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Religion, n. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.

‘‘What is your religion, my son?’’ inquired the Archbishop of Rheims. ‘‘Pardon, monseigneur,’’ replied Rochebriant; ‘‘I am ashamed of it.’’

‘‘Then why do you not become an atheist?’’

‘‘Impossible! I should be ashamed of atheism.’’

‘‘In that case, monsieur, you should join the Protestants.’’

- Ambrose Bierce "The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary"
Dshhh · M Best Comment
love that book

The moral teachings of Jesus include these pearls of wisdom:
• don’t make any plans for the future (Matthew 6:34)
• don’t save any money (Matthew 6:19-20)
• don’t become wealthy (Mark 10:21, 25)
• sell everything you have and give it to the poor (Luke 12:33)
• don’t work to obtain food, such as meat, because it doesn’t last forever (John 6:27)
• don’t have sexual urges (Matthew 5:28)
• marrying a divorced woman is committing adultery (Matthew 5:32)
• act in such a way that people will want to persecute you (Matthew 5:11)
• let everyone know that you are special and better than the rest (Matthew 5:13-14)
• hate your family (Luke 14:26)
• take money from those who have no savings and give it to the rich investors (Luke 19:23-26)
• if someone steals from you, don’t try to get it back (Luke 6:30)
• if someone hits you, invite them to do it again (Matthew 5:39)
• if you lose a lawsuit, give more than the judgment (Matthew 5:40)
• if someone forces you to walk a mile, walk two miles (Matthew 5:41)
• if anyone asks you for anything, give it to them without question (Matthew 5:42)
• if you do something wrong with your hand, cut it off, and if you do something wrong with your eye, pluck it out (Matthew 5:29, 30—said in a sexual context)
• if you are a man, then a good way to make points with “the kingdom” is to avoid women (Matthew 19:12)
dark548 · M
@BlueSkyKing so basically just don't exist as a human being ever? or have any independent thought.
dark548 · M
@BlueSkyKing We have free will but not really, don't use your free will.
@dark548 The words "moral" and "morality" are nowhere in the Bible.
dark548 · M
and then there is that, apparently in Christianity everyone else is the devil if you're not part of their tiny sect or church. Who can understand them really.

Catholics have the truth, Protestants also but only one is going to heaven and the other to hell according to each other.

At least the Catholic church tries to embrace as much as it can.

Catholics call Protestants separated brothers.

Protestants call Catholics the devil and damned to hell.
dark548 · M
@SW-User in that sense yes but they both follow the moral teachings of Jesus Christ or attempt to therefore it is not entirely a different religion. Entirely different religion would best fit Christianity vs Hinduism or even Buddhism
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@dark548 [c=002673]Catholicism is anathema and antichrist to many protestants. Plus, if they don't look to Jesus as God and ultimate authority, then they are technically of a different religion. Maybe pantheistic (or popetheistic).[/c]
dark548 · M
@SW-User perhaps
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[c=002673]Someone of another religion called me a devil online only yesterday, just because I don't follow his philosophy of life.

Where can we go to escape religious persecution? Nowhere.[/c]

 
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