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christianity and its monopoly on charity
 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-04 05:47 [#02227449]
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annoying?


 

online big from lsg on 2008-08-04 05:48 [#02227450]
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not really, just not true


 

offline boris from Winchester (United Kingdom) on 2008-08-04 05:49 [#02227451]
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Like Christianity is a united religion, hah!


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-04 05:50 [#02227452]
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part true

many organisations such as various hospices are commonly
'st' something or rather.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-04 05:53 [#02227453]
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purpose of thread complete

proved myself wrong

*cosmic exhale*


 

online big from lsg on 2008-08-04 06:04 [#02227457]
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i noe what you mean, but it's just that charity for the
(partly) wrong reasons is better than none at all



 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-08-04 10:56 [#02227502]
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I thought this thread was about the christian edition of
monopoly.

Each game piece is one of the apostles from the book of
acts. When you convert a square, such as Athens or Rome,
you can upgrade with a church game piece, which in turn can
be upgraded to a cathedral. Anyone who lands on your square
will feel obligated to give you an offering. Beware though!
The Pharisees are waiting around every corner to send you
to jail without collecting an offering! Only a holy spirit
card can get you out, unless you pay 50 gold pieces.



 

offline noseburger on 2008-08-04 10:58 [#02227506]
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actually all you have to do to get out of jail is ask for
forgiveness


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-08-04 11:00 [#02227507]
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is that a community chest or chance card?


 

offline noseburger on 2008-08-04 11:04 [#02227511]
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they should be old and new testament cards.


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-08-04 11:09 [#02227512]
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is that a community chest or chance card?


 

offline glasse from Harrisburg (United States) on 2008-08-04 11:11 [#02227513]
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wifi s is awesome sometimes, like when i want my posts to
appear twice because it gave me the hold up the first time


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-04 11:13 [#02227514]
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wifi does some interesting shit


 

offline dubcee from doylestown (United States) on 2008-08-04 13:21 [#02227557]
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A Short Essay/Book everyone should read: A Letter To A
Christian Nation


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-08-04 15:08 [#02227582]
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The Raelians and Scientologists are also in the charity
game. Good for them!


 

offline Torture Garden from Feelin' 2Pacish on 2008-08-06 09:18 [#02227923]
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Annoying? A lot more than that.

Truth is, it doesn't really matter whether you consider
yourself Christian, Athiest or Agnostic because a lot of the
way we think today have their origins in Christianity. The
idea of self, the idea of progress, you can trace the
genealogy of those ideas and find them to be Christian.
Nothing makes me laugh more than an Athiest dissing
Christianity and not realising that Christianity goes a lot
deeper than they think. Read Straw Dogs by John Gray.


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-06 09:31 [#02227924]
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this is not a test


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-08-06 09:46 [#02227927]
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That's actually a pretty good recommendation, since I'm
trying to put together the best critiques of humanism. nice.


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2008-08-06 10:21 [#02227928]
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I wouldn't necessarily say that it has a monopoly on
charity. Its just a lot of charities are Christian based
because people work better when they are offered a reward.
Christian people believe they will be rewarded in the
afterlife by helping out other people. A lot of Christians
will only trust charities run by other Christians. We live
in a culture that is dominated by various denominations of
Christian faith.

That said, all the best small charities that I know are run
by agnostics. I am agnostic. Kind of funny how that works.



 

offline noseburger on 2008-08-06 10:54 [#02227929]
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this is a test.
a)
b)
c)

?


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-06 11:00 [#02227932]
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e)


 

offline noseburger on 2008-08-06 11:24 [#02227935]
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correct.


 

offline mimi on 2008-08-06 11:28 [#02227938]
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Truth is, it doesn't really matter whether you consider
yourself Christian, Athiest or Agnostic because a lot of
the
way we think today have their origins in Christianity. The
idea of self, the idea of progress, you can trace the
genealogy of those ideas and find them to be Christian.
Nothing makes me laugh more than an Athiest dissing
Christianity and not realising that Christianity goes a lot
deeper than they think. Read Straw Dogs by John Gray.


which in turn come from ancient greece and judaism, which in
turn came from earlier canaanite religion, which blah blah
sumeria blah blah....christianity didn't just happen out of
thin air


 

offline Raz0rBlade_uk on 2008-08-06 12:33 [#02227944]
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it's all just sun worship at the end of the day


 


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