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re: What's the Left's next big SJW plight?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:12 am to cahoots
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:12 am to cahoots
quote:I don't doubt that a lot of people take to religion to make themselves feel better. A lot of people become Christians for many reasons. If they are "born again", their focus changes from themselves to God (and to others, by extension), regardless of their previous motivation. Hedonism seeks to live life in search of pleasure in the hope that it leads to happiness. Christians should be living life for the glory of God, regardless of how they, as individuals, feel or how happy they are from time to time.
I hear a lot of people say that they weren't truly happy with themselves until they found God, or something of the like. It turns out that finding purpose through religion can release dopamine too, just like anything else. I would argue that a lot of religious people are subconsciously pleasure-seeking too, even if they're doing so with deference to a higher power.
There have been a lot of Christians who have died for their faith. Many more refuse to do things that might give him temporary pleasure or perceived happiness in order to do what is right according to the faith. Denial of one's self is a key tenant of Christianity.
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Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:24 am to Alternative Facts
It will not be polygamy, which traditionally connotes marriages and insular white religious communities.
Polyamory will be the "cool" spin they put on this issue. They want to have multiple partners without society's judgment, but they don't want to be equated with conservative white heterosexual fundamentalist Mormons.
The whole thing is just hilarious.
Polyamory will be the "cool" spin they put on this issue. They want to have multiple partners without society's judgment, but they don't want to be equated with conservative white heterosexual fundamentalist Mormons.
The whole thing is just hilarious.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:47 am to FooManChoo
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Wasted life being good to others? Wasted life giving to those in need? Wasted life treating my body with respect?
Funny. I do all of that already and with no expectance of a reward in the after life. Sounds like you need a prize at the end of the tunnel to be a decent person.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:55 am to FooManChoo
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polygamy
Bingo.
... I also think a full-frontal attack on the institution of marriage is next. I'm not talking about the gay-marriage, trans-marriage stuff. I talking "marriage is a sexist institution which dehumanizes women" sort of bullsh*t.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:55 am to LSUZombie
quote:I don't do what I do because I want to be rewarded for it. I do what I want to do for multiple reasons, primarily because God has commanded me to, but secondarily because I want to help others and I want to obey God out of thankfulness for what He's done for me through Christ.
Funny. I do all of that already and with no expectance of a reward in the after life. Sounds like you need a prize at the end of the tunnel to be a decent person.
I don't discount that many religious people, even Christians, do good things to others because it makes themselves feel better or because they want to score points to get a reward, but I don't think that's a Biblical approach to good works. While Christians will be rewarded according to what they do, that should not be their motivation for doing those things.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:02 pm to FooManChoo
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Everyone will be judged by God regardless of their state of happiness on earth.
By your god, correct? How will he judge those that have another god simply because they were raised somewhere else?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:02 pm to Alternative Facts
I don't know what the content will be, but rest assured that if you don't support it you are a bigot of some sort.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:05 pm to Alternative Facts
Ask yourself this question. How many leftist friends of yours were singing this tune a few years ago before anyone told them to be outraged over it?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:12 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:If you want a response from me, you should recruit someone else to ask the questions. I'm more than happy to answer, just not to you.
By your god, correct? How will he judge those that have another god simply because they were raised somewhere else?
Shunning resumes.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:13 pm to FooManChoo
quote:
don't know if polygamy will be next
quote:Hum... maybe not the best argument to make. The Bible is full of men with multiple wives.
this is rebellion against God
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:15 pm to SlapahoeTribe
quote:The Bible is full of sinful people doing sinful things. That doesn't mean those things are right.
Hum... maybe not the best argument to make. The Bible is full of men with multiple wives.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:26 pm to FooManChoo
quote:
If you want a response from me, you should recruit someone else to ask the questions. I'm more than happy to answer, just not to you.
I see you've run across his schtick before.
Good decision. Although I'm sure he'll interpret your deferral to dialogue with him as a concession of defeat.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:33 pm to FooManChoo
quote:i think his point is that of the thousands of religions in existence, everybody thinks theirs is correct
If you want a response from me, you should recruit someone else to ask the questions. I'm more than happy to answer, just not to you.
but somebody has to be wrong. if not everybody.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:37 pm to UGATiger26
quote:LOL yes, I have. He can and will interpret that however he wants as he always does. That's fine. I just won't get bogged down into technicalities or "you're wrong', "no I'm not, you are" discussions like I've had several times in the past.
I see you've run across his schtick before.
Good decision. Although I'm sure he'll interpret your deferral to dialogue with him as a concession of defeat.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:39 pm to Machine
quote:
i think his point is that of the thousands of religions in existence, everybody thinks theirs is correct
but somebody has to be wrong. if not everybody.
I've pondered this before too. Catholics think they are right. Muslims think they are right. Presbyterians think they are right. Only one religion could theoretically be right (or they could all be wrong). So it follows that most religious people are wrong....
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:42 pm to goatmilker
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But #1 will be the poor starving under paid under trained and over worked middle class.
I want both parties to fight for this, it's a problem, a more serious one than all these sexual identity issues.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:43 pm to cahoots
quote:predestination is dumb though so we can cross that one off lol (guess what denomination i was raised
Presbyterians think they are right.
)Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:45 pm to Machine
quote:Yes, everyone does think they are right and it would be foolish to adhere to a belief system that you know is wrong.
i think his point is that of the thousands of religions in existence, everybody thinks theirs is correct
I think what he's getting at is how the Christian God judges those who never hear about Christianity or never had access to the Bible, with the implication that God would be unjust to judge them harshly (send them to Hell). It's a common complaint from people who oppose Christianity as well as those who take a more universalistic approach while claiming to be Christians, but it is grounded in a faulty (from a Biblical perspective) presupposition about the relationship of God and man.
quote:That's correct. I say that same thing to those who say that all religions lead to God. The fact of the matter is that the law of non-contradiction dictates that if two things contradict each other, they cannot be true at the same time and in the same sense. Since all religions have differences that contradict teachings from other religions, they all can't be right.
but somebody has to be wrong. if not everybody
I believe that the only true religion is that which is derived from the revelation of God in the Bible; namely Christianity. I understand that not everyone agrees with that, which is why there is a constant battle of worldviews and beliefs.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:48 pm to Alternative Facts
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What's the Left's next big SJW plight?
It's going to be BST Awareness.
They'll be publicizing the plight of Butthurt Snowflake Trumpzis who can't stop obsessing about how Lil' Donnie is getting screwed by the Deep State.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 12:48 pm to Machine
quote:Most Christians believe in predestination because it is a doctrine that is very clear in the Bible. What different Christians disagree on is how God predestines: does He know what people will do and react to it with election, or does God elect based on His own sovereign will?
predestination is dumb though so we can cross that one off
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