The Christianity Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Frownland

Mormons? They might knock on your door occasionally but they bring cookies sometimes.

Mormonism is weird as ****. And some of their branched out subset compounds are cults but Mormonism, while very stupid and very bad, isn't a cult. Mormons
tithe 10% to their creepf*ck religion. Cult members give 100% and...you know the difference.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Cult members give 100% and...you know the difference.

So does that mean nuns and monks are in a cult but other Catholics aren't?

[Zhanteimi]

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[DeadChannel]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

Start here and find me anything that justifies the evil actions of a few.

You keep doing this, and honestly I'm getting a little tired of it. When you can no longer refute an argument, it's sort of bad form laziness to be like "we'll, I don't know why you're wrong, but here, read a thing". It's yet another tactic, like offence, that you'very used to avoid interacting with difficult ideas, and frankly I'm not buying it.

I'm not asking you to read Dawkins or Hitchens, so don't ask me to read whatever this is. Thanks.

[Zhanteimi]

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[Zhanteimi]

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[OccultHawk]

Good gray area questions.

There are lots of logical rabbit holes I'm not clever enough to squirm out of but I'm not going to cheapen the word cult by watering down the definition.

The Branch Davidians, Heaven's Gate, Aum Shinrikyo were cults.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

Broad, sweeping accusations are made against the Church, so broad they can be addressed only with the whole of the Catechism. If you have an accusation, please present a specific example, and then I will cite a specific part of the Magisterium that shows how that action is not in line with the Church's teaching.

I have a specific concern: Priest ejaculate in altar boys rectums. Why is it in such great abundance?

[Frownland]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

Broad, sweeping accusations are made against the Church, so broad they can be addressed only with the whole of the Catechism. If you have an accusation, please present a specific example, and then I will cite a specific part of the Magisterium that shows how that action is not in line with the Church's teaching.

What makes sex immoral?
If God loves all of his children, why does he condemn most of them to hell? Doesn't an all knowing being realize what his creations are going to carry out?
What evidence of God does the cathescism use besides "trust us"?
Is bestiality cool?
Is rape alright?
Is embezzlement ok?
Can I draw a picture of God or a god that's not God?
Is there only one God?
Who wrote where you're getting all of these answers from, do you know the origin of the word you've deemed holy?
Are you even going to answer these or are you going to pretend like I didn't post them like every other person who tells people to ask specific questions.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by mordwyr

Broad, sweeping accusations are made against the Church, so broad they can be addressed only with the whole of the Catechism. If you have an accusation, please present a specific example, and then I will cite a specific part of the Magisterium that shows how that action is not in line with the Church's teaching.

We don't want you to quote from your book. We can read the damn thing ourselves. We want you to speak for yourself, otherwise you just sound like you're hiding behind the Bible because you have no idea what to say without it. It's why some people seem to think that you are brainwashed.