Christians Are Most Persecuted Religious Group in the World

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:38 pm

Snowfire;1449418 wrote: Why restrict it to Jesus ?

Muslims, Jews and Christians all worship the same God.

If God is in it, the other little differences shouldn't matter

Ah but they don;t all do it the same way and quite happily all of them will persecute the ones that have got it wrong given half a chance. God tells them to do so.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:43 pm

Snowfire;1449418 wrote: Why restrict it to Jesus ?

Muslims, Jews and Christians all worship the same God.

If God is in it, the other little differences shouldn't matter

So true, but obviously, not so.

It is difficult to even get all the Southern Baptists to agree. And there are several major sects of the Muslim, not to mention, I would bet a whole lot of splits there. And how many different factions of Jews?

It is not hard to see why many people look at the world of religion and say, there is no God there.

Týr · Post by **Týr** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 12:53 pm

theia;1449412 wrote: And hence the raw data is no more.

I don't deny that research can be informative but objective/authoritative it is not, which is why I prefer the term "academic perspective."

Any hypothesis can be interesting, whether created out of thin air or thoroughly researched...it can spark the imagination and give rise to an infinite range of questions, most of which are unanswerable. Now, that is truly exciting.

I agree there can be many stories, that some of the stories can be demonstrated to be false and others to contain truth. Why should I not segregate those two categories and reject the demonstrably false (though quite possibly interesting) stories, as unhelpful lying?

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:15 pm

Týr;1449429 wrote: I agree there can be many stories, that some of the stories can be demonstrated to be false and others to contain truth. Why should I not segregate those two categories and reject the demonstrably false (though quite possibly interesting) stories, as unhelpful lying?

Is that how you approach Aesop?

theia · Post by **theia** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:20 pm

Týr;1449429 wrote: I agree there can be many stories, that some of the stories can be demonstrated to be false and others to contain truth. Why should I not segregate those two categories and reject the demonstrably false (though quite possibly interesting) stories, as unhelpful lying?

Absolutely no reason at all why you shouldn't.

Týr · Post by **Týr** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:02 pm

LarsMac;1449434 wrote: Is that how you approach Aesop?

Aesop doesn't describe reality, he provides insight into motivation. Fiction has its place. That place isn't a part of a statistical analysis of behavior in theaters of war.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:49 pm

Týr;1449429 wrote: I agree there can be many stories, that some of the stories can be demonstrated to be false and others to contain truth. Why should I not segregate those two categories and reject the demonstrably false (though quite possibly interesting) stories, as unhelpful lying? Sorry but hypothesis Is theory, a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena. How Is that lying ?

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:49 pm

Lars you are exactly right, we have several different groups of Baptists and I don't see the big deal.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:04 pm

Hope6;1449457 wrote: Lars you are exactly right, we have several different groups of Baptists and I don't see the big deal.

You haven't been around when my two uncles get to arguing over some finer point.

Týr · Post by **Týr** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:18 pm

oscar;1449456 wrote: Sorry but hypothesis Is theory, a suggested explanation for a group of facts or phenomena. How Is that lying ?

When it doesn't accord with the known observations. Then it's an untrue hypothesis being told by someone who knows the evidence doesn't support it. A bit like tabloid journalism.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 4:27 pm

Týr;1449464 wrote: When it doesn't accord with the known observations. Then it's an untrue hypothesis being told by someone who knows the evidence doesn't support it. A bit like tabloid journalism.
Fair enough

theia · Post by **theia** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:59 pm

Týr;1449464 wrote: When it doesn't accord with the known observations. Then it's an untrue hypothesis being told by someone who knows the evidence doesn't support it. A bit like tabloid journalism.

Small wonder then that the world seems to go in cycles and nothing new seems to happen, just history repeating itself over and over, in slightly different guises.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:47 pm

Snowfire, it's not if God is in it the little differences shouldn't matter......it's if Jesus is in it the other little differences shouldn't matter. According to our teachings Jesus is the only way into heaven.

Hope6 · Post by **Hope6** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:15 pm

Jj thank you for the God Bless America song that was sweet of you. Here's one of my favorites.

LEE GREENWOOD LYRICS - Proud To Be An American