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In reply to the discussion: Am I being immoral by believing in a transcendent creator? [View all]hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)36. I have been accused of not standing up against the Bastardization of my religion.
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Believers that frequent DU often do take on the extremists who share in name their
cbayer
Jan 2014
#15
It's not a false statement. It is merely a matter of what you read and how you read it.
cbayer
Jan 2014
#19
I should have been more specific as I was referring to the aiding and abetting bit.
cbayer
Jan 2014
#35
You started threads on all these topics and received a very diverse set of responses
cbayer
Jan 2014
#72
I've pondered why you think a link to that post somehow supports your position...
trotsky
Feb 2014
#106
How about starting with what exactly it is you think you've been accused of? n/t
trotsky
Jan 2014
#33
I have been accused of not standing up against the Bastardization of my religion.
hrmjustin
Jan 2014
#36
I don't make light of people who have been harmed by people who follow my religion.
hrmjustin
Jan 2014
#44
OK, you realize that's not the same as what was said in the OP or claimed by cbayer, right? n/t
trotsky
Jan 2014
#40
I have been accused of sitting on my high horse and not getting my hands dirty.
hrmjustin
Jan 2014
#46
Mypoint wS only that I have been accused of not standing up to conservative Christians.
hrmjustin
Jan 2014
#56
No, what I asked you to explain is how that is equivalent to the statement that...
trotsky
Jan 2014
#63
You zre giving no comfort to them. I believe in the same tenets of death and resurrection as them
hrmjustin
Jan 2014
#9
I feel that transcendental Christianity is similar to parts of Fundamentalism.
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#135
If you believe that the imaginary being is ordering you to do bad things.
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#117
What do I support? Strictly speaking, a liberal and/or transcendental "belief" might seem harmless.
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#128
"Arising" implies a beginning. "Eternal" means no beginning, therefore no arising.
Htom Sirveaux
Feb 2014
#87
Crusader: sounds good. Even Liberal Christianity supports Fundies, Evangelicals, indirectly
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#90
Fundamentalists read liberal theology and transcendentalists as backing them?
Htom Sirveaux
Feb 2014
#95
Many fundies dislike "liberals." But as long as one "acknowledges" "God," or "Christ," then ...
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#97
Certainly backing them to the point that even lib theology affirms the fundamentals: "God" exists
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#108
I'm citing lots of sources; including academic ones. Why don't YOU find some citations?
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#112
Philosophy and religion have some overlap; cosmology, ethics/morality, and so forth. I do both.
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#115
Most think the Bible stresses blind "faith." But I say the Bible finally backs evidence, "science"
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#123
Good observation: to me the Bible backs Science, even OVER traditional belief
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#129
Reading the Bible? Watch the double meanings/semantics. Cf. "Bless those who curse you."
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#133
I'd say that liberal Christianity has SOME usefulness; a balance between conservatives & Reason?
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#119
Agreed. I am most sympathetic to a Liberal Christianity that leans most toward reason
Brettongarcia
Feb 2014
#121