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To: Okieshooter
I strongly believe in the right to believe what you want, but one of the issues I have with revealed religions is they seem to emphasize our differences rather than how we are alike.

(Yeah, isn't that just "terrible" that Christians don't point out what they have "in common" with Satanism, with Wicca witchcraft, with Scientology, etc.)

But, of course, I guess all that -- all which Satanists, witches, Scientologists from "another planet" believe -- comes under your open-ended umbrella of "believing [whatever] you want," which, btw, doesn't stop at "religions."

If you want to "preach it" to Planned Parenthood to "believe what they want" concerning the lack of humanity of the pre-born, we certainly don't have to ignore free-speech rights, but we don't have to endorse their "right" to practice child-killing, either.
And if you're going to "preach it" to Mauritanian slave-holders amidst a country where 10-20% are still slaves to "believe what they want" re: slave-holding, I'm not going to endorse that, either...even if it's technically "legal" in that country to embrace slavery...
And if you're going to "preach it" to neo-Nazis to "believe what they want "re: Jews, I'm not going to endorse that as well.
And if you're going to "preach it" to Democrats that they can "believe what they want"...
...then may I suggest you take all this pathetic liberal crap and "amen it" elsewhere?

14 posted on 04/05/2013 9:17:29 AM PDT by Colofornian (If BoM is everlasting gospel, why no god as exalted man, 3 glorious degrees, men becoming gods, etc?)
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To: Colofornian

I quailfy my believe in freedom to believe with as long as it doesn’t harm others. Some of the examples you cited do, ie Planed Parenthood.

I don’t recall Mormon’s harming anyone since Mountain Meadows and that was about 150 years ago. Of course Christians haven’t had a stellar record in that regard over their history, but we are all human and make mistakes.

I try not to “preach” my beliefs but sometimes just make remarks from observations in passing. I know that people have strong feelings about their spiritual beliefs and are not very likely to change them unless they see something from within themselves.


18 posted on 04/05/2013 9:49:56 AM PDT by Okieshooter
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