~OTOH, I don't know what proportion of the Christian population this actually represents. It's certainly the *noisiest* bunch, but I'm not sure that it's actually particularly representative, any more than the Taliban are representative of Islam. There are certainly plenty of self-described Christians who seek a middle ground, trying to rectify current knowledge with their faith. I suspect they're more numerous, although less assertive.~
Let me open by stating for a fact, yes; Those of us who ARE christian/catholic etc. we for the most part are quietly assertive of our religion and faith, Everyone should have Faith in something be it a god, person (themselves is usually the best), pet, favorite TV show etc. My religion has such things as the Spanish Inquisition, The Crusades, and many other Atrocities to it's name, the Muslims have terrorism in the present past and probably the future, But as you aid, it's not even close to being representive of our Religion. So many people believe that if they think thier god is the ONE TRUE DIETY blah blah blah blah, they speak the ultimate undeniable TRUTH! WRONG!, we al ldeserve the right to speak out, so we can say i BELIEVE! or I DO NOT BELIEVE! or I MIGHT Believe! etc. ok short story here, I despise that fanatical mindless "I got faith, so i am the one who is always going to be right" kind of mindset, it makes me vomit. It's that sort of thinking wich creates Terriorist groups like al-Qaeda. ~jimmy
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Date: 2004-02-13 06:27 pm (UTC)~OTOH, I don't know what proportion of the Christian population this actually represents. It's certainly the *noisiest* bunch, but I'm not sure that it's actually particularly representative, any more than the Taliban are representative of Islam. There are certainly plenty of self-described Christians who seek a middle ground, trying to rectify current knowledge with their faith. I suspect they're more numerous, although less assertive.~
Let me open by stating for a fact, yes; Those of us who ARE christian/catholic etc. we for the most part are quietly assertive of our religion and faith, Everyone should have Faith in something be it a god, person (themselves is usually the best), pet, favorite TV show etc. My religion has such things as the Spanish Inquisition, The Crusades, and many other Atrocities to it's name, the Muslims have terrorism in the present past and probably the future, But as you aid, it's not even close to being representive of our Religion.
So many people believe that if they think thier god is the ONE TRUE DIETY blah blah blah blah, they speak the ultimate undeniable TRUTH! WRONG!, we al ldeserve the right to speak out, so we can say i BELIEVE! or I DO NOT BELIEVE! or I MIGHT Believe! etc. ok short story here, I despise that fanatical mindless "I got faith, so i am the one who is always going to be right" kind of mindset, it makes me vomit. It's that sort of thinking wich creates Terriorist groups like al-Qaeda.
~jimmy