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Multi Sport said:
My wife and I support a young man who is doing missions work in the Middle East (unofficially) . A few months ago he was sharing one of his experiences with us. He was talking with one of the local college students and turned the subject to faith and asked the student what he knew of Christianity. The students reply was that Christians live in sin because they practice immoral behavior. He added that since the United States is a Christian nation that the country is also immoral. When pressed, the student said Muslims believe this based on what they see in the movies, since most movies come out of the US. Something to think about.
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Look at this both ways. How hard do you think it would be to find a Christian in America to say Islam is an evil religion...
 
xav10 said:
Dudes, not at all. If anything, I was making the assumption that he was an Islamic terrorist. I also heard that noone heard anything, as far as any warning (I have previously posted here that I have told my children if they ever hear that phrase called out in public they need to run and hide) goes, but that maybe he shouted that when he exited the truck. That's all I meant.
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It has been reported he did.
 
xav10 said:
How so? What could it be in our movies? The hits these days are like Transformers and Marvel stuff. Is it the tits, or the violence? They make women cover up from head to toe in 100 degree heat and chop people's heads off, so who's to judge?
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Just so you know in extreme heat and sun, light free flowing garments that cover the entire skin area is the way to go. If it was better to wear shorts and tank-tops those desert dwellers would certainly go that route.
 
Hüsker Dü said:
Just so you know in extreme heat and sun, light free flowing garments that cover the entire skin area is the way to go. If it was better to wear shorts and tank-tops those desert dwellers would certainly go that route.
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So they do it for the women's comfort. I see.
 
Sheriff Joe said:
Christianity is all about morals and heathens with none.
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While the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth are based on many ideals of morality, they have little to do with largest Christian organizations and the practices of many Christian Churches. The largest organization of Christians is the Catholic Church. Those guys are really good at institutional immorality. So are members of the US Evangelical faith and their dependence on Old Testament hatred that are not found in the actual teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. And that is just of our time and not the historical recklessness and actual witch hunts of Christianity in the past. I could go on but what would be the point.
 
Bruddah IZ said:
That’s judgmental.
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Not really. I just separate the actions of the human species from the mythology. Humans are biologically prone to certain actions of survival, we would call goodness. Much like ants will swarm a foe. That is biology not religion. We have masked this biology in mythology. The majority of structural mythology is to confirm the power of the leadership and give the supernatural the ability to be the invisible judge that can not be argued with or questioned. Does not matter if it is one of the fraternal religions out of the Middle East or something much more matriarchal from the South Pacific. Indoctrinate the children with fear and pride. They will grow up true believers. If needed the old men can call on developing testosterone to fight for the good of the tribe. testosterone masking self protection for the good of the tribe.
 
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Andy Dukes said:
So are members of the US Evangelical faith and their dependence on Old Testament hatred that are not found in the actual teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. .
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"Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. Jesus in Matt 5:17
 
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