Wed March 25, 2015 2:44 pm
Wed March 25, 2015 2:45 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:tommymtcom wrote:I'm not saying Christianity isn't nuts, just that it's part of our cultural heritage, which makes it easier (and more understandable) to believe. Scientology, on the other hand, is very clearly a load of bullshit made up by a con man. Someone being a Christian doesn't make me lose respect for them, but someone being a scientologist does.
Also, Scientology's story is definitely crazier than Christianity's:Xenu (/ˈziːnuː/),[1][2][3] also called "Xemu", was, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who 75 million years ago brought billions[4][5] of his people to Earth (then known as "Teegeeack") in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes, and killed them with hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology scriptures hold that the thetans (immortal spirits) of these aliens adhere to humans, causing spiritual harm
CHRISTIANS LITERALLY WORSHIP A ZOMBIE! That's not off the chain insane to you?!
Like you just admitted, you understand/accept one over the other because it's been around longer. That's it. The fact that anyone actually literally believes in the stories of Christianity is bizarre to me. Faith is one thing, whatever. But if you believe a man died and came back from the dead then disappeared and might maybe probably come back one day and take some folks over to his place for a while before coming back for the others, I don't know what to tell you.
Wed March 25, 2015 2:46 pm
tommymtcom wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tommymtcom wrote:I'm not saying Christianity isn't nuts, just that it's part of our cultural heritage, which makes it easier (and more understandable) to believe. Scientology, on the other hand, is very clearly a load of bullshit made up by a con man. Someone being a Christian doesn't make me lose respect for them, but someone being a scientologist does.
Also, Scientology's story is definitely crazier than Christianity's:Xenu (/ˈziːnuː/),[1][2][3] also called "Xemu", was, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who 75 million years ago brought billions[4][5] of his people to Earth (then known as "Teegeeack") in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes, and killed them with hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology scriptures hold that the thetans (immortal spirits) of these aliens adhere to humans, causing spiritual harm
CHRISTIANS LITERALLY WORSHIP A ZOMBIE! That's not off the chain insane to you?!
Like you just admitted, you understand/accept one over the other because it's been around longer. That's it. The fact that anyone actually literally believes in the stories of Christianity is bizarre to me. Faith is one thing, whatever. But if you believe a man died and came back from the dead then disappeared and might maybe probably come back one day and take some folks over to his place for a while before coming back for the others, I don't know what to tell you.
Most Christians are brain washed (for lack of a better term) from birth to believe what they believe. Tom Cruise made the decision to believe that scientology nonsense as an adult. Surely, that makes him more of a weirdo than the average Christian.
For the record, I agree with you and LV that Christianity is nuts. All I am saying is that it is more understandable to believe in Jesus than Xenu because it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience.
Wed March 25, 2015 2:48 pm
LoathedVermin72 wrote:tommymtcom wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tommymtcom wrote:I'm not saying Christianity isn't nuts, just that it's part of our cultural heritage, which makes it easier (and more understandable) to believe. Scientology, on the other hand, is very clearly a load of bullshit made up by a con man. Someone being a Christian doesn't make me lose respect for them, but someone being a scientologist does.
Also, Scientology's story is definitely crazier than Christianity's:Xenu (/ˈziːnuː/),[1][2][3] also called "Xemu", was, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who 75 million years ago brought billions[4][5] of his people to Earth (then known as "Teegeeack") in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes, and killed them with hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology scriptures hold that the thetans (immortal spirits) of these aliens adhere to humans, causing spiritual harm
CHRISTIANS LITERALLY WORSHIP A ZOMBIE! That's not off the chain insane to you?!
Like you just admitted, you understand/accept one over the other because it's been around longer. That's it. The fact that anyone actually literally believes in the stories of Christianity is bizarre to me. Faith is one thing, whatever. But if you believe a man died and came back from the dead then disappeared and might maybe probably come back one day and take some folks over to his place for a while before coming back for the others, I don't know what to tell you.
Most Christians are brain washed (for lack of a better term) from birth to believe what they believe. Tom Cruise made the decision to believe that scientology nonsense as an adult. Surely, that makes him more of a weirdo than the average Christian.
