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Christianity is no more valid than Islam or any other religion because in the end it's all about the golden rule. I can recite bible verses with the best of them and show you how Jesus of Nazareth taught that church and state should remain separate. Or he Jesus of Nazareth taught that people shouldn't pray in public (in a public school or an official government meeting for instance), but would it change your mind?
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I completely agree with you that all religions are based around the golden rule. And I agree with you that all religions are equal. I'm catholic, but I find other religions interesting, especially Islam, which is so much like Christianity, it's scary once you get past anything to do with jihad.
When you say you can find passages that say something you want you do not comprehend the vastness of the bible. Anyone who wants to prove anything can probably something to back it up in the bible.
You say you can find passages where Jesus said do not pray in public, I'll agree in fact I'll even provide a link for you since you once again failed to provide any proof.
Matthew 6 . Now see if you can prove your statement about church and state. I believe you but I want to see if you can do your own research.
I don't see how reciting these versus are going to change my mind about anything. We were not arguing these things.
Then you threw in this thing about me saying the bible is historical fact. Which if you read my statement from earlier in the thread you would see I specifically said it wasn't. It's a book of faith; it's based on historical events. Read the gospels, they don't agree on everything, but their general message is usually the same.
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Cam, don't get caught up in semantics so much that you miss the message. What I said regarding trivial things such as dietary restrictions in the grand scheme of things is truthful, honest, and insightful.
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I'm not caught up in the semantics, I'm pretty sure I got your message. You called everyone who disagrees with you wrong. You called us a bunch of idiots. And you made it perfectly clear you are "correct". I was just trying to helpfully point out that this probably isn't the best way to go about things. Being able to admit your wrong, listening to arguments, and not throwing other random bullshit out every time someone pokes a hole in your argument is something you definitely need to work on. I've just reread this board from when you joined and I noticed a few things. You provided very few facts, and just repeated what you said before and then threw something else out as a distraction technique. Nobody wants to listen to that.