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Orwellingly Yurz
SFN Regular
USA
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 Posted - 04/30/2007 : 14:57:57 [Permalink]
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YO: Author Ray Comfort asks this question in the article, posted earlier in the thread:
"Why aren't they making videos that blaspheme Buddha or Mohammed or Ghandi?"
Mr. Comfort, as a best-selling author, you shouldn't have to ask that question, should you?
Buddha and Ghandi, especially, have the "reputation" for not appealing to prospective followers (and the world at large) through fear, guilt and derision. They are said to be, or were, quite accepting of whom many Christians would consider to be sinners or unclean. Proselytizing is also not something on their agenda. So, why wouldn't those who take issue with the aggressive attitude of some Christians not be motivated to make what a neo-Christian might perceive as a blasphemous video?
If Jesus' principle teaching---love thy neighbor as thy self, and help the downtrodden, not to mention peace---was principle in the worship of neo-Christians, I have a very strong feeling most non-believers who make videos would turn to other topics.
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Then what must be,
Must be...
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 04/30/2007 : 15:12:57 [Permalink]
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Also, since Buddha, Mohammed and Ghand weren't gods, it would be pretty tough to "blaspheme" them.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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| Edited by - H. Humbert on 04/30/2007 15:13:19 |
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