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Originally posted by sipsake
What...that's the best you can do? You've missed the entire point of this discussion. Tell me what you believe.
My point wasn't to namedrop. Please read it again. The point was you indict a religion based on a false premise. You view only one side of an arguement. I hoped to make clear that in spite of your belief that religion causes death and mayhem, it is also responsible for a great deal of good.
Cummon man, show me the errors in my arguement. Don't just throw a bunch of quotes from others at me, show me why the good done in the name of God isn't enough to counter the evil you see in faith.
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I’ll give you what you want. I’m also going to open myself up and I expect to receive a certain amount of respect for doing so. Perhaps a little off topic but your no-doubt wondering where my hatred stems from….so, here you go.
I come from a strong Christian (four-square) family. My parents dragged me to church every Sunday morning and every Wednesday night. My Father devoted his life to the church, he lead songs at Sunday morning worship and was always there if a member of the church family needed him. He would spend countless hours volunteering for the benefit of the church.
Sounds like a model guy doesn’t he? The perfect Christian man, He didn’t swear, smoke, drink, ect. He was a model Christian…..Followed the doctrine to a tee. There was nothing hypocritical about anything he did.
My father died three years ago from cancer. It was truly a sad day…there was standing room only in the church for the service. You see he help so many, and never asked anything in return.
So why am I bothered by all of this?
Because my father was never home. I never went fishing with my dad, I never went hunting with my dad. I never did anything with my father because he was so busy helping out his fellow man he lost sight of his own responsibilities as a human being.