Quote Originally Posted by denuseri View Post
Such hypocrisy astounds me from you Thorne...the man in the video is doing the very thing you yourself recomend all people to do, he has went out and studied things and decided for himself which path "he" wishes to follow to God.
True, but he's basing his search on the premise that there IS a god. Without evidence. But that's beside the point, it's still a belief in something unprovable.
There was a point in time when not all Christans believed that Jesus was divine in and of his own right eaither btw.
Yes, I'm aware of that. Which only lends weight to my arguments that religions adapt to suit the people who need them, not the other way around. Which is even more evidence that these holy books are NOT the inerrant word of god.

Addittonally, all of the faiths mentioned (other than aethism) seem to in fact to preach tolerance of others.
You might want to check into the Blood Libel to see just how "tolerant" of Jews Christians have been. And look up the punishment for apostasy in Islam. Not quite so tolerant as you presume.

Love thy nieghbor as thyself is a very common theme in all the majior religious ethos.
As long as that neighbor believes as you do. It's not so clear cut otherwise.

That doesnt mean kill your nieghbor if he disagrees with you.
Again, look into the Muslim hatred of Jews, or Christian hatred of Jews. Hell, just look at some of the Christian hatred towards Muslims! And vice versa.

Nor does it mean insult him if his beliefs differ from your own.
How about when those beliefs defy logic?

It means seek a peacful means to come to an understanding.
Yes, just look how peacefully the Sunni's and Sufi's are resolving their differences.

Fundamentalism and secularism are not part of Allah's will and they are derisive and repugnant in His eyes.
Doesn't sound too tolerant to me. Don't fundamentalists count towards loving thy neighbor?

Such things derive from the evil in mens hearts and misinterpetation of what men have written about God.
Perhaps the basic problem is that there has been so much contradictory testimony written about gods.

As I have said many times, I have no problem with people believing whatever they want to believe. But if they want to post those beliefs in an open forum like this I have no problem in telling them what I think. As abrasive and annoying as you believe my posts are, I find such proselytizing to be equally abrasive and annoying.

Few people would be upset if I were to ridicule someone who posted a screed about alien bases on the far side of the moon, or unicorns raining from clear skies, or any of dozens of equally inane ideas. Why must I keep quiet about religious ideas, which I find to be just as inane as any of those others?

[Incidentally, some of the comments I've quoted above don't appear in your post, but showed up when I clicked the "Reply With Quote" button. I assume you intended to delete them, and I'm not sure why they showed up, but I decided to respond to them anyway. Perhaps a moderator could look into this issue? It can create some confusion, I'm sure.]