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Very easily. "if you don’t have Christ in your life you have nothing" is just propaganda spread by churches, designed to make their members afraid to leave. It's not real.

Scientology makes its followers feel very important and special. It's all about gaining more and more "secret knowledge" as you hand over more and more money.

Trolls are supposed to at least try to be funny.

I''m not upset, no. I'm glad that the believers who do it show their true colors by handing out insults instead of the "love" they claim to display.

They're talking about eliminating the one dollar bill and switching to a one dollar coin. How on earth did some fundie misinterpret that to mean the world was switching to one currency???? Honestly, it's as if fundamentalists have no reading comprehension skills.

Did that make sense when you wrote it?

The ones that are always true, such as "People will run to and fro," "there will be wars and rumors of war," "there will be earthquakes in divers places," and "people will be lovers of money."

Yes, quite a few. According to the Bible, the Messiah would build the Third Temple (Ezekiel 37:26-28), gather all Jews back to the Land of Israel (Isaiah 43:5-6), usher in an era of world peace, and end all hatred, oppression, suffering and disease. "Nation shall not lift up sword against...

Not to someone determined to sneer.

Maybe. Irrational hatred of atheists has a lot more support than irrational hatred of Jews. Christian groups would hand out awards and throw money at anyone who preaches that atheists are evil, immoral freaks of nature.

Actually Jesus didn't start Christianity. Paul is a much more likely candidate. I'm sure many of the hundreds of other religions were started by individuals. L. Ron Hubbard started Scientology, the Raelians follow a single leader, and I'm sure there were many religions in the past that...

It's good to learn how to memorize, but I personally don't ask my students to memorize any more than the occasional piece. I fully agree with asking you to play with accompaniment. Ensemble playing is one of the most important skills in music.

I think it's mostly vague "prophecies" that can be shoehorned into almost any situation. People have believed that morals were deteriorating and concluded that the end was certainly near for thousands of years now.

Has that ever happened?

I'm old enough to remember that 1973 was definitely the date for the return of Jesus because it was 25 years, or one generation, after the formation of modern Israel. Floods, earthquakes and volcanoes were happening then, too. 1973 came and went, then they were saying that 1978 was definitely...

Or it's a good indication that there's no god out there to get offended.

It came from ancient Hebrew myths, dating from a time before Judaism became the religion it is now. Do you think only those who believe in the Greek gods are allowed to mention myths about Aphrodite?

Yes, I noticed that. That's just one more reason it can't be true.

Usually what we complain about is having the standards of a religion we don't follow forced on us in real life. This is a better place to complain about it than the cooking section, don't you agree? If we have something to say to the religious, isn't a religion forum the best place for it...

Usually what we complain about is having the standards of a religion we don't follow forced on us in real life. This is a better place to complain about it than the cooking section, don't you agree? If we have something to say to the religious, isn't a religion forum the best place for it...