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发帖数: 2153 | 1 Survey’s surprising finding: tea party less popular than atheists and
Muslims
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In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Robert D. Putnam, a professor of
public policy at Harvard, and David E. Campbell, a political scientist at
Notre Dame, say they have collected data indicating that the tea party is "
less popular than much maligned groups like 'atheists' and 'Muslims.'"
But Campbell says the tea party was really an afterthought in their research
."We didn't go into this study to... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 2 Gay entertainment mogul Michael Lucas warns of the risks of homophobic
Islamist governments forming after the Arab Spring.
After decades in power, a brutal dictator in a Muslim country is
dramatically deposed by a massive popular uprising. Sound familiar? Of
course: that’s what happened in Egypt and Libya this year, as part of what
’s known as the Arab Spring. But it’s also what happened in Iran in 1979
— and that should make us pause for a moment.
It’s easy to cheer for democratic change and ce... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 3 Posted on Advocate.com December 06, 2011 07:38:56 PM ET
8 Must-Read Moments of Hillary Clinton's Speech
By Lucas Grindley and Michelle Garcia
HILLARY CLINTON 20111206 GENEVA X390 (GETTY) | ADVOCATE.COM
Tuesday's landmark speech from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined
the United States' stance on an "invisible minority" in many countries, as
she put it — LGBT and gender-varyiant people. The full speech is available
here, but if you're in a hurry, here are eight key points made during her... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 4 Keep religion out of government
I went to Gov. Chris Christie’s official website to write a note about gay
rights and was dismayed to not find a relevant topic selection under which
to submit my comments. Gay rights is central to any discussion about
equality today and deserves a place to comment.
For whom is Christie putting up a roadblock against gay equality? Clearly
not for those who seek the fairness and equality that are the cornerstones
of our Constitution. Being governor is a difficult j... 阅读全帖 |
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k*****e
发帖数: 1235 | 5 这篇文章解释得比较详细，也就是说AZ和GA的宗教自由法案，将宗教自由的优先度提高
到了其它反歧视法案之上。如果这个法案通过，其他历史上曾经通过的各种反歧视法案
将变成一纸空文。任何公司都将可以援引宗教自由在雇佣，租房，服务业等等领域公然
进行歧视。和Kansas, Tennessee, South Dekota的类似提案不同的是，AZ和GA
的提案都没有提到LGBT，这也意味着其破坏性更大，这个法案将允许种族歧视，性别歧
视，等等。
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/new-bill-georgia-would-al
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners
—Dana Liebelson on Mon. February 24, 2014 2:44 PM PDT
Welcome center: DanTD/Wikimedia Commons; Plank: Nuttapong/Shutterstock.
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k*****e
发帖数: 1235 | 6 这篇文章解释得比较详细，也就是说AZ和GA的宗教自由法案，将宗教自由的优先度提高
到了其它反歧视法案之上。如果这个法案通过，其他历史上曾经通过的各种反歧视法案
将变成一纸空文。任何公司都将可以援引宗教自由在雇佣，租房，服务业等等领域公然
进行歧视。和Kansas, Tennessee, South Dekota的类似提案不同的是，AZ和GA
的提案都没有提到LGBT，这也意味着其破坏性更大，这个法案将允许种族歧视，性别歧
视，等等。
http://m.motherjones.com/mojo/2014/02/new-bill-georgia-would-al
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners
—Dana Liebelson on Mon. February 24, 2014 2:44 PM PDT
Welcome center: DanTD/Wikimedia Commons; Plank: Nuttapong/Shutterstock.
Photoillustration by Mat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1503 | 7 I think he is right. Communism is actually a religion.Therefore, it is
pretty normal that CCP will give no space for other religions. However,
after 1980s, CCP changed.Other religions slowly gain their spaces. |
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发帖数: 3734 | 8 其实court对religion的定义就是sincere and meaningful belief。
法律意义上的religion比大家印象中的religion要广泛的多。
was |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 9 When the Republican House leadership decided to start the 112th Congress
with a reading of the U.S. Constitution, the decision raised complaints in
some quarters that it was little more than a political stunt. The New York
Times even called it a "presumptuous and self-righteous act."
That might be true, if you could be sure that elected officials actually
know something about the Constitution. But it turns out that many don't.
