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IamJoseph
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Message 84 of 97 (634631)
09-23-2011 7:25 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Straggler
09-12-2011 6:15 PM


Re: Religious Conversions
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2) More importantly as far as I am concerned - Why does anyone think this matters? What does it tell us about the relative worth of different religions if people are converting from one to another?
IMHO, religious wars occur when NAMES are used as the fulcrum test of belief in God. It becomes, MY GOD IS GREATER THAN YOUR GOD. Had no names been attached, as with Christianity and Islam - the only two religions which demand right of exclusiveity by virtue of names attached, the political corruptions would have given religion a better image. It remains a mystery why an indescribable and indefinable universe maker should be tampered with names.

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IamJoseph
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Message 97 of 97 (635607)
09-30-2011 1:07 AM


Ultimately, enforced conversion comes to nought - or worse. Today's Islam is emulating medevial European Christianity. Conversion is only legitimate when it occurs by example only.
Christian minister faces execution in Iran
Pastor won't renounce faith, Sharia law says all converts must die:
http://live.radioamerica.org/loudwater/player.pl?upload=1...

  
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