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Originally Posted by speede5
Yup I get that and I would feel the same as you in that situation. Those types don't seem to know a thing about what Christ taught and how he would have wanted us to treat people. Honestly I've never been embarrassed to be a Christian until the last few years watching all these idiots be the absolute worst examples.
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"The fact that Man desires, fortune, fame and power and has used religion to obtain these is more an indictment of these people, rather than religion itself."
I see a lot of people responding to this aspect. It is the reason I led with this in my initial post.
There is an adage of "If you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything", and having a faith based belief system is what many people adhere to so as to find meaning in their lives.
Are some easily taken down the wrong rabbit holes and are there people that will lead them there for their own benefit? Absolutely and that is not what I believe in.
I am not here trying to change anyone's belief system. I just wanted to start a different conversation than the one that was rampant on this thread and it looks as though that is happening.