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Yes.
And in my opinion, there should be 7 billion different religions: As many as there are humans on
this planet.
Religion, should adapt to the Individual.
Not the other way around: The tail wags the dog. |
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I agree with the notion, in that the way Christianity is practiced in US is largely very
self-autonomous. What you often hear goes something like this: "well my Jesus would never blah,
blah" or "my Jesus would always blah, blah, blah" etc. Etc. So really what it turns out to be in US
is largely "polytheism", with 100 million different Jesus's running around.
This is one reason the US is really not a Christian culture. |
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Religion is dogma, man made traditions and beliefs. It needs to be understood as such. Most
Christian churches rely on certain portions of the bible, new and old testaments to constitute their
religion. That's just the way it is. Few rely solely on the teachings of Christ; in fact most
churches worship their religion more than they do their Christ. They worship their book more than
they do their savior. They are drawn to their "prophets" more than they are the principles that
Christ clearly stated (or at least as was recorded).
Paul was the biggest and one of the first offenders of this. He deviated from the ways of Christ to
make it easier for him to proselytize. He knew kosher rules wouldn't fly with the goyem, and he was
no big fan of the Jews anyway, so he had some dream that made it okay to eat everything. Yeah
right. He knew that pork was a major staple of those he was trying to bring over. He also was the
one to really come down on homosexuality. Christ never made any mention of this. But the
Christians take stuff from the Old Testament and the letters of Paul and his other writings, and
condemn it. It becomes part of their dogma.
I am not quite sure what a "practising gay" is, we are who we are. Not really practicing anything,
except my trumpet once in a while. I will say that i had a priest come to my house and ask that my
partner and I attend mass. He said that they really want more gay couples to attend mass together.
You cannot go very far without seeing a church of some denomination without a pride flag on their
sign or window. Also the biggest contingent in the gay pride march would be church groups,
countless straight parishioners hoping gay men and women will attend their services. Of course this
is Massachusetts. |
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Yes this is definitely true. The Bible is so open to interpretation that it has been read into very
deeply by different Christians, and as a result, each Christian tends to have their own personal
views, and this has given birth to many different denominations of Christianity. I am also inclined
to agree that people pick the parts that suit them and are often so blinded by an idea such as
homosexuality is wrong, that they forget the underlying teachings of Jesus (ie. Love thy
neighbour). However, as long as Christianity can provide a sound moral framework, I see no problem
with variations in people's beliefs. |
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That's undeniably true, that's why there are so many Christian denominations. Everyone picks and
chooses what they want to believe, even within the same church you'll invariably see a wide range of
interpretations of Christian doctrine. |
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I agree. |
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Of course they do, and I would love to see someone deny it.
The fact that everyone interprets things differently or just picks the parts they like, that sit
well with them, just says to me how pointless the whole organized religion thing is.
But I thank their god that they are at least wise enough to do so. If they followed the bible to
the word the world would be in an even worse state than it is. Birth control is just one example. |
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Actually, everyone has their own unique version, Christian or atheist or agnostic. You have your
beliefs about Christianity, so does everyone else. It IS supposed to be a personal relationship with
God and Jesus. As far as birth control goes, that's just responsibility, some churches just make up
their own rules, not based on any scriptural basis. The other stuff in the debate isn't worth
commenting on. |
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I knew this was directed to me. Annotated version: You see this all the time on this site,
Christians who think they can pick and choose which of their church's teachings, doctrines or moral
strictures they can accept.(That's everywhere. They're called "cafeteria Christians) You get
practising gays who just gloss over the fact that the practice of homosexuality is denounced by most
major christian churches,(Gays can't help it) people making up their own theology that "Hell is
Heaven"(I did not make that up! People have believed that for hundreds of years. I took that from
Cardinal John Henry Newman.), others deciding that parts of the Bible are mythical and they don't
have to believe in them(Some are! Like Jonah!). There are loads of Christians who engage in
pre-marital sex or Catholics who use birth control methods.(true.) |
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