Re: Christians and Santa Claus

From: Iceman (1c3m4n_at_chi-mafia.org)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 20:18:08 GMT

On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 10:40:44 -0800, Agua Girl wrote:

> "Alias" <knownloved&found@maskedandanonymous.com> wrote in message
> news:cm_wd.4881$dr.1786@news.ono.com...
>>> :
>>: Actually no...I don't care to address them.
>>
>> I can see you'd rather give me guidance:
>
>>
>>: It's YOUR opinion
>>: that the world is going to hell because of religions.
>>
>> Not just my opinion. You see Arabs fighting Jews, fundie Christians like
>> Bush on his Crusade to kill arabs. Osama bin Ladin on his. Protestants
>> killing Catholics in Ireland, Hindus killing other Hindus. Name me one war
>> that was not in some way connected to religion. You can't.
>
> Why don't you respond to an entire train of thought rather than
> breaking it down into sound bites so you can tear it apart.
>
> I said (this is one long sentence, try reading it as such) that
> it's not the belief in any God that causes wars as much as it
> is the desire to have the entire world be of the same belief
> system so Arabs aren't fighting Jews because of the allah but
> rather because the Jews don't believe the same and most of
> it can be traced to the need for one person to have power
> over another.
>
>>: My opinion
>>: is it is going to hell because of intolerance.
>>
>> Would you tolerate a murderer?
>
> This is the problem with your style of debate Cody. Where
> did this come from? Your the one who is intolerant of others.
> You can't tolerate people who believe in something you think
> is false so you attack that belief system at every opportunity.
> YOUR INTOLERANT and it's that same intolerance, people
> who cant handle or are AFRAID of folks who think differently
> that causes the most wars. INTOLERANCE of beliefs is
> what causes most "murders"...not the belief itself.
>
>>: Holy wars are not
>>: caused by people believing in their god as much as they are
>>: caused by people wanting to CHANGE the way everyone else
>>: lives (or wipe them off the planet if they can't).
>>
>> And that doesn't stem from religion?
>
> No....read it again...it stems from intolerance. Just like
> you don't blame race wars on "race"...you blame them
> on intolerance. This is fundamental Cody...you don't seem
> dense so either your a 15 year old troll just trying to fire
> people up or you have some deep seeded fear of
> Christianity that causes you to see everything so skewed.
>
>>: There is nothing
>>: wrong with live and let live if everyone subscribed to that mantra.
>>
>> Oh, so your "mantra" is the one everyone should adopt.
>
> sigh.... how do you get things so twisted out of shape. I said
> there is nothing wrong with live and let live IF everyone lived
> that way. This was more a take on cause an effect than me
> trying to preach a life style. YOU said that live and let live
> was being selfish...My response to that ONE statement was
> it isn't a problem (as in wouldn't be selfish) if EVERYONE lived
> this way.
>
>>: And Cody, you aren't trying to explain Buddhism as much as
>>: you are putting down anyone who doesn't follow it...or more
>>: accurately believe exactly what you believe.
>>
>> Not true. A lie.
>
> Ohh BS!! How is posting that nonsensical stuff about God
> and Santa explaining Buddhism. You weren't "explaining"
> anything...you were poking fun at folks who think differently
> than you do. YOU are the one who lies Cody.. It's right
> there in black and white. You didn't even mention buddhism
> in that post..just spewed your intolerance of everyone who
> isn't like you.
>
> I have made great efforts to explain it and the only
>> response I get is like yours or worse.
>
> Again....your post had absolutely nothing to do with
> Buddhism. Nothing.
>>
>>: That is intolerance.
>>: I can let you have your belief system even though I KNOW it's
>>: not the truth but you can't let me have mine because you KNOW
>>: it's not the truth. Get it?
>>:
>>: AG
>>
>> That's what Galileo said when the killed him, let them believe the world
> is
>> the center of the universe. Get it?
>>
> Yeah Cody...I get you loud and clear...intolerant....arrogant and ignorant.
> Stay in your shell Cody...try and force feed your crap down the throat
> of others...then you will be just like those you claim to be rallying
> against.
> Believe as I do or you shall perish!!! That's what I get from every one
> of your posts...the same thing I get from television preachers. You
> and those you claim are the root of the problem...people like Bin Laden..
> have one thing in common. You want to rid the world of anyone who
> isn't just like you.
>
> I'm done, your hopeless
>
> AG

I agree with your part of the thread, put in such a way that Cody could
understand if he chose to. He is too stupid to know that one can understand
yet chose to follow a different path anyhow.

He's not a Buddhist anyhow, doesn't follow the diet, nor script.

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