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walkingman

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39. Very thoughtful. If more people thought and lived like that I might have

Fri Jun 4, 2021, 09:01 PM

Jun 2021

more "faith". But it is not what my life experience has been. The idea that questioning religion makes people uncomfortable shows me that it is more of a social thing than a spiritual endeavor. I just can't stomach the never ending hypocrisy of using religion as a means of forgiving bad behavior.

As someone said, "I love Jesus, it's Christians that bother me".

Not so sure that all religions are anything more than a manmade effort to control people by diverting issues to supernatural agents who monitor behavior and punish moral infractions. I have a hard time swallowing that concept.

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"The Church" in various respects has been courted and used by those in power to control people.... TigressDem Jun 2021 #1

From what I have seen I have seen it is indeed about control and that seems walkingman Jun 2021 #13

To me, a true Christian is there to work on their own stuff. TigressDem Jun 2021 #37

Very thoughtful. If more people thought and lived like that I might have walkingman Jun 2021 #39

A lot of DEM Christians DO live that way. TigressDem Jun 2021 #41

Thanks DU for hearing me out. Nt TigressDem Jun 2021 #42

Amen ItsjustMe Jun 2021 #2

FREEDOM of Worship IS part of the American Identity. TigressDem Jun 2021 #9

You have no Idea who posted what ItsjustMe Jun 2021 #10

Then it seems I misunderstood your point. TigressDem Jun 2021 #25

Welcome to my ItsjustMe Jun 2021 #30

So I reach out to understand you better... TigressDem Jun 2021 #36

Then it seems I misunderstood your point. TigressDem Jun 2021 #26

I would welcome a "Freedom from Religion" movement because what we have now walkingman Jun 2021 #14

I get how it seems that way. TigressDem Jun 2021 #27

So should we assume that you're "post removed?" ms liberty Jun 2021 #23

Was that directed at me ? TigressDem Jun 2021 #28

No it was to the OP...sorry! I'm on my phone too, lol. n/t ms liberty Jun 2021 #33

Their religion is the one they made up to suit themselves. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #3

True, however, He did ask people to come together in His memory. TigressDem Jun 2021 #8

Christianity is not the really the topic. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #11

Not so sure that it is just the current brand of evangelicalism. I think racism is at the root walkingman Jun 2021 #15

Maybe. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #17

Religion to me is more like a map. TigressDem Jun 2021 #29

The question seems to me, HOW do they go to church.. TigressDem Jun 2021 #24

My folks sent me to Summer Bible School from ages 8-13 LakeArenal Jun 2021 #32

I am more about walking the walk than talking about it. TigressDem Jun 2021 #35

if one believes that a white GODman sits on a throne in the sky... Layzeebeaver Jun 2021 #4

To quote someone.. padfun Jun 2021 #5

AND... My version of a response to that TigressDem Jun 2021 #7

The simplest answer is we are all "sinners" who are attracted to "the church" and make mistakes. TigressDem Jun 2021 #6

I think it audacious to say all people are sinners. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #12

One man's sin is another man's virtue. I think using the analogy that all people are walkingman Jun 2021 #16

Especially if you can be a vicious lecherous fat sack ... LakeArenal Jun 2021 #18

I cannot see how any woman could possibly embrace a religion that walkingman Jun 2021 #19

🤷🏼‍♀️ Yeah. Although I am glad we have freedom from religion. LakeArenal Jun 2021 #21

Having a photo op with a Bible doesn't make one a Christian. TigressDem Jun 2021 #40

I didn't say all people are sinners. TigressDem Jun 2021 #31

Back to my original topic - what about right-wing politics is attractive to Christians? walkingman Jun 2021 #20

It's NOT. That's the whitewash. TigressDem Jun 2021 #34

It's been a love affair ever since the GOP put... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #22

Not ALL Christians buy the BS TigressDem Jun 2021 #38

Of course not. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2021 #43

This reflects my feeling about religion in so many ways. As I said earlier....why... walkingman Jun 2021 #44

A huge part of religion is about signalling you belong to a group - often the majority in the area muriel_volestrangler Jun 2021 #45