Why is it that saying your a Jedi-Knight not a valid religious standpoint?
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George Lucas loves what all you followers do to his bank account.
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I am not a Christian but I consciously try not to belittle any religion.  My husband is a Christian as is most of my family.  I believe that each religion is valid to the worshiper and even if it is not yours it should still be given respect.
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Most of the time people freely label themselves. It is just one more way to separate us. I don't even understand some of the labels people place on me. My neighbor insist that I am a Christian. She is always saying "What a good christian you are" and I keep telling her that I am not but it doesn't matter. All good people must be Christians to her. Why else would they be good. Some people think I am a Wicca others assume I have roots in Hinduism. Who gives a sh!t what anyone else thinks or labels me with. It changes nothing. I am me. I believe what I believe and it's not open for debate. \nLove & Light\nSharon\nOne Planet = One People
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The world is not so divided.\nYou could try ‘religious and not religious’\nBut I really don’t get why different religions feel the need to differentiate them selves from each other.  Its almost like watching Sunday football backing your favorite team, vandals, hooligans and all.
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When you base your religion on how non believers feel about it you might as well not have religion.  Stand true to God and God will stand true to you.
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Because it is already defensive....or maybe I should say offensive...it begins by excluding a group of people ( non-christians) which reeks of judgement ( only those  "good christians" will understand that) and sets the tone as one full of higher morals(judgement again...hhhmm recurring theme?) and that damn "holier than thou" attitude that so often comes along with "good christians".\nWhen Christ was actually around I don't think he seperated himself from anyone with a phrase..."oh, as the son of god.... I think...." he said we are all the same...\nmuch nicer than his followers I am afraid to say...
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I think the key word in your question is respect.  It is entirely possible to disagree with someone and still respect them.  The other thing that we need to remember when dealing with people from other religions, is that we are representing our own faith to them.  As a Christian, my faith teaches me to love my neighbors, and it even teaches me to love my enemies.  So, I am certainly called to love people of other faiths.
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I see it as a religion of those who don't believe in a supreme being. Since religion is a belief in something then same goes for them.
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I did not say it is no christian. In fact quite the contrary. It is a typical christian
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peter pan just stole my shoes...bad little monkey...,\n\nby the way, there are no "fundamentalist" Christians on this site...it would be against their religion...so your criteria is flawed...\n\ngive me back my shoes...stupid little monkey....\n\nassuming you WERE obedient to God, you wouldn't be disobeying Him or His laws (you would have to give an example of disobediance vs disobeying...another flaw I think)....\n\nthat's it, I'm going to shoot this damn little monkey...
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Well said, and thank you. You might have a point. I'd like to think that one doesn't have to have no faith, to have manners, intellect, and a sense of humor. But If you've ever noticed someone who is deeply religious, they are always trying to convert you, or convince you otherwise. Whereas I've never tried to push my belief on anyone. In fact, If it wasn't for people, mostly coworkers, trying to ask for donations, or just asking me questions about my faith, they would never know that I'm not a religious person. But based on that one principal, now they keep there distance...Goddamn hypocrites!!
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I came to this conclusion about politics and religious types a few years ago and I will share this with you now ok...\n  Religious people feel the need to believe there is a greater force out there so that they think their lives have meaning. They have a Bible, they follow the Bible, they think that if they do not do exactly as the Bible says they will not go to heaven. Part of the Bible is to spread the word of God to as many people as possible. Part of the Bible is also that mankind has freewill to make their own choices and do as it pleases. \n\n      So the problem I have with religious zealots is that they remember the first and forget the second. \nWhy would someone want to join a religion where you come across sounding like a half baked loon to anyone you talk to about God?\n Wouldnt it be better to be loving and accepting of everyone and happy with yourself to the point where people ask you wow why are you so happy what are you doing right with your life? Rather than trying to cram it down our throats and legislate morality.\n Teach through example, be a good kind tolerant person who respects peoples wishes.  Uh there is more to is, but yeah Jesus would most definately be a liberal.
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No.  Doing or saying anything that is insulting to another person's religion is a line that should not be crossed. I think the words "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" are very appropriate here.
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my sweet friend the terms u have joined r infact comletely different....no religion is manuplated and what is manuplated is not a religion......
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I have respect for all people. If you where walking past me and fell, I would help you to your feet. Would you accept my hand if you knew that I was a Christian? I hope you would, but my point is that, what I have seen of your religion, makes me think that you wouldn't. And its not my government, or my God(that I believe is god), that influenced my feelings on this. It's a combination of what I've seen and heard of your beliefs and the actions that make me want nothing to do with your religion. As a Christian I would hope you'd take my offered hand, but I can't bring myself to believe that you would.
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Religion is rules and if you don't know the rules, you don't have religion. You might still not have religion even if you do know the rules because the rules are often pretty unpleasant and you can't just decide to ignore the ones you don't happen to like and still call yourself religious. That's against the rules.\n\nThe rule is, you don't get your turnstile token for the big easy if you don't lick Jesus's Rs. Being a really, really nice fella doesn't cut it. You got to lick that Rs or it's no go. Never mind that 'God's kingdom is for the good and the great and it doesn't matter if they weren't actually practising Christians'. That's not the rule. That's not the religion. The religion says 'here's the Lord's Rs, now lick it'
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That is a matter of your own opinion. Just because someone doesn't have the same beliefs as you that does not make that person a idiot. You are just stereotyping that individual which is not right because if you are religious I doubt your religion consist of being judgmental towards others and not to mention rude.