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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #60 on: April 25, 2013, 08:26:05 pm »
Churches have often given sanctuary to the persecuted.
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« Reply #61 on: April 25, 2013, 09:33:17 pm »
Churches have often given sanctuary to the persecuted.

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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #62 on: April 25, 2013, 09:49:15 pm »
Churches have often given sanctuary to the persecuted.

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Ah, yes, the go-to response for people who don't have a rebuttal to a statement, but refuse to admit they're wrong.

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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #63 on: April 25, 2013, 09:58:19 pm »
Churches have often given sanctuary to the persecuted.

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Ah, yes, the go-to response for people who don't have a rebuttal to a statement, but refuse to admit they're wrong.

If you've been paying attention to my  posts earlier in the thread, I do accept that religion has helped some people.

But there were also cases when people were being persecuted when they didn't really do anything to help out of fear of being rejected by the people. For instance, the Vatican signed an agreement with Hitler early in WWII. Or, alternatively, the churches were the ones doing the persecuting themselves.

As for a good example of religion doing something positive, consider the Quakers' involvement in the abolitionist movement in America.
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #64 on: April 30, 2013, 08:19:54 am »
Let's not forget the Jesuits fighting for education and justice.
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #65 on: April 30, 2013, 08:52:33 am »
Let's not forget the Jesuits fighting for education and justice.

I'm pretty sure education is one of the pillars of Islam. Right along with charity.
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #66 on: April 30, 2013, 09:15:59 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #67 on: April 30, 2013, 04:58:12 pm »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

Polygamy or pork? That's a tough one.

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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #68 on: April 30, 2013, 07:58:55 pm »
I'm pretty sure education is one of the pillars of Islam. Right along with charity.

I don't think "Good things religion supports in theory" is quite the same as "Good things religion has done".
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #69 on: May 01, 2013, 03:06:43 am »
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #70 on: May 01, 2013, 08:46:09 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

Polygamy or pork? That's a tough one.

Don't the two kinda go hand-in-hand?

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« Reply #71 on: May 01, 2013, 09:07:09 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

Polygamy or pork? That's a tough one.

Don't the two kinda go hand-in-hand?

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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #72 on: May 01, 2013, 09:36:31 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

And getting virgin wives in paradise.

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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #73 on: May 01, 2013, 09:43:00 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

And getting virgin wives in paradise.
Isn't that just some mistranslation? I remember hearing that it would actually be 72 dried grapes or something like that.
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Re: Good Things Religion has Done
« Reply #74 on: May 01, 2013, 09:53:33 am »
Yup.  One of my friends put it this way: Islam is basically Christianity, with a different savior, and polygamy instead of pork.

And getting virgin wives in paradise.
Isn't that just some mistranslation? I remember hearing that it would actually be 72 dried grapes or something like that.

If that's true then Sun-Maid should definitely co-opt it for marketing purposes.