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Originally Posted by bionicarm http:///t/393378/what-exactly-is-gods-plan/100#post_3500282
It's people with the same attitudes as Bachmann that scare me. Why do you think the Republicans lost this election? It was Republican's flaunting their social beliefs (which are based on their religious/Christian principles), that scared away those independent voters. Women were scared to death of the likes of Mourdock and Akin, and they saw Romney eschew the same principles. Believing in God on a personal level is one thing. Making professions about one's faith to the world is open to criticism. I got into a religious discussion with some friends the other day, and one of them piped up and said his family has attended church for years, and he even plays guitar for the church choir. Before he made that statement, I would've never guessed in my wildest dreams he was a religious person. That's because he keeps his faith PERSONAL.
I don't get why religious people get so offended when someone challenges their faith. They're logical questions that can't be answered. So you get defensive on the basis because you essentially have no defense against the questions.
First...I bet you knew your FRIEND was a musician.... because music is what he/she likes to talk about. You didn't know he/she was religious because they were not. Many people attend "church" or whatever religious building they go to for many reasons, and while if you ask said person if they BELIEVE in God they will say yes, but they are not devoted enough to really care to ever talk about it. So said person was not keeping their religion personal, God just wasn't enough on their mind to bother.
As to your next statement: I don't know if you have ever been around kids, but there is a fun game some of them play and it's called ask "but why???" and no matter how many times you answer, the kid keeps repeating "BUT WHY?????" it's annoying as hell, and no matter how you answer it...they can keep asking the same question, not because they want an answer but because they WANT to annoy you. Simply because it's fun for them and the angrier you get the more they like it. So now you know why people who discuss religion with you get annoyed. It isn't because you are really asking for an explanation, which I myself have attempted to answer in the case of anyone else reading the post, I do so in the hope they might get their interest peeked or learn something new. I know you don't give a rats behind no matter the answer...you just want to annoy them with a perpetual BUT WHY????? because you know it's an important subject to a devoted follower, and you can bug them.
Obama won by a very small margin, the people were very close to 50/50 I don't think the loss had anyhing to do with religion.
Originally Posted by bionicarm http:///t/393378/what-exactly-is-gods-plan/100#post_3500282
It's people with the same attitudes as Bachmann that scare me. Why do you think the Republicans lost this election? It was Republican's flaunting their social beliefs (which are based on their religious/Christian principles), that scared away those independent voters. Women were scared to death of the likes of Mourdock and Akin, and they saw Romney eschew the same principles. Believing in God on a personal level is one thing. Making professions about one's faith to the world is open to criticism. I got into a religious discussion with some friends the other day, and one of them piped up and said his family has attended church for years, and he even plays guitar for the church choir. Before he made that statement, I would've never guessed in my wildest dreams he was a religious person. That's because he keeps his faith PERSONAL.
I don't get why religious people get so offended when someone challenges their faith. They're logical questions that can't be answered. So you get defensive on the basis because you essentially have no defense against the questions.
First...I bet you knew your FRIEND was a musician.... because music is what he/she likes to talk about. You didn't know he/she was religious because they were not. Many people attend "church" or whatever religious building they go to for many reasons, and while if you ask said person if they BELIEVE in God they will say yes, but they are not devoted enough to really care to ever talk about it. So said person was not keeping their religion personal, God just wasn't enough on their mind to bother.
As to your next statement: I don't know if you have ever been around kids, but there is a fun game some of them play and it's called ask "but why???" and no matter how many times you answer, the kid keeps repeating "BUT WHY?????" it's annoying as hell, and no matter how you answer it...they can keep asking the same question, not because they want an answer but because they WANT to annoy you. Simply because it's fun for them and the angrier you get the more they like it. So now you know why people who discuss religion with you get annoyed. It isn't because you are really asking for an explanation, which I myself have attempted to answer in the case of anyone else reading the post, I do so in the hope they might get their interest peeked or learn something new. I know you don't give a rats behind no matter the answer...you just want to annoy them with a perpetual BUT WHY????? because you know it's an important subject to a devoted follower, and you can bug them.
Obama won by a very small margin, the people were very close to 50/50 I don't think the loss had anyhing to do with religion.
