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No, what I'm saying is that it's unreasonable to hold people to the dictionary's definition of what their faith is.  You've set that standard, but many religious people don't check the dictionary to see what they are supposed to believe, so it doesn't  matter.   It just lets you think that you can dictate how people should think/believe based on your standard of the only reliable source of information about religion -- the dictionary.  This is a fundamentalist view.[/quote]

I can't believe how you can continue to make mistakes after mistakes. I know you think it's okay use words beyond their intended meaning, but do you also have a reading comprehension problem too? I don't particularly care what people believe as long as they are honest about it. I don't care if they believe in Jesus or the flying spaghetti monster, it makes no difference to me. What I am saying is two things: 1) if you think Jesus and God are metaphors, don't call yourself Christian, it's an incorrect usage of the word Christian to describe your religion. If you don't have a fixed belief system for reference, don't call yourself religious, it's again an incorrect usage of the word "religion" to describe your spirituality. 2) If you claim to be a Christian nonetheless, then it's more intellectually honest to commit to your beliefs, rather than picking and choosing what parts to believe based on your personal preference - because God didn't make the rules for you to change them, He made the rules for you to follow; even if you don't like a rule, you should have faith that it is the right thing to do.

McLeanAtheist[/quote]
I can't believe you continue to insist that religious people adhere to your view of what their religion should be.  It might help if you looked up "religion" in places other than the dictionary.  [/quote]

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