion that states "Love thy neighbor" also gave blessing to The Crusades.

[Saltheart]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

Faith isn't suppose to be able about making a choice of "which one do I like more".

Also, let's not forget that the religion that states "Love thy neighbor" also gave blessing to The Crusades.

I don't care which one you like , I asked who you would want to believe in if you were the little girl.

Unfortunately many , like you , confuse the teachings of The Carpenter with the rules and actions of various organized religious groups. Its important to get the facts straight. Many religions will have a thousand ways to justify killing or condemning you to hell. Lets see... some religion in india teaches killing little girls to get a good harvest.....Islam teaches killing of the infidels....Christianity teaches killing of the blasphemers .... Jesus taught us to love our neighbors , he never preached killing anyone.