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NorthOfNorth

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Re: Is Atheism just another religion ?
Reply #225 - Apr 17^th, 2009 at 11:31am

Yadda wrote on Apr 17^th, 2009 at 11:27am:

NorthOfNorth wrote on Apr 16^th, 2009 at 7:14pm:

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Power and greed drive crime not disbelief in god.

helian,

Thank you! Wink

Let me rephrase what you said there....

Power and greed drive crime not disbelief belief in god.

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Men do wicked, and evil things, FOR, OR DRIVEN BY, THEIR OWN MOTIVES.

Yes, they can do... but the Crusaders, some Popes and Martin Luther did evil specifically in the name of Christ.

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Re: Is Atheism just another religion ?
Reply #226 - Apr 17^th, 2009 at 12:09pm

Yadda wrote on Apr 17^th, 2009 at 11:27am:

......And such declarations can often give certain ppl [the 'perpetrator'] an excuse for their actions.

But does such an excuse, justify, wicked actions.

But does such a claim, or claims, made to us [mankind], abrogate the part which should be played, by our consciousnesses?

"And what is good, Phaedrus, and what is not good - need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"

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I might add,

That it does not take courage to run with a mob, or to do despicable things, because your King, or government justify it, and encourage it.

Rather, it takes courage to stand alone.

It takes courage to do what is right, or, to not act, and to avoid culpability.

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Re: Is Atheism just another religion ?
Reply #227 - Apr 17^th, 2009 at 12:18pm

The Pope is Christ's Vicar on earth... According to Catholic dogma what he 'binds on earth is bound in heaven' and what he 'looses on earth is loosed in heaven'. So yes, for a Catholic and those who submit to the Holy See, the Pope sanctifies an action when he permits and condones that action ... Like the Crusades or the wars against Protestants.

For all Lutherans who venerated the dissenting priest Martin Luther, they committed righteous acts when they persecuted Jews in accordance with Luther's wishes.

Conviction is the art of being certain

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Yadda Gold Member Offline Posts: 21843 A cat with a view	Re: Is Atheism just another religion ? Reply #228 - Apr 17^th, 2009 at 12:24pm Oh! That is annoying! I inadvertently clicked 'Modify', instead of 'Quote' - on post #226. And now, my previous post is all 'eaten up'!! Now, forever lost in la la land. aaarrrrrrrrgh!
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