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"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Doc Dutch (06-30-2020), Iolo/Penderyn (07-01-2020)
Doc Dutch (06-30-2020)
I can see why; seen through the eyes of the adult that I am now, much of it is pretty horrifying. Original sin, predestination, you are only saved if you do/believe ____, a god who casts most of his creations into eternal hellfire, etc. etc. You've probably never belonged to a fundie church, have you? I did for a couple of years in my 20s. They are even MORE rigid and narrow-minded than the above. Not only are all non-Xtians going to hell, so are most members of other Xtian denominations. Except of course for theirs. There is a chance that everyone could repent and adopt their ways, but that was the only chance.
"Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain
Cypress (06-30-2020)
Doc Dutch (06-30-2020)
ThatOwlWoman (06-30-2020)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Phantasmal (06-30-2020), ThatOwlWoman (06-30-2020)
"Hatred is a failure of imagination" - Graham Greene, "The Power and the Glory"
Its unfortunate this country was founded by the Puritans, we got off to a bad start right there!
My experience is limited to the Eastern Orthodox church and a few years with Quakers when my Mama dabbled with the Society of Friends.
Neither the Eastern tradition nor the Quakers had any kind of preoccupation with fire and brimstone, nor was I ever made to feel I was fundamentally flawed and stained by original sin.
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