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cbayer

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18. Welcome to DU and to the Religion Group, Sweeney.

Reply to Sweeney (Reply #15)

Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:12 PM

Dec 2014

I enjoyed reading your post. Much food for thought. I like your admonition to get to work and not to wonder.

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Does Pope Francis Believe Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? [View all] cbayer Dec 2014 OP

Gotta hope the answer to that is Yes. Goblinmonger Dec 2014 #1

I like the elephant and the blind men analogy. cbayer Dec 2014 #3

Which is an absolutely horrible, terrible analogy. trotsky Dec 2014 #6

Not to mention that it implies that religious believers are blind skepticscott Dec 2014 #13

My problem with that analogy edhopper Dec 2014 #21

It does presume that there is an elephant, but cbayer Dec 2014 #24

Then let me change that edhopper Dec 2014 #29

Are feelings less real because they are feelings? cbayer Dec 2014 #32

That is a fine edhopper Dec 2014 #33

I don't know if there is a god or not, and I am certainly cbayer Dec 2014 #34

I am just trying to say edhopper Dec 2014 #35

It works for me. cbayer Dec 2014 #36

But there is an elephant. edhopper Dec 2014 #37

What if there is nothing? So what? cbayer Dec 2014 #38

Sure they can edhopper Dec 2014 #39

Oh, I don't agree with that at all. cbayer Dec 2014 #40

That all presupposes a God edhopper Dec 2014 #41

No, it doesn't. The fact that you think it does is why it doesn't work for you. cbayer Dec 2014 #42

uh edhopper Dec 2014 #43

Agree. That is all I was ever trying to say. cbayer Dec 2014 #44

it appears so edhopper Dec 2014 #45

Believers believe. That is neither good nor bad, imo. cbayer Dec 2014 #46

That's another isssue edhopper Dec 2014 #47

Again, I disagree. cbayer Dec 2014 #48

Yes edhopper Dec 2014 #49

Are you sure about this? stone space Dec 2014 #52

And I walk into the room Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #59

! Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #61

Stop putting edhopper Dec 2014 #62

Sorry. Curmudgeoness Dec 2014 #64

Seems to me he does. oldandhappy Dec 2014 #2

Conversation does seem good. cbayer Dec 2014 #4

Does Pope Francis Believe Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? bvf Dec 2014 #5

They want to create the biggest psych facility in the world. cbayer Dec 2014 #7

Maybe *you* can. bvf Dec 2014 #8

Ah, too bad. We could have had so much fun. cbayer Dec 2014 #9

Why do you say I should be concerned bvf Dec 2014 #10

I was just acknowledging your fear, " I'll sit this one out from a safe distance" cbayer Dec 2014 #11

Far enough to avoid bvf Dec 2014 #12

Man, the world must be a very scary place for you. cbayer Dec 2014 #14

No doubt the absence of religion bvf Dec 2014 #23

I doubt that it would reduce your fear significantly, but you might cbayer Dec 2014 #25

"Religion, together we can find a cure." That's cute bvf Dec 2014 #27

This appears to be a new theme for Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #16

Yeah. bvf Dec 2014 #19

It's not the first time she's given Atheists vaguely creepy and ominous warnings Heddi Dec 2014 #56

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Welcome to DU and to the Religion Group, Sweeney. cbayer Dec 2014 #18

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Best of luck. It sounds very, very challenging. cbayer Dec 2014 #22

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How cool that sounds skepticscott Dec 2014 #60

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These gods have much in common. Warren Stupidity Dec 2014 #17

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I think they both think edhopper Dec 2014 #30

Yes. Both believe in only one God. rug Dec 2014 #31

It's more than a difference of understanding. Leontius Dec 2014 #50

Perhaps. Yet they both hold there is a God, and only one God. rug Dec 2014 #51

I'm sorry but that is nonsense. Leontius Dec 2014 #53

The question is whether it's the same God. rug Dec 2014 #54

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Christians worship a different god. phil89 Dec 2014 #57

You're making the same mistake he just did. rug Dec 2014 #58

I ask this because I seriously don't understand the trinity edhopper Dec 2014 #63

I doubt anyone does. rug Dec 2014 #65

Thanks edhopper Dec 2014 #66

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Of course--Judaism, Christianity and Isla'am all are founded on the God of Abraham (Ibrahim). MADem Dec 2014 #55

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