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Now that book's some fun stuff. The story about The Brother of Jarod is almost Pythonesque.
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Group pressure and carefully directed paranoia can make people rationalize anything, destroy their own innermost convictions, especially the truthseekers, desperate to find something to believe in. Just look at the scientologists.
Though I must say, for a christian you've come a long way in your rationalizations lately, O.
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And yet, people believe in it as faithfully as you believe in the Bible. A telling comparison, I'd say.
There are a lot of belief systems that are total ripoffs of Christianity and the Bible. Just because some, many, or most systems of some certain type are absurd doesn't mean they all are. Analyze each one before you draw conclusions.
Though I must say, for a christian you've come a long way in your rationalizations lately, O.
I'm not quite sure how to take that. But for what it's worth, this is all me, I've never even heard another Christian discuss this issue.
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quote: There are a lot of belief systems that are total ripoffs of Christianity and the Bible. Just because some, many, or most systems of some certain type are absurd doesn't mean they all are. Analyze each one before you draw conclusions.
It's a copyright minefield, this religion, isn't it? And I happen to agree with you about Moronism . He just happened to find these gold plates which no one else ever saw and which haven't been seen since.. yeah, right. Also they baptised Hitler, which does tend to undermine any religion's credibility. Especially as they did it after he died.
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But for what it's worth, this is all me, I've never even heard another Christian discuss this issue.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
. He just happened to find these gold plates which no one else ever saw and which haven't been seen since.. yeah, right. Also they baptised Hitler, which does tend to undermine any religion's credibility. Especially as they did it after he died.
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