In fact, elected officials tend to know even less about key provision... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 ＮY., July 28, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) — When two steel girders were found
intact, in the shape of a cross, in the middle of the wreckage of the World
Trade Center after 9/11, it was hailed by many as a mini “miracle” and a
sign of hope for a country beleaguered by a devastating terrorist attack.
Now, however, an atheist group has filed a lawsuit that seeks to tear down
that cross, which was moved recently to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New
York City.
American Atheists filed its lawsuit, Amer... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 11 2011-08-01 22:23:46 [点击:224]
媒体界的左左们抓住这次挪威的例子，又开始控诉“右翼基督教极端主义恐怖分子”了
——Daily Beast出了一篇作文，一如既往的痛说革命家史、列出96年俄克拉荷马爆炸
案的凶手Timothy McVeigh、炸堕胎诊所的Eric Rudolph、还有在大屠杀记念馆扫射的
James von Brunn甚至明确推崇共产主义并痛恨小布什总统的那个撞国税局的Andrew
Joseph Stack，这些都成了他们口中的“right-wing, extremist Christian
terrorism”。问题在于，实际上这些人没有一个不反基督教的。
McVeigh明确宣称"Science is my religion," 他的遗言(引用Invictus)----"I thank
whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul ... I am the master of my
fate: I am the captain of my soul."
Eric Rudolph仇恨堕胎，所以就信... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 By Eileen F. Toplansky
With the news that "[i]nfiltration of the federal government by members of
the radical Muslim Brotherhood is worse than some have warned," it should
come as no surprise that while Obama has been courting Muslim Brotherhood
operatives, his wife has also gotten into the act.
According to the toolkit site,
"[t]he Let's Move! initiative, started by First Lady Michelle Obama, has an
ambitious national goal of addressing the challenge of childhood obesity
within a generation, so... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 The Washington, D.C. Office of Human Rights confirmed that it is
investigating allegations that Catholic University violated the human rights
of Muslim students by not allowing them to form a Muslim student group and
by not providing them rooms without Christian symbols for their daily
prayers.
The investigation alleges that Muslim students “must perform their prayers
surrounded by symbols of Catholicism – e.g., a wooden crucifix, paintings
of Jesus, pictures of priests and theologians which man... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 By Neil Snyder
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a cruel dictator. He believes that
killing his own citizens is collateral damage associated with governing, and
he's not alone. Arab countries have been ruled by people like Assad for
millennia. Yet the Arab Spring is changing the status quo in the Middle
East, and today's shocked Westerners may, in due course, wind up longing for
the days when the Assads of the Middle East were in charge.
A few days ago, President Assad said, "Syria is the h... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 15 by The Political Palaver
In today's world, any critic of Islam is labeled an Islamophobe and
marginalized by society at large. But it was not always so. Here,
abolitionist, scholar, and sixth President of the United States John Quincy
Adams delivers the most concise, yet deeply analytical assessment of the "
why" of Islam.
Please read on.
In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab [Muhammad] of
the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent
genius, w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 By Patrick Goodenough
November 30, 2011
(CNSNews.com) – A religious freedom advocacy group is challenging all 2012
presidential contenders to sign a pledge committing themselves to promote
religious freedom at home and to make it a foreign policy priority.
As of late Tuesday, Republican former Sen. Rick Santorum had signed the Open
Doors USA pledge and the other candidates – including the Democratic
incumbent – were “considering” doing so, the organization said.
Signatories to the “pledge f... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 17 作者:猞猁
2012-02-01 05:40:36
一战刚结束时, 埃及的大气侯是倾向西式自由社会的, 1919年独立运动成功后, 建立了
君主立宪和议会选举制度, 1923年宪法完全体现世俗化原则, 肯定男女平等与宗教共容
。那时埃及不但没有排犹运动, 甚至犹太复国主义组织也公开存在, 议会第一大党Wafd
(在总共211个议会席位中占有179席)的发言人Leon Castro就是犹太人。
革命成功了, 然后, 跟某负责任大国的历史类似, 十年后一个叫穆斯林兄弟会的组织开
始了建党伟业。起初也是没人鸟, 十年时间吸收的会员不过800余人。走运的是, 希特
勒同志为了打击英法在中东北非的势力, 开始下一盘很大的棋, 纳粹在开罗设立党支部
, 除了直接援助穆兄会大笔经费、文宣、以及武装训练之外, 还向埃及政府施压, 逼它
在全国开展反犹主义唱读讲传活动, 否则德国就抵制埃及的棉花; 埃及当局就范之后,
德国成为它的第2大进口商...这样一个个大单砸下去, 再加上被德国的经济奇迹亮花了
狗眼, 埃及社会各界终于在反犹和低人权优势这两个问题上形成了广泛共识, 入党(穆
兄会)人数激增至上... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 18 Feb 6, 2012
By Todd Starnes/TWITTER
The Obama administration has been accused of telling Catholic military
chaplains what they can and cannot say from their pulpits after the Army
ordered Catholic chaplains not to read a letter to parishioners from their
archbishop.
