And for the record I'm not anti-christian at all as most of my friends are Christian and we manage to coexist
However said religious organization has terrorized the planet for centuries and has faced no accountability
You assume I'm your enemy just because we believe differently.Having Christian friends doesn't mean you're not anti-Christian. It just means you're not living in a box. I've got a lot of Atheist friends, and I'm adamantly anti-Atheism. I suspect you have Christian friends that you probably genuinely like, but I do think you are opposed to Christianity and you're probably in service to satan. I put you squarely in the category of "likeable enemy". You're obviously fairly smart and your posts are fun to read, but I don't trust you. At all.
Regarding whether the Catholic Church is a criminal/terrorist organization....just because there are criminals in an organization doesn't mean that the organization itself is criminal. I agree that any criminals (whether convicted in court or not) in positions of authority within the Catholic Church should be skinned alive, drawn and quartered, or whatever. Catholics (and protestants) need an internal moral enforcement team that would go around dispatching pedo priests and such. But the main point is that the presence of criminals within and organization doesn't mean that the organization itself is bad. If we went by that standard, then basically every government, church, and organization would have to be done away with. And then what would happen? They would simply be replaced by other governments/churches/organizations that are probably going to be even worse.
There are better determinants to guide whether an organization ought to be done away with than merely the presence of criminals.
And for the record I'm not anti-christian at all as most of my friends are Christian and we manage to coexist
However said religious organization has terrorized the planet for centuries and has faced no accountability
You assume I'm your enemy just because we believe differently.
That sounds like the type of the type of religious zealotry that makes people blow up buildings
Just want to drop this little bit and give you something to think aboutNo. Not at all. I've got a lot of Athiest friends. All of them think differently than me. For that matter, most Christians think differently than me also. The difference between my Atheist friends and you is that you spend time on Christian web forums putting down Christianity. You're actively sewing these subtle and not so subtle anti-Christian messages on an explicitly Christian website. That makes me suspicious. I mean, why are you even here?
Serve Jesus or go to hell. Make your choice.
"This is a really nice business you have here. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it"No. Not at all. I've got a lot of Athiest friends. All of them think differently than me. For that matter, most Christians think differently than me also. The difference between my Atheist friends and you is that you spend time on Christian web forums putting down Christianity. You're actively sewing these subtle and not so subtle anti-Christian messages on an explicitly Christian website. That makes me suspicious. I mean, why are you even here?
Serve Jesus or go to hell. Make your choice.
Side note I believe I exist and a physical universe and my actions have both physical and moral consequences as they affect those around me
I govern myself accordingly
"This is a really nice business you have here. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it"
I was Christian when I joined this form years ago. I'm not anymore. I finally realized that I was pretending to believe something just because I wanted to believe it
I've been through a lot in the past few years losing a wife and a son. So sometimes life just changes people
Throughout the years I have interacted with a lot of people on this forum and I have made some good friends here. But I have also encountered some hateful and toxic people on this forum
No. Not at all. I've got a lot of Athiest friends. All of them think differently than me. For that matter, most Christians think differently than me also. The difference between my Atheist friends and you is that you spend time on Christian web forums putting down Christianity. You're actively sewing these subtle and not so subtle anti-Christian messages on an explicitly Christian website. That makes me suspicious. I mean, why are you even here?
Serve Jesus or go to hell. Make your choice.
Side note I believe I exist and a physical universe and my actions have both physical and moral consequences as they affect those around me
I govern myself accordingly
"This is a really nice business you have here. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it"
I was Christian when I joined this form years ago. I'm not anymore. I finally realized that I was pretending to believe something just because I wanted to believe it
I've been through a lot in the past few years losing a wife and a son. So sometimes life just changes people
Throughout the years I have interacted with a lot of people on this forum and I have made some good friends here. But I have also encountered some hateful and toxic people on this forum
Surf anything that gives the church a bad name is a concern to all. Whether molesting children or Jimmy Swaggarts fall, we need to stand up and call a spade a dang shovel. If there is sin in the camp, we ought to be the first ones to say it is wrong. We ought to be the first ones to look to heal, to give reperations, to punish/ disipline those who caused the wrong. Now I'm not for random foolishness, you don't burn churches. But you stand up, admit the wrong and make it right. I don't make a big issue of the Cahtolic church, I have family and friends that attend. But there has been irreparable damage done to young lives because of the Catholic, and other churches. We need to, as Christians, make clear that it is sin, that those who harm children will see God's wrath and hell. How many have turned away from the faith because of abuse by someone using the name of God?! No, we ought to be the very first to stand against it. As far as with Canada, family hasn't been clear on what has happened. But it's as simple as this, find the facts, make restitution as much as is possible before anyone has to ask. May people never be turned away from the Gospel because we blinked and looked the other way while people were abused.
Also the thing with Catholicism is they claim to be the one true religion but absolutely none of their doctrine lines up with anything in the Bible
Maybe the Canadians want accountabilityYeah, saw it all over my FB yesterday with everyone saying Canadians shouldn't be celebrating their special day. smh So annoying, Trudeau trying to shadow the US. Sad what happened, long time ago, not happening today. Move on.
Maybe the Canadians want accountability
At the risk of sounding redundant, the Vatican is a criminal organization and it's time the rest of the world started pushing back