A person's religion should not make any difference. It is when that religion has teachings that encourage/ignore bad behavior, and don't contribute positively to the individual's mental health, and the health of the society, that the beliefs of that religion should be challenged.
I obviously don't have problems with NOM's. They see the sick aspects of it, and try to transcend it.
Is religious bigotry even a thing?
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_MCB
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Re: Is religious bigotry even a thing?
Huckelberry said:
I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/a ... cc_toc.htm
I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/a ... cc_toc.htm
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Re: Is religious bigotry even a thing?
MCB wrote:A person's religion should not make any difference. It is when that religion has teachings that encourage/ignore bad behavior, and don't contribute positively to the individual's mental health, and the health of the society, that the beliefs of that religion should be challenged.
I obviously don't have problems with NOM's. They see the sick aspects of it, and try to transcend it.
Yep. Religions (in my view) are fair game for criticism without calling the doubters "bigots" (or Anti-Mormon). If they are true, they shouldn't mind a little close inspection.
Personally, I really don't have problems with any Mormons. They can believe whatever they like and it has no effect on me. I would be happier if they could move beyond the two hundred year old con game, but whatever. I do not like being called Anti-Mormon, though. I think it may be just talking points for the apologists.
This, or any other post that I have made or will make in the future, is strictly my own opinion and consequently of little or no value.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
"Faith is believing something you know ain't true" Twain.
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Re: Is religious bigotry even a thing?
Obviously, given my background, I would trust a TBM about two inches. But that is just because of my experiences.
However, it takes time to assess into which camp the person falls.
However, it takes time to assess into which camp the person falls.
Huckelberry said:
I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/a ... cc_toc.htm
I see the order and harmony to be the very image of God which smiles upon us each morning as we awake.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/a ... cc_toc.htm
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Re: Is religious bigotry even a thing?
Quasimodo wrote:I truly understand (from just hanging around here) that changing a religion can be very difficult. Still, it's much easier than changing one's race or skin color.
If - and only if - that religion is not Mormonism or islam.
OK, islam is a little worse. They decapitate the apostates.
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
- To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
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Re: Is religious bigotry even a thing?
...there is no need to hate a people because their beliefs are different. I mean that dislike of a religion or philosophy doesn't make one a bigot.
'Love the Mormon, hate the morminism' seems fair enough.
They have a similar phrase for me and my friends.