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Originally Posted by freightdog
Recently, I was in Thailand as a part of the Tsunami relief team. We were picking our way through the destruction and I stumbled across this little 6 year old girl praying with tears in her eyes to her Hindu God. She just lost her entire family ... Most Hindus believe that the only way to salvation is by believing in Hinduism.
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There are no hindus in Thailand, they're budhists (and some muslims in the south)
It's hard not to agree with Rick about the slamming and the disrespect. It's very immature especially when there are plenty of people posting very interesting and thought provoking ideas here (on both sides) but when someone makes it personal it reduces the level of the debate and frankly I think it's because you don't have anything important to say so I usually skip the rest of the post and read the next. at 28 pages, if we edited out the personal stuff and the irrelevant posts about light slowing down, carbon dating, and the dimensions of Noah's ark, we'd probably be on page 10.
Rick I envy you. I wish I could believe like you as well as go to heaven. I read these posts looking for someone to post something convincing, but no one has so far. I'm not trying to convince any believers that (I think) they are wrong, just to point out what I disagree with in their arguments. All that said, I agree with you that neither "side" should judge the other. I felt that "I pray for you" is condescending, but I'm beginning to see that it is innocent and real.
I believe all religions (including atheism) can coexist. all that's required is for the church to stay out of politics and education. religion is a private relationship between man and god, and any attempt to force it on other people is unacceptable.
but this does not mean we can't debate... logically, not emotionally.