A Dose of the REAL Story

[Danzig]

i am wading into this thread with some hesitation...not sure that i can accurately write what i think about all this.

religious zealots, regardless of religion, scare me. i know of 'abuses' in all religions. it's no different than any other group--you'll have some good, some bad, some in the middle. but you can't judge any group by the worst out of that group. by the same token, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. those who are most outspoken get the most press. sadly people judge a group solely by those they see on the six o'clock news.

i agree with genuine's post.


are there attacks on christianity? sure there are. just like there are attacks on all religions--carters recent offering on israel leaps to mind, altho it's a shame that there really seems to be no way to have a good, deep discussion about israel without it being summed up as an attack, or anti-semitic. it's a shame.

i think it's also wrong to say this nation was founded by christians for christians. most people who came here came for religious freedom. also, some of the founding fathers would probably disagree with that. i know franklin was a deist. i know some of them questioned their faith, or discussed their lack of it--adams and jefferson wrote to one another, including that they 'hoped' there was a heaven, so they could see their friends again.

i have always felt that religion should be a private thing, that everyone has to work it out on their own, and that it's between them and their god(s) or whatever higher power they believe in. i also think it's a shame that many christians aren't very 'christian' in their dealings with others.

it's a very touchy subject. very hard to 'discuss' by writing on this board.