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Originally posted by Gawdzilla
Originally posted by teapot
reply to post by Gawdzilla
Islamic schools exist. Jewish schools exist. The pupils taught at all denominational schools receive educations based upon beliefs held and proscribed in those holy books as well as religous tradition.
Yet there isn't a similar renewed interest in debunking these religions nor their methods and practice for disseminating their faith.
That Christianity holds strong the right to free will, invites and respects challenge from non Christians.
All moves to insert religion into science classes in public schools should be and are challenged. And if you don't believe that Islam and Judaism haven't been debunked your view is just being blocked by sand in front of your eyes.
If you want to send your kids to a religion-based/biased school, go for it. It means they won't be able to compete as well with the kids who received a real science education. Educational Darwinism.
Originally posted by LeoVirgo
Eventually, science and spirituality will mix....this will be the age of reason. God is order and shows us this through science. The strict divisions of religions will slowly dim and people will come to see the unity between all things, our different wills will blend into a spiritual order. Something like that...
I do think though, it will take great catastrophes and personally catalysts for this to happen. Bad brings good....it seems this is a order of it all. Darkness brings the light because it gives something for the light to shine 'through'.
I am probably making no sense now but that is my personal take. We will evolve spiritually. Our thoughts as a unite are recycling and sifting just as our own individual thoughts recycle and sift through life.
Most religions tell people to worry about their own salvation. Salvation comes though, by living for others, becoming the beckon of light, not just observing it. And salvation, to my, in opinion, is not a good word to use to describe what we are to strive for.
Just my thoughts
LV
Originally posted by watchtheashes
reply to post by nomorecruelty
Not to mention the fact that Yeshua and Yahweh are the only ones out of all religions to say not to condone to other religions because only They are right. I don't think any statue of Buddha (The 5th Buddha will be Anti-Christ MAITREYA) or Confucius or Hindu etc. ever claimed to be right. There are many religions out there, but who ever said God ever organized a religion in the first place? Jesus taught about the last days and The Kingdom, not being in a denomination.
EDIT
You can't see swine flu but its there. God is not visible nor can he be proven through scientific analysis. However these same scientists are the ones that made the flu, and you're trusting them? I don't disagree with science at all and I don't say anyone is wrong. I just add to it. Codes however can be proved mathematically, logistically, and scientific analysis. Explain why the skeptics can't make a whole sentence out of monkey texts that isn't skip 1. You really can't explain that. I've seen the best paper against the codes out there and it's 7 terms with 1 in 10,000 chance in War and Peace. The best matrices from pro codes stasticians far exceed 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 X10 to the x power and most terms relate to the surface text in which it is embedded, and in complete sentences and dates. Its almost like a 1st God view of our world. (Can't say 1st person as that would be like a lie or something degrading to the Divine Yahweh.)
[edit on 30-4-2009 by watchtheashes]
[edit on 30-4-2009 by watchtheashes]
Originally posted by watchtheashes
Living a successful life and having money is not wrong, but the modern LOVE OF MONEY is what's wrong. Just look at swine flu. Business is more important than people's lives these days. It doesn't take faith In Yeshua to at least see that from a non-religious perspective. I'm only offensive(by position like offense defense) when the other person is offensive by attack. I try not to offend those of no religion or other ones when explaining my beliefs. Part of those beliefs requires telling others however of the good news of the Kingdom of God. Who doesn't want that? Paradise for the pure.
Originally posted by distortion9
Major turnoff...
By no means do I want or expect free thought and/or opinion to be restricted because it offends me. But, IMHO there is an anti Christian, anti American vibe here that keeps me from posting. To be frank, it makes me sick.
It's a strange world where the trend is to be more sympathetic towards radical Muslims than to conservative Christians....quite prophetic too.