Terry,
The last that i checked this was a philosophical discussion about the nature of God.
I can’t find a single place where I or anyone else for that matter uses the argument that because such and such scripture says it, then it must be true.
The question of God has been taken seriously by philosophy as part of the search for the truth about reality for millenia and it continues to this day but muchmuch smarter people than you, by both believer and, now pay attention here, non-believers as well.
The question of God is ultimately a question about reality and truth. Everyone here except for you are trying to discuss and reason about some important concepts, like what is true love, and the difference between pretty words and actually backing them up with actions.
If you dropped sneering the contempt for other people for just a second and laid aside your assumptions, you just might find that there is something valuable and thoughtful about this discussion.
But i wont hold my breath. While you are sneering at other people acting like an obnoxious teenager (oooh you rebel you), I prefer to listen to other people and respectfully respond to their arguments. I assume a person’s intelligence and good intentions first until proven otherwise. I learn alot about the world that way. But you assume that there are oh so smart and rebellious people like yourself and then there are the ignorant masses who have nothing to say anyway so why bother listening. You can’t learn anything that way. Its sad.
By the way, the last time that I checked this was a civil, reasonable and free discussion. Until you came along that is with your playground “nah nah’s” There isnt a person here who has tried to kill anyone over these issues and we arent going to. There are some Islamic fanatics out there killing in the name of their religion, but as far as I know there isnt a single equivalent Christian terrorist organization trying to kill muslims just because they believe the wrong thing.
Funny thing about living life based on assumptions. You never have a real picture of anything. You only see what you want to see.
Same goes for Jane. There is a huge difference between the kind of discussion we are having here and people killing each other over religion. Learn it. Maybe you too could learn to respond to things as they really are instead of how you assume that they are.