For the record, I agree with you and LV that Christianity is nuts. All I am saying is that it is more understandable to believe in Jesus than Xenu because it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience.
So you'd rather someone be a brainwashed, unthinking conformist than a bonkers individual who thinks for himself, no matter how crazy his conclusions may be? At least the second one is more interesting.
Wed March 25, 2015 2:51 pm
tommymtcom wrote:LoathedVermin72 wrote:tommymtcom wrote:durdencommatyler wrote:tommymtcom wrote:I'm not saying Christianity isn't nuts, just that it's part of our cultural heritage, which makes it easier (and more understandable) to believe. Scientology, on the other hand, is very clearly a load of bullshit made up by a con man. Someone being a Christian doesn't make me lose respect for them, but someone being a scientologist does.
Also, Scientology's story is definitely crazier than Christianity's:Xenu (/ˈziːnuː/),[1][2][3] also called "Xemu", was, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who 75 million years ago brought billions[4][5] of his people to Earth (then known as "Teegeeack") in a DC-8-like spacecraft, stacked them around volcanoes, and killed them with hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology scriptures hold that the thetans (immortal spirits) of these aliens adhere to humans, causing spiritual harm
CHRISTIANS LITERALLY WORSHIP A ZOMBIE! That's not off the chain insane to you?!
Like you just admitted, you understand/accept one over the other because it's been around longer. That's it. The fact that anyone actually literally believes in the stories of Christianity is bizarre to me. Faith is one thing, whatever. But if you believe a man died and came back from the dead then disappeared and might maybe probably come back one day and take some folks over to his place for a while before coming back for the others, I don't know what to tell you.
Most Christians are brain washed (for lack of a better term) from birth to believe what they believe. Tom Cruise made the decision to believe that scientology nonsense as an adult. Surely, that makes him more of a weirdo than the average Christian.
For the record, I agree with you and LV that Christianity is nuts. All I am saying is that it is more understandable to believe in Jesus than Xenu because it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience.
So you'd rather someone be a brainwashed, unthinking conformist than a bonkers individual who thinks for himself, no matter how crazy his conclusions may be? At least the second one is more interesting.
I would rather neither, to be honest. I just feel one is more understandable than the other.
Wed March 25, 2015 2:52 pm
tommymtcom wrote:Most Christians are brain washed (for lack of a better term) from birth to believe what they believe. Tom Cruise made the decision to believe that scientology nonsense as an adult. Surely, that makes him more of a weirdo than the average Christian.
For the record, I agree with you and LV that Christianity is nuts. All I am saying is that it is more understandable to believe in Jesus than Xenu because it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience.
Wed March 25, 2015 2:57 pm
durdencommatyler wrote:tommymtcom wrote:Most Christians are brain washed (for lack of a better term) from birth to believe what they believe. Tom Cruise made the decision to believe that scientology nonsense as an adult. Surely, that makes him more of a weirdo than the average Christian.
For the record, I agree with you and LV that Christianity is nuts. All I am saying is that it is more understandable to believe in Jesus than Xenu because it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience.
That's what vermin and I are saying though. It's only more understandable to believe in Jesus that Xenu BECAUSE it is such a huge part of our shared cultural experience. If Scientology had come first and Christianity was the new craze you'd feel the same about Scientology as you do Christianity. That's the point here.
Wed March 25, 2015 3:06 pm
Wed March 25, 2015 3:18 pm
Wed March 25, 2015 3:18 pm
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bump for LV, joey, and tommy.
Wed March 25, 2015 3:19 pm
Wed March 25, 2015 3:21 pm
tommymtcom wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Bump for LV, joey, and tommy.
We worked things out already, but thanks.
Wed March 25, 2015 7:50 pm
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Fri August 07, 2015 12:22 am
Fri August 07, 2015 2:54 am
Read that earlier, good stuff.turned2black wrote:Good read.
Arian Foster: 'I don't believe in God'
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13369 ... ieving-god
Fri August 07, 2015 3:17 am
Fri August 07, 2015 3:23 am
darth_vedder wrote:Team
Fri August 07, 2015 3:41 am
Fri August 07, 2015 3:46 am