this thread is rife with tangents.

Yaweh is a big smiter. he'll smite the everliving shit outta ya.

to me, that's why religions are bunk. it's so obvious that they are written by man to control man. I think a true religion is purely personal. no two people are the same, so no two religions should be the same.

My take: being spiritual? Good. Being religious? Bad. You don't have to be religious to be spiritual, don't have to be spiritual to be religious.

You're right about the control part. Religions are like the military -- some people need structure, need to be told what to do. I'll stay away from both.

"What wrong can there be in telling a downright good lie for a good cause and the advancement of the Christian Church?" --Martin Luther :right:

If any two people agree on religion, at least one of them is wrong?

could any two people absolutely agree on anything?



er, i mean.....only if they were standing in the woods and there was no woman around to hear them.

Exactly. If any two religions were the same, they would be one religion. ;)

But your point is well taken. As one who was raised Catholic, I was fortunate to have learned from military priests who, on average, were much less dogmatic and much more practical than some of their old-world brethren. I don't think any religion can mean the exact same thing to two different people. Some religions and religious leaders can handle that and some can't.

Just ask the Shia and Sunnis. Yeph. Same religion.

or the catholics and protestants

Or the Steelers and the Dolphins.

But, that doesn't matter here.

I return you to your regular programming, already in progress.

I want just who misrule Islam,,, What do u know abt Islam & prophet Mohammed (PBUH) ,, Our prophet commanded us 2 respect other's religion & don't hurt them, He commanded us 2 respect u christians, we r all ppl & equals, & now how did u rewarded him, u replayed him?!!! don't u feel a shame. how will u feel if one of us muslims draw a sign of ur religion wiz the same way or just draw anyone's parents or even u!! that's y we were upset. not as some said it's near 4rom the true ,,, everyone believe in his religion & ur opinion in others religion don't give u the permission 2 quarrel Islam, Just say:" I belive in christianity"

It's a shame our prophet didn't command people to respect the English language.

Muslima, did you know this thread was over a year old before you posted to it?

Man, back to school in September seems a long way off.

Probably, Muslima learned English by texting. I believe the official language of Kuwait is Arabic. She has obviously an insular view of the world and doesn't comprehend what's really going on, rather than a troll like Duck Duck.

That is true.

My first thought was the cultural differences. We make fun of every religion in the western world and a cultural difference can easily make something like that to be hostile especially with all the problems in the past few years.

Islam is a very misunderstood religion as well. The similiarities between it and Christianity (they worship the same god) are very apparent.