Religion-Love thy brother?

[packman]

The hell with that second commandment. You can take the bigot to church, but you can't take the bigotry out of them


"Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another." — Benjamin Franklin

http://crooksandliars.com/david/white-baptist-church-bans-black-wed

[CJCRANE]

1. Um...isn't that a teachable moment about the actual sayings of Jesus?

Is that church a bigots' social club or a place to learn about Jesus?

[el_bryanto]

2. Is this a blanket attack on religion?

And does it belong in General Discussion?

Bryant

[packman]

4. Will clear all my future posts

thru you in the coming days as to what section they should be posted . Of course, it should be in General Discussion- why not?

[el_bryanto]

5. Because it is specifically about religion -

Like Guns, religious posts create a lot of problems.

Bryant

[packman]

6. Thought it was about bigotry

Then,again, maybe it's best we don't talk about religion and guns- because, you know, they create a lot of problems



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[el_bryanto]

7. You buried the lede

If you started with the story you linked to than I wouldn't have said anything. Instead you imply that all religions are hypocrites and pull out a line by Ben Franklin to back it up.

Bryant

[Warpy]

3. Religion was even more divisive during Franklin's life

with each Protestant sect looking down on each other and massive friction with the "papists."

The founders well knew what a minefield a state religion would be and forbid it. Religious freedom was always meant to apply to individuals, not to businesses and certainly not to corporations, and certainly not to the state.

Anybody who grew up before the 60s can remember the magazine hysteria over "mixed marriages," people of one sect marrying people of another sect. Horrors!

The truce started by Reagan that has united the worst religious people under the umbrella of "conservative Christian" is showing a few cracks. May they turn into chasms soon.