Willy Graham. The other side of the coin.

[HoughMade]

[video=youtube;b4TMuee7Ir8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4TMuee7Ir8[/video]

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

So you have a beef with religion in general. Got it.

That's an accurate assumption.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

Think of it as a parable

So kinda like a nursery rhyme. I mean they're both about make believe right?

 

[jbombelli]

The obvious follow up being this thread only exists to bash religion and cause arguments.

 

[indiucky]

Itchy we have a couple of religion threads where debate among the merits of various Faiths including Atheism are discussed...Perhaps that is where you should go to debate the merits of Atheism???

I cared not for David Bowie's lifestyle....When he passed and we had a thread to offer our condolences I did not come on there and say, "What a creepy, two different colored eyes, cross dressing freak he was..."

I said, "RIP Mr. Bowie...Your musical contributions in my lifetime were legion..Godspeed Ziggy Stardust..."

We have the threads where Faith can be discussed openly..I hope to see you in one...

 

[phylodog]

There is a difference between not believing and being derogatory toward those who do.

 

[BugI02]

This place is full of people who jump to conclusions about people without knowing them. Are you assuming I'm a homosexual? Are you assuming I'm a Democrat?

I rarely assume anything. I'm more pragmatic in my approach whether it be politics, religion, or my daily life. If my contributions can open the mind of one person, I'll consider that a success. That sounds very familiar to some I'm sure.

[snip]

[... If [STRIKE]my contributions[/STRIKE] [banning guns I don't like] can [STRIKE]open the mind of[/STRIKE] [save just] one person, I'll consider that a success.] That sounds very familiar to some I'm sure. [Yes, yes it does]

 

[indiucky]

I can't watch this without choking up...It's got me ever since I was a kid...

[video=youtube;Ey5ANe6f2qY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey5ANe6f2qY[/video]

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

There is a difference between not believing and being derogatory toward those who do.

But there's no civil tolerance for non believers?

 

[indiucky]

[snip]

[... If [STRIKE]my contributions[/STRIKE] [banning guns I don't like] can [STRIKE]open the mind of[/STRIKE] [save just] one person, I'll consider that a success.] That sounds very familiar to some I'm sure. [Yes, yes it does]

Wow...Bug went "Back in Black"....For a minute...

 

[HoughMade]

...If my contributions can open the mind of one person, I'll consider that a success...

I feel the same way.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

[snip]

[... If [STRIKE]my contributions[/STRIKE] [banning guns I don't like] can [STRIKE]open the mind of[/STRIKE] [save just] one person, I'll consider that a success.] That sounds very familiar to some I'm sure. [Yes, yes it does]

There's another stellar assumption.

For the record, I own guns that would be banned and I've taught my children to shoot them. Does that sound like something I would say now? I was referring to the Christians who hope to convert non Christians. Thanks though.

 

[phylodog]

But there's no civil tolerance for non believers?

Haven't seen any witches burned in quite awhile.

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

The obvious follow up being this thread only exists to bash religion and cause arguments.

I don't want to bash religion. I just want people to think about the probability that maybe, there isn't a God.

 

[jbombelli]

But there's no civil tolerance for non believers?

Why did you start this thread, if not to start arguments with people based on their faith?

 

[cayce]

Some people use Google to avoid looking foolish, others do not.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...gws-wiz-serp.......0i22i30j33i21.2IYnnoXCRPw=

As I said I am NOT a bible scholar. Looks like you may be, or did you just come from a family that supported that TV fraud?

 

[indiucky]

But there's no civil tolerance for non believers?

Indeed there is.....I held onto that Faith (more Agnostic than Atheist) for the first 30 years of my life...Science and History brought me to the fold.....DNA is described as the Book of Life....I found out I could come to personally know the Author and it's beautiful...Good luck on your journey....

We all love you brother....We're commanded to but do so of our own accord...

 

[Woobie]

Why do threads about Billy Graham devolve like this?

Matthew 5:11-12
[11] Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. [12] Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Matthew 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

 

[Wolfhound]

But there's no civil tolerance for non believers?

Redacted

I don't see this going anywhere positive.

 

[HoughMade]

As I said I am NOT a bible scholar. Looks like you may be, or did you just come from a family that supported that TV fraud?

...and your basis for this claim is...

I'm in trial mode right now, so I am particularly atuned to actual evidence.