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And also it really upset me because... well... I am a part of the LGBT. *becomes instantaneously hated by most of the people on here.* just kidding... I hope...
Opiate of the masses indeed...
Ah, look at the institution the man you quoted founded has led the world.Opiate of the masses indeed...
It most certainly has not led the world and no one has even proven that Jesus was anything more than a man.Ah, look at the institution the man you quoted founded has led the world.
A man to quote indeed.
Marx actually had great respect for religion. It's clear that you have never read him.Ah, look at the institution the man you quoted founded has led the world.
A man to quote indeed.
Simple or complex, your question wasn't regarding the Pope's remarks. It was about me, personally.I asked you a very SIMPLE question.
I never claimed there was. So, we'll just chalk that up as another red herring tactic.There was no malicious intent
You get my opinion in every post I make. If you disagree with any of my opinions, all you have to do is state why, and leave any personal remarks out of it. It's really simple. It goes like this - "I disagree, and here's why......" See how easy that was?it was merely for your opinion
You are forgiven.Forgive me.
I'm not telling anyone how to act. I do desire basic decency, respect, and civility in these discussions, however. But that's just a request. You can go on acting any way you want. As I said in another thread - there are jerks who happen to be non-Christians, and there are jerks who happen to be Christians. Being a Christian doesn't exempt someone from being a jerk.And what business do you have in telling anyone how a Christian is supposed to act?
You know nothing of me, and that statement proves it. So, give it a rest before you find yourself in an even more embarrassing situation from which you'll have to save face. Leave it alone while you're ahead.You know nothing of it.
I stand behind that statement as fully true and accurate. You're just one example proving it true.Your statement that "just because someone is a Christian, doesn't automatically mean they take the moral high road" proves that much.
Hardly an institution, but still important. Marx was a genius whether you agree with his politics or not.The philosophical ideologies of Marxism.
Marx actually had great respect for religion. It's clear that you have never read him.
He obviously didn't want it around.Religion is, indeed, the self-consciousness and self-esteem of man who has either not yet won through to himself, or has already lost himself again. But man is no abstract being squatting outside the world. Man is the world of man—state, society. This state and this society produce religion, which is an inverted consciousness of the world, because they are an inverted world. Religion is the general theory of this world, its encyclopedic compendium, its logic in popular form, its spiritual point d'honneur, its enthusiasm, its moral sanction, its solemn complement, and its universal basis of consolation and justification. It is the fantastic realization of the human essence since the human essence has not acquired any true reality. The struggle against religion is, therefore, indirectly the struggle against that world whose spiritual aroma is religion. Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is, therefore, in embryo, the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo.
Ive been here for quite a while
I have yet to receive a reasonable response as well
But I keep putting it out there
Right along with "Creationism is idiocy", and "You cannot demonstrate any deity", and "Your morality is just as subjective as mine".
Stick around for a while and you'll find yourself repeating yourself against the religious majority as well.
And you'll get the same "nuh-uh" replies as well ~sigh~
I already tried this line. I am yet to receive a response for it.
There are also rules against flaming other religions, which Christians on this forum violate on a regular basis. As well as personal flaming.
As soon as you start restricting the internet, you go on a slippery slope toward eliminating the last(and first?) completely free forum for opinions in the world.
Best if we don't advocate the ACLU telling people what to do on the internet.
Which institution would that be?Ah, look at the institution the man you quoted founded has led the world.
If you want to make an argument you´d better address the quote instead of attacking the person quoted.A man to quote indeed.
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