October 12th, 2006, 9:30 am
QuoteOriginally posted by: gardener3How to debate like ppauper in three easy steps:1) take an event and generalize and condem a group of people or religion.for instance:Christian maronite militia men slaughtered over 2,000 muslims, mostly women and children, in the Saabra Shatilla refugee camp in 1982. Clearly this massacre proves beyond any doubt that Christinanity is rooted in evil and is an evil religion.2) take random passages and give your own interpretation:Corinthians 11:3 * But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of Christ [is] God. Corinthians 11:7 - 9* For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. Colossians 3:18 * Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. Clearly, these passages prove beyond any doubt that christianity is sexist, and does not repsect women or their rights.3) If someone points out why arguments like in 1) and 2) are just idiotic. Ignore the criticism and post more random stuff found on the internet.Just like Cuch i think this thread has gone beyond the edge of sanity. Bigotry at its maximum. Quoting passages from Bible a text written 2000 years ago and comparing it with nowdays standards and perception sounds really stupid.I am orthodox myself but if i had a priest, no matter how secular he is, "riding my neck" and telling me what to do, i wouldnt be a free man. I have my own judgement and my own perceptions. I know whats wrong and whats right. I know when something is just "too much" and when i must say no.Quoting historic events like the Saabra and Shatilla camps slaughter as a war of religions is again stupid. At a first glance it may look like a christians against muslims case but it should be underscored who ordered them to invade in those camps and under what circumstances. In the former Yugoslavia some years ago, orthodox, catholics, and muslims had a sort of competition who would slay the rest the best. It would be to simplistic again to state that this war was a religious one. It was not. Moreover nobody knows how many muslims have been killed recently from, mostly christian, american and brit troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Again this is not a clash or religions. Its something else no matter if some people would like to present it just like this for their own reasons...
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