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In reply to the discussion: "Liberal believers are going to be the people who ultimately bring change to their own religions." [View all]WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)60. I do not agree with him
and the tone, tenor and content of your reply is precisely the kind of conversation I hoped to inspire with my OP. Nothing you said here is overtly cruel, insulting or intended to cause harm, and every word of it is true.
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"Liberal believers are going to be the people who ultimately bring change to their own religions." [View all]
WilliamPitt
Mar 2013
OP
And anyone who descriminates against someone's religion needs to accept the consequences
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#17
We now have an interfaith group that is a safe haven for members of all faiths.
hrmjustin
Mar 2013
#2
Well I'm not going to take it easy on people who insist they know that the only way to bring
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#13
then you were certainly free to leave. That does not mean everyone has to leave.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#45
I see very little "dumping on people" (except the Pope/s), but well-deserved
Arugula Latte
Mar 2013
#11
I've always been fascinated with the way Christianity got African Americans
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#23
Thank you, ReRe, for that side discussion within this thread, and the others who have joined in
We People
Mar 2013
#56
From what I've heard this is the guy to address those particular issues.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#43
Here is what amazes me. The religion is named after 'the Christ' who clearly told his followers
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#68
Good on you Will for trying to reason with the unreasonable. But you are confronting the fascism
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#54
There are all kinds of movements and tendencies within the Catholic church and other religious
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#100
no I am not. backing away from anything. I am seeing exactly the same kind of brain dead vitriol
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#108
Andrew Sullivan, a Catholic, stated the church should be charged with crimes against humanity
RainDog
Mar 2013
#114
there you go again launching into the same fascistic hateful brain dead vitriolic response
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#115
oh for crying out loud! nobody is defending that - so cut the crap!!
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#119
I don't think that's true at all, especially in the case of the Catholic church.
LeftyMom
Mar 2013
#55
Here is what Francis has said about my people seeking rights. Do you agree with him or not, Will?
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#59
Thank you Will. I am a student of religions, have many dear Catholic friends and have many
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2013
#70
"Change comes from within for those who are willing to take all the shit to get that change."
Zorra
Mar 2013
#80
Catholic church is often about politics; an insidious and invasive and often intolerant politics
bigtree
Mar 2013
#63
Right. They don't operate in a vacuum. People are hurt by their policies.
Arugula Latte
Mar 2013
#73
I agree that shitting on fellow DUers is unproductive, but liberals won't change the churches.
JVS
Mar 2013
#69
It wasn't my Savior who instructed me to attend to the beam in my own eye first
Fumesucker
Mar 2013
#76
Nah, it's more fun to troll the forum with "religious people are stupid/brainwashed/etc"
YoungDemCA
Mar 2013
#81
As far as I'm concerned anyone who belongs to a religion is complicit in the evil that they do.
alarimer
Mar 2013
#95
Liberal believers have changed many denominations, but they can't change the Catholic Church.
kwassa
Mar 2013
#101
well what can you say, some of us want to build a progressive majority which will NEVER happen and
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2013
#103
Locking, despite my misgivings, as per the near unanimous vote of the gd hosts.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2013
#122