Clearsky

History has been my weakest subject, for like… 50 years, actually, so recently I’ve been binge watching some dramatic series’ on Netflix as a quick summary on the past couple thousand years. I’ve mentioned here how the lack of a  “reformation” explains a lot about why Islam is so far behind Christianity, but damn, I didn’t know until now how…[Read more]

It amazes me that they have absolutely no idea how ridiculous they sound to almost anyone not of their particular cult. Does any of this doorknocking actually work?

Theyre all ridiculous. Look at the Mormons. Magic underwear. I can’t….. I just can’t.

The men who invented those fictional characters were cultural predators.

Shower thought, rephrase the above for accuracy, albeit the following attempt at pith could also benefit from added context or qualification:

The men who fleshed out and promulgated as “true” those invented, fictional characters were cultural predators.

Amazing!

tom sarbeck wrote:
explanations for capitalizing the ‘g’ in ‘god’ are more rationalization than reason.

I think most grammarians would disagree with that, but I do share an emotional appeal to rid the world of the capitalized God word, and I’d rid the world of those presumptuous scriptural texts that get capitalized like The Bible, The Koran and…[Read more]

Clearsky wrote:
If certain members of ones family believe in God. But I do not. Does it entail conflict? Always or can we accept a plurality of values?

It may entail conflict when one party insists upon another to “believe” something and not even speak of dissent.