The New "Tolerance"

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Bullitt

This will probably sound like nonsense to you, but to me its not about understanding a purpose behind it all, its about feeling.

It sounds perfectly natural, not nonsense at all. I just like to "understand" who actually came up with the dogma that people follow, out of respect to the teacher whose name it is being tacked on, IE Jesus - the guy who never said any of that stuff. And yes, there are people who would like to manipulate your "feelings" with this contrived dogma. My point is: what does it have to do with the message that Jesus taught? That, I would think, is the important part, right?

Originally Posted by Bullitt

Contemporary logic does not apply to feeling, so it can never explain faith.

I think Jesus would appreciate you applying some logic to the interpretation of his message in it's pure, beautiful form, before all the complex political agendas turned it into a farce. In that case, logic would be your ally. In that case, I think Jesus would appreciate the use of some logic to slice away the garbage that he has been slandered with.