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Originally Posted by KontanKarite
How exactly can we be tolerant of religions when religions are the ones telling their followers that they're the rightful authorities of life and everyone else is wrong.
Christianity says everyone but Christians are wrong. How can anyone put up with that or tolerate that kind of logic when there's no room for a middle ground? Basically, Auriel, according to your doctrines, we either cleave to your beliefs and be in the right or we're just plain old wrong. So it would be wrong for gays to be able to get married for example. So we're actually supposed to let churches make all of our decisions for us?
What I've always wondered about Christians is why they simply wont allow the meek to inherit the earth. I never understood it. If gay marriage brought about the end times, would Christians not be happy about that? I mean, you're going to be with your Christ anyway in those times, so good for you.
LET the world fall apart. It's not the job of the Christian to save the world, that's the domain of Christ. A Christian's job is to simply set a good example and spread a message of love, NOT dictate what others can and can not do.
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The bold type is pretty much what I've been saying all along. As for the first portion of your post, my beliefs are largely based on Christianity- but not totally. I don't go to church for that exact reason and I'm not the stereotypical Christian. I don't like others to force their views on me, therefore I don't do it. There is some amount of God's Truth in every religion. You can't truly know Him or the One Truth if you fail to see the corruption of the church. The church wants you to follow it, not God. There is a huge difference between the two.