Posted by Lou Pilder on November 8, 2011, at 7:19:54
In reply to Re: Scott's reply to Lou's reply- » sigismund, posted by SLS on November 6, 2011, at 1:13:38
> > >It is probably best to shut down the Faith board and avoid the contradictions inherent in having individuals post the tenets of opposing religions.
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> > It's only a problem with monotheism, isn't it?
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> That is an interesting observation, but I don't see many Buddhists posting there. I guess that's the point. From what I understand, declaring a faith is not required in the major Eastern religions (Ways). Because the Faith board attracts people who follow a Western monotheistic theology, I think there is a legitimate argument to be made to discontinue providing a platform for people to claim religious exclusivity. It is not supportive, and is, perhaps, destabilizing.
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> Faith does not equate to spirituality.
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> But you already know that.
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> - ScottScott,
You wrote,[...It is not supportive...].
Thank you for posting your opinion of this situation here. But there could be much more than that in relation to saving lives here and heading off the potential of Jews and others that do not accept the claim that {only} (redacted by respondent) Jesus are those that could have eternal life and forgivness. Those then have the potential IMHO to become targets of antisemitic violence and murder. That claim as posted has my request to Mr. Hsiung to post in that thread as to if he considers the statement in question supportive or not and my request is outstanding. This keeps the situation going on and on until Mr. Hsiung replies to my request. Or, members could post there their opinion as to if the statement in question is supportive or not which IMHO could show that some members do not accept Mr. Hsiung's thinking about what is supportive.
Thet fact of that my request is outstanding could then have readers see the claim as supportive by Mr. Hsiung since he states that his forum here is for support and support takes precedence. This then IMHHHHO could arouse antisemitic feelings since the poster claimes that the {Word of God} says that. Does it really? I am prohibited by the rules here from posting my response in that thread since it could involve the prohibition to me by Mr. Hsiung to not post that I have a commandment from the God that I give service and worship to that I (redacted by respondent). There are other prohibitions to me also that prevent me from posting my response to Mr. Hsiung in that thread.
Now the statement in question could give members a (false) feeling of beinbg superior to Jews. In a community like this that allows the promotion of the use of mind-altering drugs and with that the administration does not intercede in posts that members advocate the taking of drugs together that could cause a life-ruining condition or death, leads this member to have a want for information to know what {support} means to Mr. Hsiung. If you could post your statement in this thread in the thread in question, I think that could go a long way to help prevent Jews from becoming victims of antisemitic violence or murder.
You say that you want to think about posting that. Could you post here what you need to think about before you decide as to if you will post that it is your opinion that the statement in question is not supportive? If you could, then I could respond to you here and perhaps clarify some things that might be preventing you from posting that in the thread in question.
Lou
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