Too ........ many........ big ........ words.......
I was just using italian as an example. I don't consider myself anything but human. no one really knows their genealogy because a lot of times the father isn't the father. my whole point was it's not really important. and these lines we draw are not reality. race, ethnicity is much more fluid than what we think of. you need a sense of history to grasp this.
I think, looking at the people in my town, that maybe 75% rest easy in the knowledge that their parents are actually their parents. Not to make a "racist" comment... but aside from divorce, death, or some other unforseen circumstance, I don't see a lot of "white" married couples with bastard children.
Like I said.... that is just my observation. As as long as I have been in this area I see more and more children born out of wedlock.... so..... Yes, it probably is actually as bad as you make it sound.
I wouldn't label myself as christian or anything else, I thought that was clear. they kicked me out of catechism for thinking too much.
They kicked you out too?!?!?! And here I thought I was the only Dego with a letter from the Vatican!
I think religion/mysticism is superstitious nonsense. faith is another way of saying 'shut off the logical part of your brain, ignore apparent truths and do what you're told'. i was talking about the philosophy of Jesus. who was most certainly a real person. as was someone like Gilgamesh. who became a mythic figure, but was most definitely a real man at some point.
Without any "real" evidence you believe that he was an actual person. The bible was created by a council of men several hundred years after his supposed death and yet you have "faith" in the knowledge that he was real. White or black or brown is irrelevent, but a single specific person?
the main point I mean to make is that we are all human and our differences are trivial. and the other point is that most christians are not adhering to the message of christ.
I can agree with that.
there is nothing wrong with argumentation in the sense of a cooperative exchange which seeks to enlighten all parties concerned, but for this to happen you have to be willing to be swayed as well as to sway. I never 'believe' anything. all of my opinions or ideas are just that, and as I learn more and experience more I can get a better grasp on the big picture.
OK I take back some of what I just wrote.... except the Dego part.
as soon as someone 'believes' something or adheres themselves to some doctrine or another they have stopped their own growth. turned off the brain. I think we need to always be willing to learn or experience each others viewpoints. I want to know what others think and why, but I prefer it if they came to their conclusions based on their own analysis of matters. ideologies are stumbling blocks in this sense. and will get us nowhere.
See above.
And what's with the walking skeletons and underage porn stars?? You guys are slipping in your old ages.
