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TheGunny simply quoted Christian scripture to you. Are you, then, saying that Christianity is just another of these many "dogmatic value systems?" I contend that it is not, and that it is not explicable by the facile explanations of atheists, such as that religion is a psychological crutch which makes believers feel secure; actually, Jesus promised his disciples they would have trouble in the world, that they would be persecuted and killed. If religion is just a means of enforcing external order, why did Jesus teach that it's not following rules which is important, but the content of your character? He ridiculed people who were sticklers for rules.
I think the unique nature of Christianity just might explain why TheGunny is confident that he does have the only truth.

Are you, then, saying that Christianity is just another of these many "dogmatic value systems?"

It is to some. When someone tells another, "One day you will believe. Everyone will...on bended knee." - hey, I'm going to call it a dogmatic value system, no matter what belief the poster is referring to.

I think the unique nature of Christianity just might explain why TheGunny is confident that he does have the only truth.

Do you not believe that practioners of other religions believe that their religion is just as unique? And that they also are confident that they have the only truth?

Re 102: Are you, then, saying that Christianity is just another of these many "dogmatic value systems?"

Yes, you can make a pretty good case for this.

Dogmatic value systems routinely define "heretics", "blashphers", "infidels", and work to suppress them.

The hatred toward atheists is a good example. The St. Bartholemews Day massacre by Catholics is another. The massacre of the Albingensians is another. The hanging of Mary Dwyer for the "sin" of being a Quaker by the Puritans is another.

Dogmatic value systems--whether Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu--are the threat. Especially when organized into religious cults that oppose freedom.

TheGunny simply quoted Christian scripture to you. Are you, then, saying that Christianity is just another of these many "dogmatic value systems?

No, I am saying that the way that TheGunny's belief system works is another of those many "dogmatic value systems." I know many Christians who don't claim to have the one-and-only version of the truth. I know Christians who don't believe that everyone who isn't a Christian is going straight to hell. I know Christians who are able to discuss religion without threatening me with an afterlife. My comment was dirrected at post 66 - no other. If you don't think post 66 was rude and obnoxious, I guess, once again, we'll have to agree to disagree.

I think the unique nature of Christianity just might explain why TheGunny is confident that he does have the only truth.

Once again, do you not believe that every practioner of a religion believes that their religion is unique?