The Secretary of the Army feared the letter could be viewed as a call for
civil disobedience.
The letter called on Catholics to resist the policy the Obama Administration
’s policy that would force institutions affiliated with religi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1094 | 19 http://news.yahoo.com/penn-judge-muslims-allowed-attack-people-
Jonathon Turley, a law professor at George Washington University, reports on
a disturbing case in which a state judge in Pennsylvania threw out an
assault case involving a Muslim attacking an atheist for insulting the
Prophet Muhammad.
Judge Mark Martin, an Iraq war veteran and a convert to Islam, threw the
case out in what appears to be an invocation of Sharia law.
The incident occurred at the Mechanicsburg, Pa., Halloween parade w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 Back in the day, when I was a newspaper columnist in Denver, representatives
of the local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League paid a visit. Over
coffee, they told the opinion editor and me that they had a program, “A
World of Difference,” that “celebrates America’s diversity.” They asked
for our editorial support. The editor and I had the same reaction: Would it
not be better to celebrate all the things we have in common, all the things
that unite Americans of whatever ethnic or religious back... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
I find it hard to believe that this is happening in America:
William, Paul and James Newland and their sister, Christine Ketterhagen,
who together own Hercules Industries, have no right to conduct their family
business in a manner that comports with their Catholic faith.
The federal government can and will compel them to either surrender
their business or to engage in activities the Catholic faith teaches are
intrinsically immoral.
This is exactly what... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 By Michael F. Haverluck
A lawsuit that challenges the placement of the cross at the site of the 9/11
attack on the World Trade Center alleges atheist plaintiffs have suffered
serious physical and mental illness because the religious symbol has made
them feel excluded.
Nonsense, says a new friend-of-the-court brief to be filed Monday in the
case by the American Center for Law and Justice. The brief, which carries
the signatures of more than 100,000 people, argues there have been no known
sighting... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 Christians frightened for America’s future face a conundrum this electoral
season. Biblical precepts must steer our politics; loving God with all our
hearts, souls and minds obviously includes discernment at the polls. “When
you enter the voting booth,” says R.C. Sproul, “don’t leave your
Christianity in the parking lot.”
How should Christians vote their beliefs?
Only God knows either candidate’s heart, but Mitt Romney professes
Mormonism. Culturally, Mormons make for great neighbors and busines... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 24 Ministers Who Refuse to Perform Same-Sex Marriage Could Face Jail Time and
Exorbitant Fines
October 21, 2014 - 11:21 AM
By Ryan T. Anderson
For years, those in favor of same-sex marriage have argued that all
Americans should be free to live as they choose. And yet in countless cases,
the government has coerced those who simply wish to be free to live in
accordance with their belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.
Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day th... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2263 | 25
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/christian-polling-grou
An Evangelical Christian pollster finds that atheists commit less crimes,
divorce less, and are better educated than their fellow Christians. “It is
obvious that you do not have to believe in a higher power in order to live a
moral and successful life. Quite the opposite,” the Knoxville News‘ Al
Westerfield writes of the study, adding that “the groups with the highest
crime rate, the poorest marriages and the lowest education conti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 26 It began with the Islamic terrorist’s declaration that “we did this
because our holy texts exhort us to …”
The liberal is having none of that: “No, you didn’t.”
“Wait, what? Yes we did…”
“No, this has nothing to do with religion. You guys are just using
religion as a front for social and geopolitical reasons.”
“WHAT!? Did you even read our official statement? We give explicit
Quranic justification. This is jihad, a holy crusade against pagans,
blasphemers, and disbelievers.”
“No,... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 27 An aspect of the kudzu-like expansion of Sharia is the takeover by Muslims
of prayer rooms in international airports.
