Stereotyping & Religion

Some lessons you don't want to learn but we're wired to learn them anyway, e.g., you stick your hand on a hot stove as a kid, you learn a lesson that will stick with you all your life.

Another of those lessons that I'd rather have not learned, but did>>>

Hi,

The way he acts speaks so loudly. I can not hear a word he says.>>>

I've noticed that too.>>>

I did a repair a couple of years ago replacing some valley metal. The owner was a well-known local venture capitalist. He was a real nice guy-almost what you would call sweet. But he had this habit of inserting God into almost every sentence he said, >>>

I know what you mean. I could recite several stories of personal experience, including the guy who went to church three times a week but lied and beat us out of a cleaning deposit many yrs ago, the minister who frequented single bars, smoked pot, and comm>>>

Tim,

I think it comes down to one thing. If your heart has truly been convinced that God is real is Christ paid the ultimate price for you, then the depth of your ineptitude, retchedness and undeserving resides deep in your being. And grace is not some>>>

I think Churchill put it best, "The thing I dislike about religion, is it makes intelligent people say stupid things">>>

I think anyone who fails to acknowledge the importance of spirituality is missing most of the richness of the world and usually dealing with such people is an energy drain. I don't particularly care what form a person's spirituality takes, only that th>>>

Mike,

I'm not enough of a history buff to know, but it's quite possible that the "fanatical" nature of the US (acknowleging that American existed long before the US) is that this nation was founded on the principal of religious freedom. Has any othe>>>

Mike H, Was this country founded ON the principal of religious freedom? I mean, it may have been one of the principals, but given the fact that the settlers were puritans it is hardly surprising. The US is relatively young and I think the concept of "re>>>

Also, I think it is largely a misnoma nowadays, the way the Muslim religion is portrayed,....sacrificial killings, fanaticism, etc ....and has become somewhat blurred given that the theory of evolution was outlawed from the school curriculum some time ago>>>

Hi,

You find what you look for.>>>

I'm torn many ways on this subject. I see people who are successful giving the credit to divine intervention (I guess their competitors are just chopped liver), and I see successful people who are some of the ugliest human beings known and don't deserve>>>

Mike H wrote: [quote]Tim,

I think it comes down to one thing. If your heart has truly been convinced that God is real is Christ paid the ultimate price for you, then the depth of your ineptitude, retchedness and undeserving resides deep in your b>>>

Hi JSC,

When they set out to on the path of acumalation of dollars, then both would be successful.

The only way I keep it straight is to leave it at that.

Now if you ask about loneliness. One may be unsucessful at evading loniness. This may be to the>>>

Lefty wrote: [quote]Hi,

You find what you look for.

Sometimes. But if I'm looking for a Chevy at the Ford dealership, I won't find what I'm looking for. Does that mean you theory is blown, or does it mean that some people are lo>>>