um, actually, I thought that the definition of christian was one who believed that J.C. was the son of god, if this defintion is faulty could you give me a better one please?
as far as the christian sects are concerned, from my outside view, they pretty much do seem to be almost exactly the same. I happen to be a pagan myslef, and was merely making an observation.
as far as attending church on Christ's Mass...do you mean Christmas, sunday, or saturday? it doesn't really matter what your answer is, my answer is that no, i don't believe that 90% of the people who identify themselves as christians attend church services on a regular basis. A great many christians seem to honour the rules of their relegion in the breech of said rules.
and yes i would identify satanism as a christian sect if they belived in the christian world view(most of them don't by the way, they seem to worship themsleves more than anything else)
I hear people speek out against them all the time, on the street, by the water fountain, on the bus... the point is that the only ones who get a chance to express their opinions on t.v. seem to be the ones who are most extreme. When was the last time you saw someone on the news preaching tolerance (wow, that's spelled wrong)? when was the last time you saw an in depth expose' on a group of people that concluded the people examined were nice honest folks? To quote the.sig file "why do you think they call it programming?"
We have to remember that the media is a business, and controversy sells. Proof? how many responses would JonKatz have gotten if he had said, "hey, interesting new game, take a look"...
It matters not at all if you think that it is right or wrong, but the fact remains that this is a country that is based on the rule of the majority... and the majority of the people in this country are christian.
It is a very Good Thing that this country is also based on the idea that regardless of this fact we have a right to belive in something other than what the majority believes.
Now, I know that somebody already said something like this but...
As far as the "good" christians "letting" the Religious Right be their spokespeople...what made you think that they had a choice? The reason that these people are well known is because it it much more interesting for the news to portray one who is foaming at the mouth than someone who seems calm and rational. This is true of all relegions not just christianity. I personally am not too thrilled with the way some of the public pagan "Leaders" have acted in public (especially appearing on shows like "Jerry Springer"). I certinly was never asked my opinion on wether these people should represent my relegion, why blame the christians for something that they have no control over?
I know, a pagan defending christians... what is the world coming to?
I must say that I both agree and disagree with your statements. We need to remember that we are people first and members of a relegion second. As soon as we start identifing each other as relegions we make it easier for Bad Things-such as what happened under Hitler in WWII, the inquisiton, or the roman's old sport of feeding christians to the lions- to happen.
As far as your opinion that if it were a Wiccan game there would be no word about it, allow me to guffaw riotously. BWAH HAH HAH (besides which, a game based on Wiccanism would be pretty boring... how could design a game like that for people who's first rule is Harm None?). For some reason some people can't give up the idea that we are closet Satanists poised to take over the world (no, i am Not saying that you are one of them).
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what is the christian point of view on the old testament vs. the new testament? they seem to be completely at odds with one another.
please do not take offense, for i mean none. i am just looking for information.
as far as the christian sects are concerned, from my outside view, they pretty much do seem to be almost exactly the same. I happen to be a pagan myslef, and was merely making an observation.
as far as attending church on Christ's Mass...do you mean Christmas, sunday, or saturday? it doesn't really matter what your answer is, my answer is that no, i don't believe that 90% of the people who identify themselves as christians attend church services on a regular basis. A great many christians seem to honour the rules of their relegion in the breech of said rules.
and yes i would identify satanism as a christian sect if they belived in the christian world view(most of them don't by the way, they seem to worship themsleves more than anything else)
We have to remember that the media is a business, and controversy sells. Proof? how many responses would JonKatz have gotten if he had said, "hey, interesting new game, take a look"...
It is a very Good Thing that this country is also based on the idea that regardless of this fact we have a right to belive in something other than what the majority believes.
As far as the "good" christians "letting" the Religious Right be their spokespeople...what made you think that they had a choice? The reason that these people are well known is because it it much more interesting for the news to portray one who is foaming at the mouth than someone who seems calm and rational. This is true of all relegions not just christianity. I personally am not too thrilled with the way some of the public pagan "Leaders" have acted in public (especially appearing on shows like "Jerry Springer"). I certinly was never asked my opinion on wether these people should represent my relegion, why blame the christians for something that they have no control over?
I know, a pagan defending christians... what is the world coming to?
As far as your opinion that if it were a Wiccan game there would be no word about it, allow me to guffaw riotously. BWAH HAH HAH (besides which, a game based on Wiccanism would be pretty boring... how could design a game like that for people who's first rule is Harm None?). For some reason some people can't give up the idea that we are closet Satanists poised to take over the world (no, i am Not saying that you are one of them).