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Craig:
“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”

Steven Weinberg


I no longer consider myself religious but a follower of Christ and the Father.  I count on Them to lead me instead of religious denomination to do it for me.  As a moderator here I will enforce the rules of the forum, but not turn any away as long as they obey the rules we enforce.  All are welcome here and I do not care what "sin" you struggle with or what lifestyle choices you make, you are a child of God.  How you live your lives outside the forum is no concern to me, it is between you and your Father. 

Craig

Ninny:
Thank you for saying that, Craig...we all need to see people through Jesus' eyes and understand that God loves us no matter what we do, but He will change us into His image..We are in no position to turn our back on someone just because he doesn't conform to our way of thinking, God knows the big picture!
Good point!
Kathy ;)

Fester:

--- Quote from: Craig on July 31, 2010, 05:10:55 AM ---“Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.”

Steven Weinberg

--- End quote ---


What A Crock !
 
Weinberg is a Physicist and an intelligent man.  However, his witty, overly simplified comment, expresses his obvious displeasure with religions, and being an atheist, God as well.  He is either oblivious, or willfully ignoring the good things the church (religion) has also done down through the ages.  I have known some very bad men who from time to time have shocked me and done some very good deeds.  I have also known some good people who have slipped and performed some very atrocious acts.  None of these people were religious!  It does not take religion for man's evil actions to abound.  It only takes man and we are all an insult to dignity.  I know church and religion bashing is popular in this forum but I am sure most of us came out of a religious system.  A system God is using in His own usually mysterious way.  We all have a good and bad side, religious or not!
 
P.S. Nice stand Craig, but I think it is imprudent to promote factually incomplete, foolishly slanted statements.  

 

Akira329:
Religion seems necessary:
Jas 1:27  Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Antaiwan

Joel:
Short verse, powerfull words.
Matthew, 7:12
So then whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do you also to and for them, for this is [sums up,] the Law and the prophets.

Joel

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