Religious Quotes

Let's save ourselves from arguing with one another over something that I know from each and every poster here than not one has intentionally set out to offend, be rude, or hurt anyone else here.

The Admin team here doesn't need to worry about having to reign in a post like this, or set up a rule to cover this. I myself see and can identify with either side of the discussion, but in the end can't we just let this one fade in the background and show unilateral respect both ways?

This is just me but if you love the forum here, appreciate the overwhelming helpful response of the members and Owners here just catch up on reading this thread and then click on past to something more interesting to post on.  There's new Owners here everyday looking for that same great welcome and offers to help as when any of us here joined, go help foster the sense of community and helpfulness Podders are known for!

On this board, quite frankly, you are violating the rules and should be appropriately dealt with by the administration.  

Your "Rambo" threat makes you sound like a member of the Islamic State threatening to kill me for not subscribing to your stone age beliefs.  And your suggestion of a religious "war" if I disagree with you even proves my point even more forcefully.  Sir, we do not, and will not over my dead body, live in a theocracy.

You have no idea what my religious beliefs are and to suggest that my soul is "lost" is staggeringly offensive at the very least, not just to me but to all members of this board and is about as un-Christain as a person could be.  Instead of judging others, you might find it more useful to read the teachings of Jesus, the person dubiously claim to follow.  If you did, you would be more respectful of others.

I was staying out of this...but "lesser" religions?  Really? 

I think you could not have made the point the OP was making any better than with this statement.  The moral superiority is a bit too thick for me around here.

But all that being said, religious and political discussions do not belong on this board. (period)  It doesn't matter where they are filed.  If one wishes to proselytize, perhaps it would be best to have a denominational r-Pod board apart from this one for followers of a particular religion and if you know that you're entering the r-Podders for [insert religion or political belief] you do so at your peril.

l, like mad67, don't like being told that if I don't subscribe to a particular form of christianity, that I'll be damned to hell.  I don't care if others may feel that way, and perhaps I do about them, but we should keep it to our selves.

There are certainly a lot of people who have strong religious and/or political opinions who participate in this board, including me.  But, especially in an electronic communication format where good manners is already a problem, it's best to stick to the topics of the board.