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[Gunny]

Ceud Mile Failte!

Of course The Clearances, of the predominantly Catholic clans, had an economic motive.

Just as Luther’s fascistic reformation was Machiavellianly funded and run by the capitalistic German princes. The same as America’s supposed altruistic world policing and decency role is a cover for its real goal of global conquest.

But try telling that to the poor silly bastards that have died/die for the Papacy, or the paper Pope of Protestantism, down the centuries.

Religion has always played/plays a crucial role in motivating the poor mindless peons to do Massa’s materialistic bidding. More often than not, in our supposedly sophisticated “West,” each side killing their “unbelieving” foes on behalf of the same mad dog Abrahamic God.

ALL religions were founded by establishment figures to control the fearful, feeble-minded fuckwits that kept/keep these capitalistic \!/’s in clover. Anyone who tells you he is religious out of his selfless love for mankind, rather than their essentially narcissistic fear of extinction upon their death, is a fucking liar.

Religion and greed go hand in glove.

Obviously the baseless fear of their biblical bogeyman is the only thing that keeps the religious in line. The fact is, take away their genocidal Jewish god and his genitally based religion, and these frauds would fuck a queer dog on a chain in a high wind!

Does this mean you don't like religion?

Anyone who tells you he is religious out of his selfless love for mankind, rather than their essentially narcissistic fear of extinction upon their death, is a fucking liar.

I disagree. Sounds to me like your indictment of religion is based on the actions of people from long ago, and the persent day extremists, who might make all the noise, but don't represent the majority of their respective religions.

In regard to Christianity specifically, NOTHING in the New Testament intones anyone to kill others in Christ's name. You may blame the idiot extremists that have done so, but blaming the religion itself is just misplacing blame.

 

[Chips Rafferty]

Does this mean you don't like religion?



I disagree. Sounds to me like your indictment of religion is based on the actions of people from long ago, and the persent day extremists, who might make all the noise, but don't represent the majority of their respective religions.

In regard to Christianity specifically, NOTHING in the New Testament intones anyone to kill others in Christ's name. You may blame the idiot extremists that have done so, but blaming the religion itself is just misplacing blame.

Gunny:

NOTHING in the New Testament intones anyone to kill others in Christ's name.

Au contraire, my highland flinging friend. Cheesus Crust said, "Do not think that I came to bring peace on Earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword and, to his dirty dozen Village People, Luke 22:36: "But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag; and if you don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one."

Chewsarse, who, I remind you, is the Old Testament God too, also said,

"Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished. (Matthew 5:17-18)"

and,

"Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 'The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.' (Matthew 23:1-3)"

And poofy Paul, God’s right-hand mouthpiece as far as Proddies are concerned, said,

Let us look at Romans 1:20-32 (from the New Testament) "20. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
21. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.
22. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
23. and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
24. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.
25. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen.
26. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28. Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30. slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31. they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
32. Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them."

 

[Chips Rafferty]

Does this mean you don't like religion?



I disagree. Sounds to me like your indictment of religion is based on the actions of people from long ago, and the persent day extremists, who might make all the noise, but don't represent the majority of their respective religions.

In regard to Christianity specifically, NOTHING in the New Testament intones anyone to kill others in Christ's name. You may blame the idiot extremists that have done so, but blaming the religion itself is just misplacing blame.

What about what Jewsarse said in Luke 19:27, "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."?

 

[Scooter]

I'm not going to prevent anyone from engaging in these useless competitions of triviality, but please try to keep them contained to the appropriate section of the site.