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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whenever somebody brings up Thor, Zeus, fairies, etc, I really can't decide if they are just extremely stupid or extremely rude.  Do you really think modern religious belief is equivalent to believing in fairies?  Do you really have such a very low opinion of us, and such a very high opinion of yourself?  Do you just enjoy denigrating people?  Or can you really not see there is a difference?  When you typed those words, did you feel clever or cruel?[/quote]

There is no difference between believing in Jesus and believing in Zeus.  Absolutely none.

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But you didn't answer my question.  Could you answer my actual question?  I'm guessing you are feeling very intelligent, from this answer.  But I can not tell.[/quote]

How were you denigrated?  To me, that is a factually neutral statement that is not especially clever or cruel.   I think the problem is that you feel very superior for having "the right answer" compared to other religious beliefs and can't handle when someone points out the obvious fact that there is no reason to believe in Jesus instead of Thor or Thor instead of Buddha.

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Or pp's feeling of superiority is wilting and the response is name-calling and accusations.  Many Christians are not like this.  Instead, their understanding of Jesus' message is one of love and compassion and turning the other cheek.[/quote]

Yea but what cheek, the literal cheek or figurative cheek. The face cheek or the butt cheek. I've heard multiple interpretations, some go as far as to analyze whether the person doing the initial slapping is left handed or right handed, plus the historical context of what it means to be slapped with the left hand or the right hand, and etc. It gets incredibly complicated, so something as simple as "turn the other cheek", there is no definitive answer and therefore warrants in-depth analysis and has a whole Wikipedia page dedicated to it, I kid you not.[/quote]

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