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Fundamentalism Blows

"May have been" is key in your research. Lots of things "may have been" and your former statement that some of this stuff depends on who you talk to is correct. Anyone could list question after question about religion and follow the trail until there are no answers or the answers are based on wild speculation/conjecture and have no basis on the original religious text on the subject (ie, the Bible, the Koran, the book of Shemp or whatever.) I guess myself and others could keep asking questions about various religions and you could keep looking stuff up, but eventually you'd run into stumbling blocks and questions that couldn't be answered. For instance, I could continue on my current line of questions which would basically cummulate in 'We know God has changed the rules many times and in regards to important things like who we can choose as a mate and how one gets into Heaven. How many more times is he going to change the rules, and if the Bible is subject to never being editted, how can we find out about these rules changes before it's too late?'
Well, the answer is, 'who knows?'
And for some people reading this the answer would be 'who cares?' :)

Religion of all types is full of holes, mostly, because in my belief, religion is the work of man and not the work of God.

I'm willing to be corrected, but from where I'm sitting right now, religion doesn't hold all of the answers, not even close.
 
The GM said:
...what happened to all of the hapless souls who lived prior to Christ's birth and thus couldn't have a relationship w/ him? Are they burning in the fiery pits of Hell now and for eternity?
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According to the Bible - Yes! It seems unfair, but no one said God was fair.
 
The GM said:
I guess myself and others could keep asking questions about various religions and you could keep looking stuff up, but eventually you'd run into stumbling blocks and questions that couldn't be answered.
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All questions are answered by the good book.

...religion doesn't hold all of the answers, not even close.
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Of course, it doesn't - but no matter how hard the question asked - Xianity will provide a labored, painfully obtuse answer.
 
Yeah, although it has a lot of applications. Of course, premarrital sex is a sin, so we can't have any of that. Fortunately for the fee of a dowry, you can marry any lady you want for a night and the Ayatollah gives it the OK. If you're already married, you can have a fling, courtesy of a temp marriage. If you want to try out a potential bride, you can use your temp marriage as a testing ground to see how well your beloved will respond to your absolute authority as a husband. If she doesn't work out, no harm, no foul, move onto the next lady. It's all very interesting stuff.
 
Yeah, fundamentalism has scared me, I think it's designed to do exactly that. What I don't understand is why so called faith 'leaders' feel the need to use scare tactics to get their message out. I refuse to live in fear, so I guess fundamentalism couldn't keep its hold on me.
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Yer my hero.
 
The GM said:
I think this fear can overwhelm and be used against people. Now I guess I don’t blame Joe Fundie for this, although I’ll put a heaping helpin’ spoonful of responsibility on church leaders who propagate that fear. On the other hand, Joe Fundie needs to accept responsibility for his own life, but can he do that if he is afraid to alter his world view?
I’m rambling out loud again…;)
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Ye who sows fear, shall reap the $$$$$.
 
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