Out of body religious experiences

[tessa]

Here's a serious question. I've made an assumption of people who go to Church. I've made an assumption that they reject other religions. I've made an assumption that Christians deny that the Satanists may be right. Is that the case?

You can make any assumptions you want about people who go to church. But how about instead, you make a hypothesis about them, and then do the research necessary to prove to yourself whether it's true or not? Leave the assumptions to the lesser folks. You're better than that, Tom. That's my researched-based hypothesis being put to good use, hmm?

I don't know if all people who go to church reject other religions. I'm sure there are some who do, just like I'm sure there are some who don't. I am a "people who go to Church" person and I fall into the latter category- the non-rejecting kind (just saying in case you didn't care to look up a couple lines of text there).

If Christians deny that Satanists may be right, I'd have to ask which Satanists they've been talking to as there are as many "denominations" of Satanism as they're are in Christianity. Seems as if even the Dark-siders can't figure out what's true and what's not. But I will say this. I've witnessed for myself pure, unaffected evil. It's real and it's among us. I'm a Christian and while I won't say whether some Satanist is right or wrong, I know that evil is. But I also know that good is, too.

Yin and yang- the unity of opposites.

And I'm with Red (again). While the Pope may be a nice guy and all, I don't happen to ascribe to the notion that he has any more in-road to God than any of us do. No offense to any who believe differently, just as I hope no one wishes to offend me for my differences.

We get to believe as we believe. Sometimes, it's just that simple.

[gagged_Louise]

If Christians deny that Satanists may be right, I'd have to ask which Satanists they've been talking to as there are as many "denominations" of Satanism as they're are in Christianity. Seems as if even the Dark-siders can't figure out what's true and what's not

"Some /other Satanist groups/ are into burning down churches and the like, but that's something I regard as highly unsatanistic activities."

-said by the leader of a Norwegian Satanist cult, interviewed on radio about his beliefs and other Satanists and pseudo-Satanists.

Well spoken, Tessa!

[TomOfSweden]

You can make any assumptions you want about people who go to church. But how about instead, you make a hypothesis about them, and then do the research necessary to prove to yourself whether it's true or not? Leave the assumptions to the lesser folks. You're better than that, Tom. That's my researched-based hypothesis being put to good use, hmm?

I don't know if all people who go to church reject other religions. I'm sure there are some who do, just like I'm sure there are some who don't. I am a "people who go to Church" person and I fall into the latter category- the non-rejecting kind (just saying in case you didn't care to look up a couple lines of text there).

So basically you call yourself belonging to a religion without denying that it could all be bullshit?

I know there's plenty of practising atheist Jews, so it doesn't seem contradictory to me.