Here in Hong Kong, a prayer room, officially nondenominational, is located
in Terminal 1 of the Hong Kong airport, and another is located in Terminal 2
. Each “non-denominational” prayer room supports Mohammedism, to the
detriment of all other religions.
The Terminal 1 prayer room has an Islam-required washup area. It is a
permanent installation. There is a similar permanent inst... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3726 | 28 左逼民主党最擅长spin, 挂羊头卖狗肉。既然主党标榜自己"our diversity is what
makes us great", 那么这个diversity必须保证组成diversity的各个individual必须
respect each other, respect others' religion, habit, sexuality, etc. 但是左
逼的做法与radical islam如出一辙，你同意我的，按照我的religion, habit,
sexuality etc来做，你的individuality可以尊重；如果你不按照我的religion/habit
/sexuality/etc来做，你就是我的敌人，就要被除掉。 |
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发帖数: 9546 | 30 At least, this is very well written in plain language following simple logic
, probably a sign of confidence.
Considering actions, the son could be taken as a realistic Muslim. Guess
people could believe that they are the majority (of a religion which has
survived over 1000 years). Those selected few sitting on top of the pyramid
and trying to make use of the situation might have questionable intentions
in riding the horses.
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发信人: Hagel (Hagel), ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 31 Non-Muslim Syrian refugees have been virtually locked out by the Obama
administration, according to current data from the State Department.
According to the Refugee Processing Center, of the 6,877 Syrian refugees
that have arrived in 2016 through July 31st, 6,834 of those are identified
as Sunni, Shia, or generic Muslim. Only 43 (0.7 percent of total) refugees
admitted have been non-Muslim.
That 0.7 percent of refugees arriving this year represents a statistically
insignificant fraction of the m... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 258 | 32 Trump and the Emasculated Voter
There’s only one way to protect the nation from Hillary Clinton,
and that is to vote for Donald Trump.
By DAVID GELERNTER
Oct. 14, 2016 6:41 p.m. ET
Some conservatives have watched their evaluations of Donald Trump’s
character drop so low in recent days that on this vital question they no
longer see a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Accordingly,
they are forced back onto politics and policy; and naturally Mr. Trump wins
in a walk. If conservatives... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4911 | 33 religion is fine, but radical islamic terrorism is wrong. we should keep a
record of people from those countries of radical islamic terrorism. We could
still let them in if they are found free of criminal records. However, we
should still keep an eye on them for couple of years so that we know they
are good people. All the points u r talking about are based on a global
overview of mankind and the globe. You can ignore religion but you can never
ignore terrorism and the fact that terrorism are cu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 34 Zt
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-stand-me-ali-khodaei
My name is Ali, and I am an Iranian-American. I have been a student here, I
got my Ph.D. here. I have been an engineer, a scientist and most recently a
product manager.
I have been working at (and hopefully contributing to) companies like
Microsoft, Yahoo, and Linkedin. I have a daughter born in this country. I
felt at home in this country.
Today, for the first time, I felt this is not home anymore. I felt scared, I
felt confused, I felt... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 11198 | 35 网上看到的一篇内容：
The precepts given in the Quran and Hadith that govern Islamic culture are
incompatible with not only Western culture but civilization as a whole. They
present an inherent and supernatural ability to corrupt the human psyche.
We see evidence of this almost daily even here in the US with those Muslims
who have conducted jihad and killed people. From the shooter at Fort Hood,
to the couple in San Bernardino, to the Boston bombers, the testimony from
their friends and family have been ex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5818 | 36 宗教应 主要规范人的精神活动，而不是 社会活动。
中世纪基督教改革后，到现代文明兴起，除了穆斯林，其它宗教，基督，天主，犹太，
佛教等，都不是某个国家以这种宗教为主的法律，都还有另一部 叫 ”宪法“的，宗教
色彩会有，但和信徒的宗教还不一样，
简单的说，不会 主要 dictate 你的 action，
muslin完全不一样，没经过 改革，muslin为主的国家，可兰经就是相当于 宪法。
Muslin is an ideology rather than a religion，just like dying communism or
fascism，the only way to win
the battle with muslin is to label it as ideology than religion, removing
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发帖数: 1 | 37 Honorable members of congress and state legislators:
As a group of peace-loving American citizens, we are looking forward to
expounding some facts and viewpoints on Tibet as for the recent visit of
Dalai Lama to America, hoping that can enable you to get acquainted with and
gain some understanding about the real essence of Dalai Lama.
