Real Muslims are actually not violent at all, they're very respectful towards women and very tolerant towards people of other religions. I have a Catholic friend that went to Iran for Semana Santa (Catholic Easter in Spanish-speaking countries) and a local family actually invited him to have dinner in their house, saying that they didn't want someone to be alone in an important holiday of their religion. That really shocked me, and taught me a very important lesson: It is not the people that hate each other, it's just the governments and the armies that cause all the trouble. EVERYONE wants world peace, except for stupid-ass "leaders" that want to expand their power.
Real Muslims are actually not violent at all, they're very respectful towards women and very tolerant towardspeople of other religions. I have a Catholic friend that went to Iran for Semana Santa (Catholic Easter in Spanish countries) and a local family actually invited them to have dinner in their house, saying that they didn't want someone to be alone in an important holiday of their religion. That really shocked me, and taught me a very important lesson: It is not the people that hate each other, it's just the governments and the armies that cause all the trouble. EVERYONE wants world peace, except for stupid-ass "leaders" that want to expand their power.
Hello all, this thread is for the Christians on 8WR to get together and chat. I don't know if this thread will have a lot of responses or none at all, but hey, here it is.
Up for discussion is, anything you want. How about, what denomination are you/what church do you go to, and why do you love it? I'm American Baptist myself. I went to a Greek Orthodox christening a few months ago and it was really different. But I guess such a traditional service makes you feel more in touch with the Church's long long history, which is cool.
Anyone who'd like to talk about Christianity in general, including non-Christians, are welcome here. I'm not the greatest at apologetics but I can answer basic questions if you like. (I'll just get this one out of the way right off the bat since it always comes up.)
Can God create a rock so heavy he can't lift it?
"His Omnipotence means power to do all that is intrinsically possible, not to do the intrinsically impossible. You may attribute miracles to him, but not nonsense. This is no limit to his power. If you choose to say 'God can give a creature free will and at the same time withhold free will from it,' you have not succeeded in saying anything about God: meaningless combinations of words do not suddenly acquire meaning simply because we prefix to them the two other words 'God can.'... It is no more possible for God than for the weakest of his creatures to carry out both of two mutually exclusive alternatives; not because his power meets an obstacle, but because nonsense remains nonsense even when we talk it about God."
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Finally, I know starting a thread with a religious theme and asking people to not turn it into a flamewar is like throwing out birdseed and asking the birds to not eat it, but I'd like to make an appeal to everyone to refrain from trolling and/or fighting, as that's completely contrary to the spirit of this thread.
Honestly, I'm very iffy about religion talks. It's just the same old "suck my dick and be like me religion peeps" that make me fear religion talks. Sure I believe in God and follow the Christian rules, but it's not like I go flaunting around with it. I do me, follow the Christian rules since I was brought by that via my parents.
Sure peeps do other religions, but I'd like to say they aren't getting punished for worshiping differently. And I find this ironic since it appears that no religion is correct imho. I just feel religion talks can be extremely biased and very touchy. I prefer not to get into them but here I am.
All I know is I'm gonna treat religion like music. Everyone has their own preferences...
