May god be with you.

[carmanmemoranda]

It's a set of beliefs.

Most people can live a good life without the need for religion. Just common decency.

I still don't understand how anybody can claim religion is good. But then dismisses other religions

 

[IT Minion]

Possibly, I don't exclude this possibility.
Nonetheless, if everyone followed such principles the world would be a better place

Which principles? The ones you cherry picked from a translation of a bronze age book?

Christianity is no better than Islam. Budhism, Rastafarianism, Pastafarianism or Jedis.

All of them allow you to pick and mix decency or depravity as you choose.

 

[johnny2007]

Which principles? The ones you cherry picked from a translation of a bronze age book?

Christianity is no better than Islam. Budhism, Rastafarianism, Pastafarianism or Jedis.

All of them allow you to pick and mix decency or depravity as you choose.

I never said Christianity was better than any other religion.
Please show me which of the 10 commandments of God is depraved.

 

[Kraven]

Have you considered that it might be way, way , below?

Start with the garden of eden and Adam's rib - oh, it never happened. We discovered Evolution.

Religions are for self-important simpletons who want an off-the-shelf morality.
We now know it's nonsense, like flat-earth ideas, and phlogiston ideas etc etc etc.
Understandable in our eras of ignorance, but pathetic now. And as we all know, many are very unpleasant - including christianity. Ask a Crusader what it meant for that lot. Or a Bosnian who had different flavors of christians having a go. Or Northern Irish - all christians blowing each other up.

Christians are like supporters of one football team
They try to say that non-fantasisers/believers have non-belief as a religion.
Nope, I just don't have a fantasy, like I don't follow football.

Believing in any twaddle is not necessary, useful, or right, clever, or worthy of respect. Scum of the Earth?

It's a set of beliefs.

Most people can live a good life without the need for religion. Just common decency.

I still don't understand how anybody can claim religion is good. But then dismisses other religions

Technically yes, but then the issue is who defines what is 'good".

 

[johnny2007]

Technically yes, but then the issue is who defines what is 'good".

I suppose you're over 18.
By now you should have enough experience to know the difference between good and bad...
Or maybe not...

 

[IT Minion]

I never said Christianity was better than any other religion.
Please show me which of the 10 commandments of God is depraved.

The first says no other gods. How many Christians have used that as an excuse to kill heretics?

For an answer I would look at civilizations who embraced Islam or were forced into it.
Egypt...from the Pharaoh to...
Afghanistan...from centre of culture and education to...
Iran...from being the Switzerland of the middle east to...
All of North Africa...from highly cultural and traditional peaceful tribes to...

 

[pete01]

Interesting discussion, clever chappy Ricky Gervais

 

[morqthana]

Yes mainly. The Rich the young the healthy and the clever should and need to help those less fortunate.

I know I do.

And you should treat everybody with kindness and respect, even if they are asylum seekers who've crossed the Channel in a small boat.

 

[morqthana]

I consider myself a Christian,

Are these expressions of Christian values?

Anything better than 4 walls and a recycled mattress is more than they should be given.
Plain rice and potatoes for food.
And of course no escape route.
That would be a deterrent for fake asylum seekers.

Take all illegal immigrants and stick them in prison with same standards as prisons in their countries.
Then, get the navy to patrol our waters and push back any boat trying to come into our territory.

Do you think that this is the sort of attitude Jesus would have to someone he disagreed with:

Same here.
The retarded has bothered the mods so much that they blocked our replies to him.
Our fault really: we have engaged in conversation with a sub-human with no brain and instead we should've just ignored the racist bigot in drags.
We've lowered ourselves to his level, our fault.

 

[Kraven]

I suppose you're over 18.
By now you should have enough experience to know the difference between good and bad...
Or maybe not...

You totally missed that dude, flew over yr head..

Try again

 

[Elsa TLC]

And you should treat everybody with kindness and respect, even if they are asylum seekers who've crossed the Channel in a small boat.

Now Im going to blow my own trumpet.
Mainly because non of you but a few know me.

TODAY
I pass a young Muslim middle Eastern girl outside Sainsbury's. Wet cold and miserable.
I never asked if she come by boat nor did I ask if she was an Asylum seeker.
However I did ask if she wanted a cup of Tea from Starbucks.
"Can have a hot chocolate to warm me up please"

And it was bloody hot.
And it put a smile on her face.

 

[Kraven]

Are these expressions of Christian values?





Do you think that this is the sort of attitude Jesus would have to someone he disagreed with:

He's showing his Christian hypocrisy.

Jesus would forsake him

 

[johnny2007]

The first says no other gods. How many Christians have used that as an excuse to kill heretics?

So, because the first commandment says no other God, you consider it wrong, depraved or whatever else.
Not the deliberate misrepresentation of some nutcase... I see...

Are these expressions of Christian values?





Do you think that this is the sort of attitude Jesus would have to someone he disagreed with:

Are you still following me?
Go away you nutcase.
I'm not Jesus and I am capable of doing wrong.

 

[morqthana]

And you should treat everybody with kindness and respect, even if they are asylum seekers who've crossed the Channel in a small boat.

Now Im going to blow my own trumpet.
Mainly because non of you but a few know me.

TODAY
I pass a young Muslim middle Eastern girl outside Sainsbury's. Wet cold and miserable.
I never asked if she come by boat nor did I ask if she was an Asylum seeker.
However I did ask if she wanted a cup of Tea from Starbucks.
"Can have a hot chocolate to warm me up please"

And it was bloody hot.
And it put a smile on her face.

It's not about one interaction with one person.

It's about your beliefs and attitudes to all of them. To all the anonymous ones you never have, and never will meet. It's about how you view, categorise, describe and wish to treat them as a group.

 

[Elsa TLC]

It's not about one interaction with one person.

It's about your beliefs and attitudes to all of them. To all the anonymous ones you never have, and never will meet. It's about how you view, categorise, describe and wish to treat them as a group.

Only the good. And thsts not to say even they should stay in the country. But while they are hear, treat them with dignity..

And its not just one interaction, its just one ive told you about.