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I'm curious what you are trying to say? Are people intolerant? Yes. Does that carry over into violence? That depends. Being told to "go back home" certainly is rude and not called for, but compared to the restrictions that are placed on non-Islamic people in Islamic nations, her problem...

OK, since 1989 there have been 24 murders or attemped murders from antiabortionists. Of those, only 1 has occured in the last 5 years. For the sake of the arguement, let's assume that everyone of these murder/ attemped murders were from practicing Christians. How often does a murder (let's...

Thanks, it's been a few years, so I don't remember what I got on it. It must have not been too bad though cause I probably would have deleted it.

Here's a paper I wrote a while ago (High School?) that addresses the topic. I tried to find the attached bibliography, but couldn't locate it. For a good chunk of the data, I remember using a study done by the United Nations, as it appeared to be the most non-bias source that I could find...

eh....not sure how that happened. :D

While I agree that extremists from any religion (or no religion) can be dangerous to the world, there are core differences in religions that have some serious ramifications. What we need to check to see is if these behaviors are logical out workings of its core teachings or not. It might be...

It is rather absurd that people try to find evidence of scientific principles (or lack thereof), based on sections of the Bible that were not meant to be taken literally in the first place. Almost all of those references were taken from portions of the Bible that were either prophetic...

I didn't say that we would not have any emotions, I said that I don't think that it is possible for us to say with any certainty that we would experience the exact same emotions, or how much greater we could experience some emortion. For instance, a few passages in the Bible say that there is...

Umm...that sure doesn't sound like the way the Bible portrays it. Sometimes we think that the best experiences here on earth are the best period. If one believes that there is life after this life, why should he conclude that we will experience the same emotions? Our enviroment would be so...

As for the original question, I belive that much of the Bible is historically accurate and can be taken quite literally. Much of the old testament gives us a historical destription of the Jewish people. The books between Joshua and Ester were written in a very historical contex, and I...

Good call.

I for one say that they are not correct. This mean that we should not condone any act by any person in the world. Who can say who is right? It doesn't matter what you do and who is killed/raped/maimed in the process. Do you really believe that? By that logic, you lose the ability to...

I was coming for a protestant perspective, taking the Bible quite literally. If you wish to approach it from a different view, I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say.

People can see things differently, but not all the views are correct. If all views are on equal footing, then what is wrong with a group of people do something that you do not agree with (genocide), and then say to you that it is fine because it fits in with their moral theory. If the moral...

I also agree with the statement that morality is not relative. There are many moral theories out there, but that does not mean that they are all on equal footing. There has to be absolute truths. Moral theories that are based on these truths should not be placed on the same level as those...

Correct, most of the Bible covers a time period before Christ. I'm not talking about literal conversation here. Why do you think the curtain to the inner temple was torn when Jesus was crucified? According to the Bible, for mileniums, the most holy place inside the temple was not accessable...

Agreed. When individual justice needs to be served, be swift, be deliberate, be firm; but people in these countries that are not involved in these actions should not have to pay also. We should always strive to take the high road. We should hold ourselves to a higher standard. It may be a...

Agreed It's a nice thought, I don't know if it's a rule to go by though. Do you include emotional/mental stress when you define "hurt"? If you don't, then your statement has some fairly significant issues to deal with; if you do, than your statement still has some significant issues that...

What if they do something that they personally believe is not wrong, but is clearly condoned by society? The person honestly believes that they have done nothing wrong. It opens up the ballgame to everyone having a different set of morals (which is fine), but not only that but everyone could...

Sry, haven't been around these forums that long. Are you then saying that rape, murder, child molestation, robbery, genocide, torture, etc are all fine under the condition that the person is truthful about what he did and makes no attempt to cover it up or mislead people?