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Originally Posted by Narz  It wasn't of interest to me.v |
well it challenges one of your sweeping assumptions...so i can see why
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I'm sure there were some good Maoists too, doesn't mean the Chairman has the right ideas. People can find good in anything.
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agreed.
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WTF are you talking about?
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saying that the rennaissance was part of some secular progression in the west.
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A spliting of one religion into two is hardly a "resurgence in religious belief".  |
open a history book. That' s not what the protestant reformation entailed. If we can't agree on facts not much point in discussion. the split between say the orthodox and catholic christianity might be described as a split or the two-pope situation, but to describe the reformation as a split again, shows a lack of understanding.
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God is just a convenient way to say "nature given" or man is born with such rights. By the way not all the founding fathers were as gung-ho about religion as you.
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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that's you intrepetation - not locke's. one quote by franklin...can be countered with quotes by adams:
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. Quote:
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Protestantism is "more religious" than Catholicism? You just get goofier and goofier.
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again your lack of understanding history shining through. At the time the Roman church was decadent, corrupt, irreligious..the protestant reformers like Luther were deeply religious and pious. but call names if you feel better.
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That's nice. Two versus thousands.
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yeah brush off 120 million dead...it's not just two. may i suggest "
modern times" by paul johnson? that might be a good start. but you seem to have a very simple minded, cut and dried view of history. the whole basis of this thread was a sophomoric and self aggrandizing statement about how you are so much more rational and better than people who have religious faith of believe in something. Gee THEY are so ignorant but IF YOU were raised somewhere else YOU would still be the bright shinging being you are. WEll congrats kid
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Why are you such an angry person? Why resort to personal attacks? What you Jesus think of your bitchy attitude?
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you started by prejudging and catagorizing people, and self -aggrandizing. Not angry, not ♥♥♥♥♥, in fact i kind of chuckle at the ignorance displayed by people like antiventurecapital - funny how his name calling didn't bother you though.
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I dropped out of public highschool when I was fourteen.
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doesn't look like you've done much to fill the void.
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Just admit you're a hypocrite. It's alright, even your man JC contradicts Himself sometimes.
Cheers,
Narz
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how am i hypocritical? Please explain