Is Christianity Dying?(hopefully?)

[Exarch]

hopefully? finally?
is that perverted twisted sick worship of some freak who got nailed to a plank of wood finally seeing its dusk?

you want spiritual-emotional fulfillment go hang out with friends, or go on a bushwalk; there's no need to convert to christianity to feel 'accepted' like some losers do.

or were you sucked in at a low point in your life and now you're what's commonly known as a 'fundamnetalist christian/jack chick tract reader'??

christianity is just a way for ppl to get your $$$$, whether it be catholic, protestant or jsut plain bat insane baptist. you're better off spending that $$ on beer and hookers, at least you're guaranteed heaven on the last one.

Discuss

[Ummon]

What is dying is the context, not christianity at all.

[Exarch]

i have no respect for christianity
any more than i do for scientology
why, last week i encountered one of those christian pamphleteers, it felt good to tear up the pamphlet in front of him and walk away laughing

[Pious Agnost]

Aah, so you're a RL troll too.

[Rich86]

i have no respect for christianity
any more than i do for scientology
why, last week i encountered one of those christian pamphleteers, it felt good to tear up the pamphlet in front of him and walk away laughing

Are you just trolling?

If people can't belief in something then there is no hope for them

By 'believe in something' I assume you mean 'believe in a religion' ?

Please explain why my lack of religious belief means there is no hope for me?

just think one second wath if there wout be no relgions we wout all be fighting animals how have no feeling wath so ever.

Oh yes of course - one major flaw in your argument though....why is it (if this is the case) we don't see atheists taking to the streets and raping, killing, looting, stealing, pillaging, murdering - and generally engaging in anarchy and evil actions? Not all of us require a 'magic book' with 'magic rules' to behave properly.

christanity is a hate religion
it must be abolished

You need to expand on that a little or it's just trolling.

the best proof why Atheists and Atheism have the same ideoloicaly based potential for cruelty and violence as any Religion.

Yes. One user posting nasty things about your religion is PROOF that Atheism is a basis for cruelty and violence!!!!

you consider testing sites for rockets as more usefull than churches

Well - I'd say they actually are more useful than a lot of churches.

The first abolished slavery in the United States

Didn't large number of Christians oppose the abolition? Using the bible to justify the abolition?

why specifically attack Christianity?

It's most likely the religion that he is most familar with.

then i suggest that the bible should have bits like raping and killing and incest an like that cut out.

You advocate editing books? Let's remove the bit where Raskalnikov kills the old lady with the hatchet in Crime & Punishment also

I was going to keep reading through the rest of this thread - but by page 7 it really DOES seem to be a troll session

[Pickle_mole]

i have no respect for christianity
any more than i do for scientology
why, last week i encountered one of those christian pamphleteers, it felt good to tear up the pamphlet in front of him and walk away laughing

You dont have to believe, but you should be a big enough man to have common courtesy.

[Ummon]

Which is your right.

[Exarch]

christianity is, if one reads the bible, in fact a hate religion, just like judaism and islam

[black-dragon]

Christianity died on the cross.

[EireEmerald]

Christianity died on the cross.

What a load of bollox. there are plently of people who deserve to be called " christians" out there.

[elusivecorn]

Christianity died on the cross.

Correction, that is how it was born.

[Ummon]

christianity is, if one reads the bible, in fact a hate religion, just like judaism and islam

Well, surely you will hear many people saying it these days. Life is certainly more comfortable without rules (good or bad they may be). For a while.

Christianity died on the cross.

That is a more intelligent joke. Nonetheless, a joke, given the many people who faced death to imitate Jesus.

[Arch-hereticK]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamMj...c-HM-fresh+div

Rules can/should only be accepted if they come as a mandate from the people, obviously.
Hate has nothing to do with rules (unless you're religious)

[Ältester der Motten]

Well, surely you will hear many people saying it these days. Life is certainly more comfortable without rules (good or bad they may be). For a while.
[...]
That is a more intelligent joke. Nonetheless, a joke, given the many people who faced death to imitate Jesus.

WHat does this have to do with Christianity being allegedly a religion of hate?

Could you elaborate how many people having died on the cross made this statement a joke? I fear I can not follow your reasoning.

Rules can/should only be accepted if they come as a mandate from the people, obviously.
Hate has nothing to do with rules (unless you're religious)

Obviously? Not to me, no.

If those rules are based on hate or are there to prevent/punish actions of hate, then yes.

[webMaster412160]

If people can't belief in something then there is no hope for them the relgions are for many people hope where the can pray and speak to in the Church or mosque
Budisme Temple,... just think one second wath if there wout be no relgions we wout all be fighting animals how have no feeling wath so ever.

[Ummon]

the illusion of christian free will

Free will is not freedom: it is the ability to fight with boundaries.

Rules can/should only be accepted if they come as a mandate from the people, obviously.

Yes? You mean that the average joe knows good and evil?

Hate has nothing to do with rules (unless you're religious)

So you say.

[Exarch]

Free will is not freedom: it is the ability to fight with boundaries.
.

more religious doublespeak

anoter reason why christianity must be destroyed
churches must be demolished or converted into useful things like testing of rokets and weapons, bibles must no longer be printed,

[Ummon]

more religious doublespeak

anoter reason why christianity must be destroyed
churches must be demolished or converted into useful things like testing of rokets and weapons, bibles must no longer be printed,

Doublespeak?

Freedom means no boundaries.

Free will means a will with no boundaries (in a reality with boundaries).

[Exarch]

Doublespeak?

Freedom means no boundaries.).

freedom:

.the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial. 2.exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc.3.the power to determine action without restraint.4.political or national independence.5.personal liberty, as opposed to bondage or slavery: a slave who bought his freedom. 6.exemption from the presence of anything specified (usually fol. by from): freedom from fear. 7.the absence of or release from ties, obligations, etc.8.ease or facility of movement or action: to enjoy the freedom of living in the country. 9.frankness of manner or speech.10.general exemption or immunity: freedom from taxation. 11.the absence of ceremony or reserve.12.a liberty taken.13.a particular immunity or privilege enjoyed, as by a city or corporation: freedom to levy taxes. 14.civil liberty, as opposed to subjection to an arbitrary or despotic government.15.the right to enjoy all the privileges or special rights of citizenship, membership, etc., in a community or the like.16.the right to frequent, enjoy, or use at will: to have the freedom of a friend's library. 17.Philosophy. the power to exercise choice and make decisions without constraint from within or without; autonomy; self-determination.

Free will means a will with no boundaries (in a reality with boundaries

unless the boundary happens to be a deity, that definition would stand.
unfortunately,

1.free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will. 2.Philosophy. the doctrine that the conduct of human beings expresses personal choice and is not simply determined by physical or divine forces.

source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/free%20will

[Ummon]

7.the absence of or release from ties,

Are ties anything else but constraints and bonds? See you after the suspension ends.