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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 7, 2008 12:13:46 GMT -1
after how much time is it socially acceptable to throw water of a burning Jehovas Witness
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Post by Travis on Feb 7, 2008 12:15:34 GMT -1
after how much time is it socially acceptable to throw water of a burning Jehovas Witness The moment they brandish a copy of 'The Watchtower' magazine represents the moment of the conventional breach of the tolerance threshold.
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Post by CmonYouSpurs on Feb 7, 2008 12:34:45 GMT -1
;D
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Post by thales on Feb 7, 2008 12:50:06 GMT -1
after how much time is it socially acceptable to throw water of a burning Jehovas Witness The moment they brandish a copy of 'The Watchtower' magazine represents the moment of the conventional breach of the tolerance threshold. damn! always thought that was the time to add more petrol
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Post by URRZZZ!!! on Feb 7, 2008 17:06:13 GMT -1
I'm fed of people having a go at religion. I'm open about mine, I try and take it seriously but I'm absolutely crap at keeping to the rules, I have weaknesses for getting drunk and telling very inappropriate jokes. That doesn't make me a bloody hypocrite. If we were all good enough to act what we believed in then there wouldn't have been a need for Jesus as we'd all be perfect. We admit we're wrong and try to do better. I hope that answers your hypocrite argument COYS.
As for overly PC people who always try and slam their views down your throat. The majority of Christians I know are always hoping that people will ask them questions, but we also all know that we're not in a position to try and force our views upon people as it will alienate and generally be rude and disrespectful. Compare this to some firm atheists I know who are always up for trying to impose their views whenever possible and happily insult what we believe in, and people are in no position to criticize us.
Every religion states that humans are not perfect and will screw up and make errors. We never try to pretend we're perfect. Yet some people the moment they see anything less than perfection from us can't wait to get on our back and call us hypocrites. And when you think about how we're often viewed as crazy and mentally unstable by others, we speak out surprisingly little. Many of us are willing to read books by Richard Dawkins and challenge ourselves too. Religion is a rational decision, not some form of insanity so many people make it out to be. So think about all that when you have a go at religion.
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Post by weallloveleeds on Feb 7, 2008 17:28:47 GMT -1
A quote I saw the other day; 'When one person is deluded it's called insanity, when many are deluded it's called religion'. Does anyone know who said this?
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Post by URRZZZ!!! on Feb 7, 2008 17:35:54 GMT -1
Richard Dawkins I think.
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