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[aimz04]

i think it is kind of funny that many of us pride ourselves in being open.  we pride ourselves in accepting other religions or pride ourself in accepting someone lack of religion, but no matter the reason, many of us pride ourselves for our ultimate acceptance.
but then i listen to some conversations, not necessarily our friends, but i realize that

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[fritzheartsyou]

so much i could say about this. good post, lots of thought-provoking ideas. hypocrisy and narrowmindedness are so hard to avoid. they can pop up even when people are trying hard to shut them out. which is why sometimes it becomes necessary to look at the intent behind peoples words and not necessarily the words themselves.

what i really wanted to comment on was "that's right, but you guys thought he was bad and so all your leaders killed him." that really makes me incredibly upset. the issues is not even that it judges others, but more that it SEPARATES. on one of my church retreats, we learned about the seven catholic social teachings. one of them is solidarity, which means that we must recognize that humans, at a basic level, are all the same. when that person said "YOU GUYS thought he was bad" he was not coming to a fuller knowledge of Judaism, but rather building a wall that keeps him from knowledge and the acceptance that follows.

p.s. iloveyouaimee.

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[fritzheartsyou]

a great post aimee
although like fritzed said, these are flaws all humans have and are extremely hard to avoid.
however, about the "who do you think you are to judge who goes to hell..."

while personally I like to think God will accept all people in heaven, the Bible is extrmely clear for Christians: believe in Jesus as your savior or you are going to hell.

At least thats a common interpretation, so while the truth isn't so pretty, it seems to be what it is; at least to me.

DANCE

[megmcquayrogers]

organized religion at its finest....
we should just go to some HUGE danceparty in the sky.

everytime someone dies, that person goes into an elevator like the one from willy wonka, and we go up into the sky... people great us, and we start dancing.

we take breaks because theres good food
and we start to rave again.

DANCE DANCE DANCE