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dafras says "Please stop using my tax dollars to ethnically cleans Palestine of Palestinians.
Please stop using my tax dollars to create Islamic terrorists."

I agree. Israel may be our ally, but the racism expressed by the Arab world toward resident Jews is no less prevalent than the racism expressed by Israelis to the Arabs. Not that every Arab is prejudiced, nor every Jew, but that racism on both sides is equally powerful.

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fibonaci_89 says "We should all be able to admit we could be wrong about things."

We should, but it is very hard to.

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Second, if this country was founded because of a need for religious freedom, then shouldn''t religion be the life''s blood of the government? Why would we want an unbelieving government for a country founded for believers?

I won''t retype or copy and paste, but my answer to this question was posted several pages ago. :) I''m not sure which, maybe the third from last.

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First, do you think that if all Christians did really study God''s word, and pray as we''re directed in the Word, that the Unites States would have so much anger, hatred and animosity?

Anything is possible. I believe that our interpretations of the Bible (as well as any sacred text) are absolutely fallible and prone to misinterpretation or misunderstanding. For instance, the fact that certain verses in the Bible were used to promote enslavement of blacks. If we could apply what we learned, then it might be diminished. Then again, we might get a god-complex and big heads and become very arrogant.

[fibonacci_89]

dafras, well said. I am always surprised that religious people are satisfied that "God has just always been," whereas they are not satisfied with matter itself having always been. "Everything has to come from somewhere" - except for God (of course - how convenient). And like you said, who the hell knows? We do not need to make things up anymore, time to grow up and see bronze age myths for what they are: bronze age myths.

I also do not get how people take that massive leap from "God exists" to "there was this guy 2000 years ago born to a virgin and he was the son of God. He performed miracles, bringing back stinking corpses from the dead and healing people with leprosy. He was executed for our sins and the demon Satan was cast down" blah blah blah... Helloooooo - anybody home? Think McFly, think.

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trealistorm Good Evening I pose the same questions to you as I did to truthislife1; I really just want to know what goes across other saints'' minds.....

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Hello truthislife1--I was re-reading some of the things posted today about faith and religion. I wanted to ask you your opinion on some things. First, do you think that if all Christians did really study God%u2019s word, and pray as we%u2019re directed in the Word, that the Unites States would have so much anger, hatred and animosity? Second, if this country was founded because of a need for religious freedom, then shouldn%u2019t religion be the life%u2019s blood of the government? Why would we want an unbelieving government for a country founded for believers? Take your time, I have to go now but I%u2019m interested in your opinion and will check back later.

[fibonacci_89]

trealistorm, that sounds great, really. Too bad most religious people are absolutely convinced they are right. Somehow they were born into the "correct" religion most of the time. We should all be able to admit we could be wrong about things.

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I do not make fun of others. I do not hate, dislike, slander, judge, or condemn those who are different from me or who believe differently than I do. Yes, it is true many ''Christians'' out there are hateful and intolerant, as well as uneducated about their own faith. But not all.

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Geroge221 said "Religion - claiming to have the answers to everything and taking pride in being ignorant, while making fun of others."

There are many like that. But I, as a Christian, beg to differ. I do NOT think I hold the answers to everything. I do not consider myself ignorant: I study the history of all religions, as well as political history, and especially language.

My personal philosophy REQUIRES me to accept I may be partially or completely wrong about most things. So I consider myself a pretty open-minded person. Did you know most of my friends are athests?