First, under the domination of Dalai Lama, social condition of Tibet is
more tyrannical than that of Europe in 15 century. Dalai himself also
admitted that... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 606 | 38 marry religion to science, you burn bruno;
marry religion to politics/foreign affair, you burn a country;
marry religion to investment, you burn your wallet.
faith could be a dangerous thing to have.
btw, why the hell do christians care about investment? |
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发帖数: 3158 | 39 sorry if it sounded offensive to you
but I respect all opinions regardless it is religion-like or not
in fact, my own approach has religion roots
and I suggested many times on the board that people who do not want
to spend extra time and energy should stay with index funds to get
an average return.
by definition, index funds get an average return, so I simply can not agree
that they are unbeatable over long term. It may be my religion-like
argument too, lol |
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发帖数: 7918 | 42 I appreciate your religious fervor, but unfortunately, we live in a real
world. BTW, if I were you, I would be much more careful in calling other
people brain-washed if my religion had been proven wrong almost all the time
. But, religion being religion, you probably would not let anyone convince
you with evidence. End of discussion. |
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发帖数: 8227 | 43 一个犹太的自白。希望你有耐心看完。
Why Are Jews Liberals?
By NORMAN PODHORETZ
One of the most extraordinary features of Barack Obama's victory over John
McCain was his capture of 78% of the Jewish vote. To be sure, there was
nothing extraordinary about the number itself. Since 1928, the average
Jewish vote for the Democrat in presidential elections has been an amazing
75%—far higher than that of any other ethno-religious group.
Yet there were reasons to think that it would be different in 2008. The main
one was ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 657 | 44 丹尼斯·普拉格本人是犹太裔美国人，他对犹太人的看法:
Dennis Prager: Leftism has filled the void that secularism has produced.
That is, all of the Leftist religions: Humanism, Marxism, Communism,
socialism, environmentalism, feminism, these are all Left-wing religions.
They have filled the void, and that’s why Jews are so attracted. Jews are
the most religious people in the world, but unfortunately for most of them,
their religion isn’t Judaism. Jews stayed religious, and they think that
feminism, environmentalism, and so... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2 | 45 Doggiebear,
I think you need to realize there are differences between Christianity, the
religion and Christian, the people who claim they believe in Christianity.
Every religion throughout the human history has been used as a way to justify
some ambitious man's action. Mohammed,(probably a typo) and his conquest of
Saudi Arabia, Christians' crusades, Henry and his angelic separation, Chinese
Emperors and Confucius are all good examples. Even if you are a non-believer
in any religion (Atheist), |
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发帖数: 303 | 46 Dear jianh,
Well, not so.
Atheism is religion! Now in US army, you can declare your religion as
Atheism, as I just learnt from a google news group (you can find it by looking
at news group in atheism)
You are not able to prove or disprove whether a God (or gods or other
spirits) really exists. It is a matter a faith to say there is a God or there
is NO God.
For me, I am not affiliated to any organized religion (pretty much agree
with Mr. Ventura.) But I am not an atheism. I think the |
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发帖数: 25615 | 48 I never said this online before.
The reason I left Christianity is not because of logic,
science, evolution; nor was because I suddenly got smarter.
It's because religion, especially monotheism, is the
most divisive thing you can ever imagine. You're
going the wrong direction for bring people to a common
ground.
If you joined Catholic, you think Protestantism is wrong.
You won't join their worship.
If you joined one of the 33,000+ Protestant denominations,
you will be told all other denomi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4598 | 49 CNN下面的跟帖还挺有意思的
“Science DID NOT create ways to torture people! RELIGION taught people to
HATE people unlike those who share a singular perspective about their life.
RELIGION made people FEAR "god" as he'd punish you for doing anything OTHER
than what is in the bible. RELIGION made some men mighty and other men
unworthy, effectively creating an unbridgeable fissure in all of mankind.
Do me a favor and tell YOUR deity to leave humans alone. Science can only
cure so much evil!" |
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发帖数: 1280 | 50 I got the feeling at the time that you felt very upset because she sounded
like a christian to you (even it turned out she probably isn't).
To my understanding, religion is a very personal spiritual thing. I have
given up the hope to change anyone's religious belief a few years
ago.
So I said to you that you should never argue with anyone about his/her
religion if you don't agree. There will be zero outcome.
ft,到现在我都没明白你说dude never argue over religion是啥意思。
wokao
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