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prsr
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Posted - 2005.08.16 15:58:00 -
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 Originally by: Vulkan0
Considering american TV evangelisam has spread trough-out the world in that media.
When did that happen?
I did convert some people in my corp to accept the invisible pink unicorn as their god. Does that count?
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Marcus Grisbius
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Posted - 2005.08.16 17:02:00 -
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As a Christian myself, I try to act ingame in a way that reflects my out of game beliefs. However, I dont think that it's my responsibility to beat people over the head and harrass them to become Christians. Certainly, I won't avoid discussions about religion, but neither do I feel I have to keep hammering it at people. My corp is not a "Christian" corp but I do try to keep a clean, family-friendly environment. Just because Eve is a game and doesn't promote religion, doesn't mean it that people who are religious have to change who they are to play the game.
That website is a spoof and is mockery of Christianity. However, there are some people though that use religion as a tool to beat people and sadly it makes people think that websites like that one are serious.
Are there missionary corps out there? Dunno, I would say that it's possible. But tbh, I've found more people trying to spread agnosticism and atheism ingame than trying to push Christianity. There are plenty more who think it's their job to mock religion whenever they get a chance. And those doing so have been far more aggresive in trying to win people over than any Christians I've met ingame.
Certainty of death... little chance of success... what are we waiting for? - Gimli, son of Gloinn |
nahtoh
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Posted - 2005.08.16 17:16:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Grisbius
. There are plenty more who think it's their job to mock religion whenever they get a chance.
Thats a more of a hobby than a job 
"I am not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but
why can`t we just take the safety labels off everything and let the
problem solve itself" (credits to mcallister TCS)
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2005.08.16 17:26:00 -
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Originally by: Marcus Grisbius
As a Christian myself, I try to act ingame in a way that reflects my out of game beliefs. However, I dont think that it's my responsibility to beat people over the head and harrass them to become Christians. Certainly, I won't avoid discussions about religion, but neither do I feel I have to keep hammering it at people. My corp is not a "Christian" corp but I do try to keep a clean, family-friendly environment. Just because Eve is a game and doesn't promote religion, doesn't mean it that people who are religious have to change who they are to play the game.
That website is a spoof and is mockery of Christianity. However, there are some people though that use religion as a tool to beat people and sadly it makes people think that websites like that one are serious.
Are there missionary corps out there? Dunno, I would say that it's possible. But tbh, I've found more people trying to spread agnosticism and atheism ingame than trying to push Christianity. There are plenty more who think it's their job to mock religion whenever they get a chance. And those doing so have been far more aggresive in trying to win people over than any Christians I've met ingame.
Religious fanatics deserve to be mocked. There are people in WoW who will follow you around, trying to convert you to X religion, and then if you tell them to leave, they'll petition you.
Religious fanaticism is responsible for the a huge number of today's problems in the world--anti-science, terrorism, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, racism, etc. People should learn to deal with each other, stop trying to turn everyone to each other's faiths, and just learn to live together. Being a jew or muslim is no "worse" than a christian, and vice versa. If everyone realised that people's beliefs are their own choice, and not a "good" or "bad" thing, the world would be a much better place.
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Gierling
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Posted - 2005.08.16 17:37:00 -
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Maybe its best if this thread gets locked before the poo starts getting tossed.
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Kaell Meynn
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:12:00 -
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*throws a big ball of pooo right in Gierling's face!!!!*
Too late.
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Viceroy
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:28:00 -
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Yeah looks like it's time for a
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Sreyaluskaya Moyl
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:41:00 -
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Well my faith is restored, - America can't be all that bad if sites like that exist. Check out the emails they receive -
"I recently read your online article about bookburning. I live in Mesa, AZ. Please let me know when there will be a bookburning in my area."
Michael Bugia
Humour wtfpwns religion every time.
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Blind Fear
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:46:00 -
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Even if I hadnt known that landover baptist was a parody site...
Please tell me that noone read that article and actually thought it was serious.
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Demarcus
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:51:00 -
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They should make that crap a violation of the EULA.
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Graznos
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:52:00 -
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As a devout Christian, I have to say... I love the Landover Baptist stuff. I think they're quite an appropriate satire of the hardcore evangelicals that dominate our media and government. It's quite easy, in my opinion, to poke fun at religion without attacking the faith it is based upon.
In-game missionaries? I think if you want to spend your time sharing your faith with others, get out in the real world and do some good. Get involved in volunteer organizations (secular or religious) and share your faith by your actions, not by your words. It's not really possible in my opinion to "serve God" by playing a game, even if you talk about Him in it.
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Spaja Saist
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:57:00 -
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Brainwashing is bad mmm-kay.
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Gariuys
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Posted - 2005.08.16 18:59:00 -
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Originally by: Akilah Ashaki
Edited by: Akilah Ashaki on 16/08/2005 11:49:20
something like this ?
Linkage
I pray that link is a joke or something cause what those people are doing is called harrasment.
Quote:
All the money I make from selling occult items to unsaved gamers, I auction off on E-bay for real cash, which I then put into the offering plate at our church on the last Sunday of each month."
I don't know if I should cry or laugh. These people need professional help... and fast.
( for the record, I'm religious myself, and while I think spreading the gospel is a good thing, that is just plain horrible, at a loss for words really. )
~{When evil and strange get together anything is possible}~
A tool is only useless when you don't know how to use it. - ActiveX
The grass is always greener on the other side. - JoCool |
ElCapitan
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Posted - 2005.08.16 19:03:00 -
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i have no problem with people having different religious beliefs, however the concept of missionaries always seriously rubbed me the wrong way. The tactics and rhetoric they employ simple makes my blood boil. If you are religious its cool, do whatever you want. But when somebody goes and tries to basically impose their beliefs on others, its just not cool in my eyes.
But anyway if a real life religion missionary corp ever popped up in eve i cant see them surviving very long. Way too many people (including me) would want them wiped off the face of eve.
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Fidelis Deus
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Posted - 2005.08.16 20:04:00 -
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For those who cannot reconize sarcasm - landoverbaptist is a joke. Its run by the same people who run whitehouse.org
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Vanamonde
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Posted - 2005.08.17 07:02:00 -
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Religion is not to be discussed on the forums.
'd.
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