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Originally Posted by Daoust
I agree with everything AVOR said in his orginal reply to the somewhat ignorant thread starter. There's nothing wrong with challenging fundamentalist Christians if you have actual facts to challenge us with.
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Seems to me kind of harsh to call a man going through a crisis of faith "ignorant". Quite the opposite, if you ask me. He's finally found other points of views, and is having a hard time assimilating them with fundamental part of his upbringing. Learning new things is not ignorance, questioning points of views is not ignorance. It's the first step to over coming ignorance. And, not to sound like I am on the attack, it's not my intent at all, but comments like this are what makes people turn away from the flock, as it were. As a Christian, you might want to sound a little more compassionate towards a fellow believer that is having doubts, otherwise, you just no long have a fellow believer.
beedubaya:
You don't have to be a fundamentalist to have faith. I myself have washed my hands of the church, and a good 99% of it's followers. I find it's much easier to get a long with God when you don't have some asshole with a funny hat telling you how you should do it. I myself get along with the man rather well. He hasn't fucked up yet, so I'm still signed on. Just ask yourself, do you really believe there is a God? If you say yes, then every thing after that is simple. I mean, there are really only ten simple rules you have to follow. All you really have to worry about, is doing the best you can. Your human, no one expects you to get it right all the time, and if they do, they really have no clue what life is about. Learn from your mistakes, do the best you can not to repeat them, and keep moving forward. I really think that is the point God was trying to make in the first place.