Posted on 11/25/2005 8:34:07 AM PST by Exton1
> I don’t demand that anyone respect my beliefs; I demand only that they refrain from interfering with the free exercise thereof.
Since your view of "refrain from interfering with the free exercise" means that nobody can even call some aspect of your beliefs "mythology," while you can refer to anybody else's beliefs as "whacko cults," it's pretty clear what your demands are.
> Yes, they are clearly rebelling against Christianity
No. Just that simple... you're wrong.
> When people attempt to resurrect a religion that has been defunct for centuries, they’re not sincerely searching for God; they’re playing at religion for the money and sex they can get out of it.
It's amazing how arrogant you are that you think you know the minds of others... when it's blisteringly obvious that you do not.
> As I predicted, you are equating legitimate religions and whacko cults.
Please, do us all a favor and define, in objective and quantifiable terms, what the difference is between "religion" and "cult."
As expected, you continue to restate your opponents' positions to irrational extremes that bear no resemblance to anything they actually said, for the purpose of slurring them.
“Since your view of "refrain from interfering with the free exercise" means that nobody can even call some aspect of your beliefs "mythology,"
Case in point.
Aside from the fact that creationism is not an aspect of my beliefs, there is a great difference between “nobody can even call” and “officials of public institutions should not deliberately discriminate against certain beliefs under cover of office.”
“while you can refer to anybody else's beliefs as "whacko cults,"
I’m a private citizen in a discussion forum, not an official of a public institution abusing his authority in his role as such. In addition to which, unlike you, I am applying rational criteria in distinguishing between legitimate religions and cults.
”No. Just that simple... you're wrong.”
OOOOooooo, great argument.
“It's amazing how arrogant you are”
Gee, there I go “insulting and abusing” you again. I’m a bad boy.
“that you think you know the minds of others... when it's blisteringly obvious that you do not.”
(Snicker) I see through you like glass.
“Please, do us all a favor and define, in objective and quantifiable terms, what the difference is between "religion" and "cult.”
Who is “us all?” Are you speaking for yourself and the two mice in your pocket?
Best I can see, there are only a couple of people on FR who remain in the dark on that issue. And frankly, you’ve used up all the good will I had. Attempting to educate the ungrateful is not an exercise in which I care to persist.
> I am applying rational criteria in distinguishing between legitimate religions and cults.
Clearly not, since you are using the "whacko cult" brush rather broadly, demonstrating a severe lack of understanding of the concept.
"Clearly not, since you are using the "whacko cult" brush rather broadly, demonstrating a severe lack of understanding of the concept."
Yadada yadada yadada. Every time you use the word "clearly," it's a sure bet that nonsense will follow.
Now, take the last word, then stop annoying the adults.
Please, do us all a favor and define, in objective and quantifiable terms, what the difference is between "religion" and "cult."
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