You forgot part of Matthew 5 - which doesn't surprise me...
That sounds kinda harsh now doesn't it, sweetie pie? Didn't Jesus love everything and just go around hugging people all day long? Didn't Jesus just run around telling everyone that whatever they feel like doing is okay?

Or is that just the Jesus you've created in your own mind?

No, education goes on in universities everyday. Just because they don't follow your skewed vision of reality doesn't mean it's brainwashing. Sorry.

I know the clip didn't have anything to do with the government, I was referring to the entire documentary; which does show these peoples' interests in erasing the separation of church and state.

What articles? Many scientific theories are rejected because of their lack of evidence, or their insufficient amount of evidence as opposed to alternative theories. The geocentric theory of our solar system was ultimately rejected because of it's lack of evidence. Like creationism/intelligent design, the geocentric theory was propagated by religion. The evidence pointed to the heliocentric theory, and it was ultimately embraced as true...the same is happening with evolution.

Of coarse there are going to be pseudo-scientists who will reject science that goes against the grain of their preconceived religious notions on the universe. It's happened throughout history, and every time their main pool of evidence relies upon religious doctrine and faith. And equally every time, it doesn't stand up to the test of time or the test of the scientific method. "Creation scientists" are bred by evangelist movements like these, and they join the scientific community not to find objective truth but to attempt to convince everyone else of their already pre-conceived truth. It was even illustrated in the film when someone attending one of these churches said he wanted to become a 'creation scientist' and change people's minds.

When you make your conclusions before you even begin your research, and keep doing research until it conforms with your preconcieved conclusion; it's not science.

I remember seeing another program where a spokesperson for a 'creationist science' group said that the grand canyon was formed by the global flood in the bible. That just illustrates their abilities and willingness to confuse religion with science.

80+% of all college & university faculty are liberal Democrats.

Education is NOT what it taking place. Unfortunately, you're immersed in the hot water and can't see it.

everybody got their tin foil caps out and watchinging for black helicoptors????

Mathew 10- 13-15 Have a look see.

LOL

If a person doesn't have deep religious conviction by the time they are in college....

Your suggestion that Christians are on their way to being put in concentration camps is incorrect. Almost no one believes that Christians shouldn't be able to believe as they see fit.

Now, I admit that Christianity is getting a bad name, and it may appear to the Christian that people would want to hurt Christians. But let us examine why people look down on Christians. In my opinion, there are three reasons for this.

The first reason is illustrated in the original post of this thread: a large number of Christians reject science and go out of their way to try to disprove science. While that effort in itself may not be a bad thing, these Christians tend to use unscientific techniques, faulty reasoning, and misrepresentation of the facts in order to support conclusions that they have decided before even starting the experiment. This makes them look, quite frankly, like they are unintelligent and irrational.

Second, a large number of Christians appear hateful and intolerant. The biggest example of this is Christian intolerance of homosexuality. It makes Christians appear immoral and uncaring. Other examples include an intolerance of divorce and of other religions.

But the third reason is the most important: many Christians try to force these beliefs upon others. They want our schools to teach Christianity to non-Christian children, as though it is science. They try to ban divorce, and censor television and movies (even Harry Potter and Spongebob Squarepants). They force us to conform to a Christian lifestyle or face punishment (as with same-sex marriage).

This makes Christians appear more than just irrational, uncaring, and immoral. They appear to be actually hurting other people. And that's the real problem: you can make irrational claims that science is wrong, and you can be irrationally intolerant of other groups of people. But as soon as you start hurting others and making your religion superior to others, you've gone too far.

So you should not ever expect to see Christians put in concentration camps. People aren't trying to stop Christians from existing: they are trying to stop Christians from hurting other people.

I should mention that not all Christians do the things I described, but the ones who do give all Christians a bad name. I apologize if my evaluation of why people look down on Christianity is blunt and harsh, but I think it is important to understand how Christianity is viewed by the secular crowd and why it is viewed that way.

No, we're watching for huge, fat naked guys riding on brooms.


When can we expect you?

Matthew 10:13-15 (King James Version)

King James Version (KJV)




13And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. 15Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

Non sequitur - as has been EVERY one of your posts so far.