The New "Tolerance"

PizzaMonkey · 07-03-2006, 04:14 PM

This is exactly what I'm talking about. The image of jerky, overly-stubborn Christians has become so common that people think that that's all there is. Look at any real church and you will not see an over sized cult, you will see caring people who aren't afraid to not agree with what everyone else says about God, morals, and the world.

Flint · 07-03-2006, 04:34 PM

I'm not talking about stereotypes, I'm talking about reality. This "real church" you refer to is "the way church should be" - I am talking about the way church is.

I see "caring people who aren't afraid to not agree with what everyone else says about God, morals, and the world" all the time, and strangely they accomplish this without feeling the need to band together as a specific group defined by a system of strictly-defined homogenous beliefs, the flipside of which is eternal damnation.

07-03-2006, 04:14 PM	#1
PizzaMonkey Will my Title ever stop changing? Oh, I guess it has now... Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 70	This is exactly what I'm talking about. The image of jerky, overly-stubborn Christians has become so common that people think that that's all there is. Look at any real church and you will not see an over sized cult, you will see caring people who aren't afraid to not agree with what everyone else says about God, morals, and the world. __________________ The law is an ass. ~Charles Dickens

07-03-2006, 04:34 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm not talking about stereotypes, I'm talking about reality. This "real church" you refer to is "the way church should be" - I am talking about the way church is. I see "caring people who aren't afraid to not agree with what everyone else says about God, morals, and the world" all the time, and strangely they accomplish this without feeling the need to band together as a specific group defined by a system of strictly-defined homogenous beliefs, the flipside of which is eternal damnation. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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