You might want to look up who Shirley Chisholm actually was. Maybe you got the name wrong.
It's obvious that many of your observations on religion are highly subjective. I seriously doubt communion participants are giving non-participants the "evil eye." People go up or not in my church as they wish, particularly guests or visitors. Simply holding your arms across your chest at the rail is a signal that you do not wish to participate, and the pastor gives you a special blessing. This is more common for children, but for a number of adults as well.
I don't know what your problem is, but it's mostly yours, not the religion you are so hostile towards.
As for my hostility to "half the world," which is not accurate even if you include non-radical Muslims, there have been a few incidents a bit more recent than the Crusades that have formed my opinions on radical Islam, a group which comprises a far smaller fraction of the world than "half."
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- Survivor of the tornado
- re: This has been a great post Art! (n/t)
- I'm with you Art
- The insignificance of humanity
- re: Insignificant by WHOM?
- Yeah, but who created that telescope, that satellite; and who's doing the looking?
- The burden of proof
- Not really!
- Not really!
- re: The burden of proof
- re: The burden of proof
- Great Response, Daniel!! (n/t)
- The burden of proof
- Hubble image (fairly large)
- You can call Humanity many things, but unimportant is not one of them.
- But we are unimportant, insignificant!
- re: But we are unimportant, insignificant!
- I disagree
- We cannot claim "intelligence" is the summum of the universe
- Without intelligence, the Universe may as well not even exist.
- re:Maybe we are unimportant per se...but we are worthwhile (n/t)
- We can claim "intelligence" is rare in this universe
- We cannot claim "intelligence" is the summum of the universe
- Humanity is the proverbial mustard seed.
- But we are unimportant, insignificant!
- Cosmic Unimportance
- re: I'm with you Art
- The insignificance of humanity
- re: The natural world....
- I think it comes down to an issue of tollerance Art.
- re: Survivor of the tornado
- re: Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
- Reaping the Whirlwind
- " We simply have to walk around like zombies and love the cosmic practical joker. "
- Premises
- Jesus still loves you. =) (n/t)
- Somebody thanks God for surviving a terrible event and you go bizerk.
- re: I used to feel the way you do Art.
- Tell ya what...
