Who cares

[petros]

If we all live under a faith based legal system (Judiciary) so there is no seperation of church and state. It is all based on international trade and religious sytems.

The root word for 'bench" where the judge sits is banc and those oh so golden lawyers join the "bar". No coincidence. Look it up.

If you want to make a legal declaration of war just fire a Canon at em' and away you go.

Grab an Oxford original dictionary with word origins and you can piece together a very very interesting view on how it (law money and religion) all work together.

 

[Johnnny]

im only up for a little bit longer could you expand on it please petros

 

[petros]

see above

 

[Johnnny]

no im not saying we need a faith based legal system.... im saying that there are athiests who are just as bad as the religous nuts...

im saying who cares if there is a jewish, muslim, sihk, or christian next door... im pretty sure ive been trying to say that. We shouldnt attack them for who they are

 

[talloola]

no im not saying we need a faith based legal system.... im saying that there are athiests who are just as bad as the religous nuts

and there are atheists who are intelligent and have good points to make concerning
religious statements made by religious people who are also intelligent, but their
statements are made in a way that is 'final', but only to them, and not to atheists
who would like to challenge those statements and have a debate, which is normal
for a forum such as this one.

 

[petros]

The name bank derives from the Italian word banco "desk/bench", used during the Renaissance by Jewish Florentine bankers, who used to make their transactions above a desk covered by a green tablecloth.[2] However, there are traces of banking activity even in ancient times.
In fact, the word traces its origins back to the Ancient Roman Empire, where moneylenders would set up their stalls in the middle of enclosed courtyards called macella on a long bench called a bancu, from which the words banco and bank are derived. As a moneychanger, the merchant at the bancu did not so much invest money as merely convert the foreign currency into the only legal tender in Rome—that of the Imperial Mint.[3]

 

[Johnnny]

look i dont attack people for there beliefs, if they believe it thats fine. Alot of religous folks arent cramming stuff down my throat

 

[petros]

Really? If you weren't Christian all this Christmas stuff over the past six weeks is just fluff?

 

[petros]

Faith - a belief in a god.

Spirituality - a feeling believe to based on something ethereal

Religion - an organized faith in one or specific entities with rituals and traditions.

Atheism - a belief that religion or the ethereal can not impact you physically, mentally or emotionally.

All are beliefs and all have no grounds in a logical world.

 

[Johnnny]

no one held a gun to my head saying i had to go to church, and not one of my religous friends said i was any less of a person for not going to church.....

 

[petros]

They may have not said anything to be polite.

 

[Johnnny]

come on not everyone is like that

 

[petros]

Do you feel that there may possible be some people who wish would have attended or would have been glad if you did?

 

[Johnnny]

honestly yes

 

[Johnnny]

they havent said im any less of a person for not going they say its my choice. They still call me to hangout and stuff...

the Mennonites outside of town dont thump there book at me either... so how are they bad people? is it there squash they grow?

 

[petros]

Maybe next year mom's guilt gun will be loaded. I follow no religion but I still participate not to appease but because because family is a spiritual bond and that is something I won't tinker with or set off balance. They know my opinions and support it the same way I support their beliefs. The more we do debate the more it strengthens our bond. If you leave such topics to fester the tension only seperates people and fractures the family.

If you are strong in faith opinion or physcial evidence opposing your religious belief can only shore it up.

If you don't debate or doubt your faith or religion how can you possibly be sure in what you believe if you only see one side?

 

[Johnnny]

im saying its a two way street, i know there are preachers who go overboard, and i also know there are athiests who go overboard.... Thats seeing both sides

 

[Johnnny]

Religous nuts call those who dont believe sinners and satans minions, people call religous folk child rapers or r##heads, come on its a two way street

 

[petros]

im saying its a two way street, i know there are preachers who go overboard, and i also know there are athiests who go overboard.... Thats seeing both sides

Usually those are the ones who are unsure of their beliefs. Like I mentioned earlier if you have strong faith you don't need to seek approval or disapproval from your peers.

 

[Johnnny]

Am i the bad guy? Cause i dont know anymore, i believe the people i know who are religous are good people.... Is taht wrong?