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:agree: And correspondingly with the advent of the printing press, and an accessible and translated bible, alongside the increasing ability to read amongst the lower classes, Christianity (and its churches) evolved further and further towards a religion that actually cared about the message...

I agree entirely with you. Especially the bolded part. The problem is that people in power will be extremely biased toward self-interest, they will deliberately try to abuse scripture for their own designs, and they will take advantage of the ignorance of the uninformed and the lowly in order to...

The holy scripture of almost all religions is filled with such beautiful verses, expressing such beautiful sentiments. And this is why, even as a lifelong atheist, I find religion beautiful. Yes, it can be terrible, nightmarish even; but it can also be absurdly beautiful. And it is all...

You are right... ...but at the same time, if what is considered the highest authority around (with regards to Christianity) is interpreting the bible to allow for soldiers of God, and a place in heaven for those who kill Muslims and burn witches and blasphemers and heretics and the like, it...

Clearly, by how Christians have behaved in this world for the past 1500 years, the bible in all its forms is very open to interpretation. How one could argue otherwise, is beyond me. If the Papal authority condones war, bloodshed, violence, throughout its history, and previously offered...

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I'm pretty sure that I said in a later comment that knowledge passed from and was developed upon from one culture to the next, sometimes simultaneously. All cultures and civilizations offer something brilliant to this world. - - - Updated - - - :lol:

Yeah. I studied a bit on this in University history classes. It's pretty clear that the Greeks learned from the Egyptians, but also developed further upon what they learned. It's the same with the Arabs after the Greeks and Romans, through the European Dark Ages. And then the Renaissance in...

Some Hungarian wines are fantastic. :D

:agree: Although, much of this knowledge came out of Greece to the Muslims, who developed upon it exponentially. It's kind of fantastic that wine originated in what is now Georgia. It's impossible to find Georgian wine here in Canada. So some day I'll have to go visit that nation.

I didn't see that. My apologies. I think part of the problem is the current state of Islam in the world, and of Islamic people. They're marginalized and ostracized, their countries are occupied, invaded, laid siege to, sanctioned harshly. Is it deserved at times? Maybe. The problem is, a...

But this is just naive and wrong. Christianity's emphasis on forgiveness is a matter of interpretation, as the Old Testament and YahWeh is basically a tale of genocide, revenge, an eye for an eye, and the like. Much depends on how one interprets and emphasizes the interaction between the two...

:lol: How about his "logical and rational thinking" hurting their feelings...

Again, the point is, it's absurd to blame an entire religion for the actions of a tiny minority. There are atheists that have done some pretty horrific things too, Rus. This Charlie Hebdo massacre can be laid at the feet of those promoting a radicalized view of religion. Even Buddhism, which...

You said that I was turning Muslims into a race by using the word xenophobia, you clown. Clearly, xenophobia in this case is your fear of a foreign culture, which is exactly what cultural xenophobia is. The vast majority of people in every religion are peaceful, harmless types. You act as...

:sergio: Clearly, you have no idea what the word xenophobia means...

Rus is as bad as Turk. Intolerance, xenophobia, bigotry. What a combination.