conix, If a simple, fair and open-minded question cannot be asked as to any religion without an accusation of bigotry being made whatever happened to the principle of free and fair speech.
Mine wasn't even a criticism. That was no more than a simple small, easy question for you.
I can only assume that if you had been the preacher of my Sunday school class you would have freaked at the question and kicked me out too.
How many books being sold today would you ban?
See below for more on the religion YOU obviously feel should be in a super-super-safe zone:
Koog, Best to your friend for that. Looks well worth the read. In the link when i got to
"So, despite the heavy odds against taking on Rome’s powerful war machine in the 1st Century, they rebelled and kept fighting even after defeat was certain. Described by the historian Josephus as a misinterpretation of their messianic prophecies, their xenophobia was compelled by strict adherence to Mosaic Law—and their rallying cry was “Messiah!”
It was at this moment in history that a new religion emerged, one that was at once radically different from messianic Judaism and yet seemed to be an offshoot from it. It would come to be known as Christianity, the world’s second major monotheistic religion.
?The letters ascribed to the Apostle Paul, or at least some of them, may have been written within a decade or so before open warfare in Judea broke out."
i thought bingo, "new religion." I was distracted then and wandered off looking for old ones to tie in. Ended with a few, without finding the one on the Roman spread of Christianity i was looking for.
So conix to be clear on your position re comment on your religion. Any comment or question regarding the truth or not of Christianity is to be answered by an accusation of bigotry.
When are you going to start burning witches again???