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There is only one. I learned in middle school history of all places that all religions were different aspects of the same God.
John 8:44, the Jews are of Yahweh, the father of lies, Jesus is of the good father god. Two gods. Why do you think the Gnostics liked this passage?
The different aspects is just an ad hoc excuse to get around the fact that the many different gods is evidence people invent gods.
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Originally Posted by OzzyRules
But I know that idea bothers you because it probably doesn't fit into the "divide and conquer" strategy that I image atheistic fundies must love trying to use.
It bothers me that you have to ignore the evidence with an ad hoc excuse; and then invent a straw man to blame me for your need to invent the excuse in the first place.
Well if this forum is primarily atheist, anyone with half a brain cell would have expected a backlash when starting a thread with a positive claim about a god - dontcha think?
It is amazing that anyone with any positive claims/thoughts about religion, spirituality, believers and/or Gods would post anything of that nature here. Now that's a real glutton for punishment, especially with the retired posters (the been there, did that already crowd) who have nothing but time on their hands.
It is amazing that anyone with any positive claims/thoughts about religion, spirituality, believers and/or Gods would post anything of that nature here. Now that's a real glutton for punishment, especially with the retired posters (the been there, did that already crowd) who have nothing but time on their hands.
Someone has to guard the city gates when the youngsters are at work.
There is only one. I learned in middle school history of all places that all religions were different aspects of the same God.
But I know that idea bothers you because it probably doesn't fit into the "divide and conquer" strategy that I image atheistic fundies must love trying to use.
I have to challenge this statement.
You said you learned in middle school history that all religions were different aspects of the same God.
By the time United States school systems were using middle schools instead of junior high schools (late 1980s & 1990s), virtually nothing about religion was being said in schools because they were afraid of violating the Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the school employees from sanctioning prayer or religious activities in schools. (That happened in the 1960s.)
To accept your statement, I would want to see some evidence that this concept was being taught in middle school history class.
There is no such thing as atheist fundies.
I don't think you have any concept of how the atheists think. This is evidenced by your bizarre statement in another thread that atheists just hate God.
You said you learned in middle school history that all religions were different aspects of the same God.
By the time United States school systems were using middle schools instead of junior high schools (late 1980s & 1990s), virtually nothing about religion was being said in schools because they were afraid of violating the Supreme Court ruling prohibiting the school employees from sanctioning prayer or religious activities in schools. (That happened in the 1960s.)
To accept your statement, I would want to see some evidence that this concept was being taught in middle school history class.
There is no such thing as atheist fundies.
I don't think you have any concept of how the atheists think. This is evidenced by your bizarre statement in another thread that atheists just hate God.
It wasn't officially "taught" to us. All I know is that I remember hearing a teacher say something briefly about this in the 80's. I remember him being kind of liberal, and it could have been outside the scope of the subject. He was probably trying to suggest to the kids that people in other cultures were not really that different from us. That was my worst subject so that was the only thing I remember hearing. And it made sense. I'm sorry that atheists can't comprehend the idea, because it does make sense to many theists.
It wasn't officially "taught" to us. All I know is that I remember hearing a teacher say something briefly about this in the 80's. I remember him being kind of liberal, and it could have been outside the scope of the subject. He was probably trying to suggest to the kids that people in other cultures were not really that different from us. That was my worst subject so that was the only thing I remember hearing. And it made sense. I'm sorry that atheists can't comprehend the idea, because it does make sense to many theists.
We DO comprehend the idea. We also know it is just an ad hoc excuse to pretend this teleological need to invent different gods is really just 'the one true god'; because you do not like the idea that people invent gods that do not really exist.
But if the idea that a god who was the son of himself kept eating his children (who with your excuse must have been himself), until he as his sister rescued himself as his son from himself as his father, and then saved all his brothers and sisters (who must have been both himself and their father at the same time), if this makes sense to you, I must congratulate you on your mental powers. - Name the god. Er, gods.
We DO comprehend the idea. We also know it is just an ad hoc excuse to pretend this teleological need to invent different gods is really just 'the one true god'; because you do not like the idea that people invent gods that do not really exist.
But if the idea that a god who was the son of himself kept eating his children (who with your excuse must have been himself), until he as his sister rescued himself as his son from himself as his father, and then saved all his brothers and sisters (who must have been both himself and their father at the same time), if this makes sense to you, I must congratulate you on your mental powers. - Name the god. Er, gods.
Harry,
You don't seem to understand anything about religion, or even about anything that is truly important. Your tone is always mocking something that is important to many people.
Well if this forum is primarily atheist, anyone with half a brain cell would have expected a backlash when starting a thread with a positive claim about a god - dontcha think?
Several of our christians can't handle it when they're no longer in the majority. They've never experienced it. And so they have a gut wrenching reaction outside of their own echo chamber.
I was a pretty open-minded person, but when I first began going to Southeast Asia, and then living there for a couple of years, adjusting to being in the minority was quite a challenge at first. There were times I would be in villages where I was told I was the only white person who had ever visited there. Even in Bangkok, there might be one white face out of several thousand people.
I remember one day when I met a monk who invited me to his rather poor, out of the way temple. He and two other monks wanted me to help them learn better English, and during the afternoon, one of them asked me to explain christianity. When I gave them the extreme reader's digest version and told them about the crucifixion and resurrection, they began laughing out loud...not in rudeness...they really thought it was very funny. I'd love to see Jeff and Jimmie and Ozzy experience that; it would be funny watching their heads explode.
Being in the minority is something they can't handle...even just here on the forum...let alone in real life.
Several of our christians can't handle it when they're no longer in the majority. They've never experienced it. And so they have a gut wrenching reaction outside of their own echo chamber.
I was a pretty open-minded person, but when I first began going to Southeast Asia, and then living there for a couple of years, adjusting to being in the minority was quite a challenge at first. There were times I would be in villages where I was told I was the only white person who had ever visited there. Even in Bangkok, there might be one white face out of several thousand people.
I remember one day when I met a monk who invited me to his rather poor, out of the way temple. He and two other monks wanted me to help them learn better English, and during the afternoon, one of them asked me to explain christianity. When I gave them the extreme reader's digest version and told them about the crucifixion and resurrection, they began laughing out loud...not in rudeness...they really thought it was very funny. I'd love to see Jeff and Jimmie and Ozzy experience that; it would be funny watching their heads explode.
Being in the minority is something they can't handle...even just here on the forum...let alone in real life.
I'm not impressed with any so-called "monk" or religious person who would laugh about other people's sacred beliefs.
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