Quote Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
I wasn't trying to point any fingers, really--it was just that someone was claiming that Christianity was good and Islam was bad, and I was trying to show that that's not inherently the case.

You need empiricle evidence for things, eh? I'm not like that at all--very spiritual guy, just not in any organized way. Bit of a pantheist, maybe.

And yes, let's not forget the crusades...what do you think the war on terror is? A new crusade with bigger bombs.
To be honest my religion comments were aimed at those bickering over whose religion is better....a very other large problem i have with it.
I'm accepting of your spirituality, and glad you can make the distinction between your own spirituality and organized religion, where the problems happen..hahaha
I can't remember the name of what I am..there's a name for it...for someone who refuses to believe any of the options/organized religions. I know there is something there, i just refuse to label it God or Allah or Mohamed or whomever...cause to be honest thats ignorant...cause I don't know what it is. And people who run around shoving their god down the throat of others really piss me right off. Cause they don't know any more than anyone else..they just think they do.
But I am smart enough to know that the intricate nature of this world shows us that there is something larger up there. Its all the stories and details of these gods that are angering. I believe I'm entitled to have my own vision of what it is, and shouldn't be told i'll burn in hell for believing in something other than beatitudes.

Picture god as a large weed plant. Maybe then there won't be killing in the name of religion. Maybe ..we could all get along?? SHOCKER!!!

By the way Rusty, I like our dialogue. No matter what arguments I throw at you, you'd kick my ass in the greenhouse. I know this :thumbsup: