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In reply to the discussion: Organized Religion is Failing the Gay and Transgender Community [View all]gcomeau
(5,764 posts)8. Yes. Everyone.
You can present arguments it's made some people feel better, but it's done so by deluding them. Fail. You can make arguments it's made some people behave better, but it's done so by deceiving or manipulating them instead of providing them with a properly reasoned justification for a moral philosophy. Fail.
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so all his/her friends are going to hell if they're not a christian. some friend nt
msongs
Jun 2013
#1
absolutley, and to be honest my small town rural parish lost some members over this
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#5
Good riddance. There will always (sadly) be churches where their bigotry can be coddled
cbayer
Jun 2013
#28
Tell that to all the African Americans who benefitted from the civil rights movement.
cbayer
Jun 2013
#9
Er, I was replying to that post you made, so I'm not sure what you are referring to.
cbayer
Jun 2013
#14
Or tell it to the white slaveholders and the KKK members who made the CRM necessary.
trotsky
Jun 2013
#15
my faith teaches me to find common ground with people of other faiths and no faith at all
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#41
It's only a position that requires intellectual dishonesty and cognitive dissonance
cbayer
Jun 2013
#34
Oh, sorry. It seemed apparent that when you said "your position on god", then went on to
cbayer
Jun 2013
#39
I would also argue that one's position on the lack of god/gods is not more credible than either.
cbayer
Jun 2013
#46