I was watching one of my favorite shows the other day when, in one scene, the "king" says to his rivals, "There is no such thing as backwoods magic. The sky spirits told me this." I don't take offense for what others believe. I only get irritable when they insist I dismiss my experience to go with theirs. Especially when they feel a need to get violent either in this life or an afterlife.shadowx wrote:I dont mind people thinking what they want but then they come here and start whole threads threatening me with eternal damnation or extinction and these people cant even spell their own names let alone comprehend a believable scenario for the end of the world!
When I know better, I do better.shadowx wrote:And then when nothing happens they will all chicken out and pretend they never said anything. That's why i have a little list of all the members here who are believersCome that day i will quote each and every one of them so they cant wriggle out of it! If they have the balls to stand up and say "Yup, i was wrong, i just went along with the crowd, my bad" then they will earn some respect and fair enough to them, but if they try to deny it all damn things are gonna get fun
The Dalai Lama was asked what would happen to Buddhism if science shows him something that contradicts Buddhism. His reply, "Buddhism would have to change."
You will not see an answer like that from the Catholic church. In fact, I read that their official approach is that if observation contradicts scripture, scripture takes priority. That's f'd up.
Now, if the Catholic church has changed their stand on that one, disregard this comment.
See how easy that is?