A. Genuine understanding?\nB. To feel more enlightend and/or liberal?\nC. An opportunity to enforce religion, or hate?\nD. None of the above (comment)
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C. It's not a hetero thing. I know some pretty mouthy, opinionated gay men too. Some people just want to interject their own opinion on others. Like I am doing here. LOL\n\nThe significant difference is that I don't expect you to agree with me.
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It means to understand that something is based on reason. Therefore words from the bible were written as known to man from words of "Jesus" and the viewpoint is not exchangeable.
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You can go to Google and type Define: then the word you want explained. This one means:\nAn offense which disturbs the peace and tranquility of the community in general
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Honesty, integrity, a sense of urgency\n\nPassion for education of students above all.
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God Bless my arse!!!!!!\n\nIt's Political Grandstanding for the right-wing vote.  Nothing more.   Religious jargon for religious idiots.\n\nOrganized religion is for people who are unable to think for themselves as far as I'm concerned.
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True peace... hmmm.\n\nI would have to say peace come from not identifying with form.\n\nKnowing, truly knowing, that all power and abundance comes from\n\ninside.
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Excellent question and I bet that you will not get an intelligent answer.  If liberals were truly open minded you would have balanced political representation at all Colleges & Universities, instead of the typical 80 - 20% split that currently exisits.  If liberal were truly open minded they would not attack Christianity and defend it like they do other religions.  Liberals are the epitome of doulble standards.
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1. Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. \nFavoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others; broad-minded. \nOf, relating to, or characteristic of liberalism. \nLiberal Of, designating, or characteristic of a political party founded on or associated with principles of social and political liberalism, especially in Great Britain, Canada, and the United States. \n\nTending to give freely; generous: a liberal benefactor. \nGenerous in amount; ample: a liberal serving of potatoes. \nNot strict or literal; loose or approximate: a liberal translation. \nOf, relating to, or based on the traditional arts and sciences of a college or university curriculum: a liberal education.
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I understand what you mean...\n\nAt first glance it appears as if they were trying to be politically correct. I personally would appreciate that openness of mind.\n\nHowever, we can only guess their intentions. We don't know these people, and if they are really open minded or were just being plain unpleasant. \n\nIs this openness of mind unlike them?
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people are scared of that they do not understand\n\nThey would rather someone tell them what they want to hear instead of learning the truth and be shown they are wrong
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:{\nstarted, but he seems to question the validity of following ones faith in light of modern social and technical trends. I've heard enough of that pseudo intellectual faithless jargon to last a lifetime
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:{\nI know that while it promotes good moral values , it demonstrates a lack of understanding or lack of information about the jewish subject matter and history it often speaks of.\nI know it advocates violence against non-Muslims\nI know it teaches works based salvation\nI know that Mohammad claimed to have received it from divine sources \nI know he was illiterate and could not read the bible and was therefore dependent of others to tell him what it said and then dependent on his own fallible memory to recall,
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There is no such thing as someone without prejudice, but it depends on if that prejudice is mean spirited towards others or is rooted in genuinely wanting to help another group or class of people. I admit that I am prejudiced against people who are so close minded that they will only listen to other people with the exact same point of view as their own, and never consider changing their minds or take into consideration any facts that they do not want to hear.
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People like answers, not questions.  Answers make sense of something unstable and bring order to that instability.  If you question something, you are doing so for your own sake, but at the same time you are necessarily (though probably not intentionally) challenging someone else's sense of stability/security (since that other person would see no reason for his/her belief system to be questioned).  You're not meaning to hurt anybody else, but it's just that too many people cannot easily face a disturbance to their beliefs; they view the one who asks the question as the problem.
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When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors; and when they separate, depend on it that it is for the sake of peace and quiet.\n\n\n~ Laurence Sterne ~
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It could be a negative, "How could you believe anything but my faith?" judgment, or a positive "You have an incredible character, how have you come by it?" It may also be conversation starter for those just not content with other things to speak of, but who have no opinion one way or the other.\n\nIn some cases it is asked because they want to know about the person's presentation of themselves for their own broader understanding. This, I've found is the most common, relatively, positive form.
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Knowledge of other faiths, thier traditions etc  helps us better understand each other. Those who refuse to lern such are very narrow minded. Not knowing and understanding can lead to problems that lead to incidents like war...\n\nBlessings...+David