Five positive religious headlines

Rodibidably · 13th March 2009, 07:49 PM

I am accused at times of being overly critical of religion, and religious believers. In an attempt to balance that a bit, I thought I would post a few headlines of news articles that show religion in a more positive light.

A catholic priest and young boy are alone for 2 hours together, and boy is not molested
Evangelical christian meets person of different religious faith, and does not annoy the crap out of them with an attempted conversion
Home-schooled christian child understands and accepts the consensus of scientific opinion as best way to understand the universe
Homophobic christian fundamentalist pastor does not engage in sex act with male prostitute
Islamic man insulted by woman, does not attempt to rape and/or kill her

Originally posted at:
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X · 14th March 2009, 09:30 AM

A local man donated about $50,000 to a charity because God told him to.

That's positive, and it's religious.

Darat · 14th March 2009, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by X

A local man donated about $50,000 to a charity because God told him to.

That's positive, and it's religious.

Typical - if he killed someone and then said "God told me to" everyone would be condemning him and saying he had a screw loose, but because he's given money he's not got a screw loose, he's just a good bloke.

JoeTheJuggler · 14th March 2009, 11:11 AM

That reminds me of the point Carl Sagan made in The Demon-Haunted World. People who hear voices that give instructions to build a new church historically, were often made saints. People who hear voices that say to disrupt the status quo (or do anything against the priest class in particular), were considered possessed by the devil, or simply insane.

13th March 2009, 07:49 PM	#1
Rodibidably Critical Thinker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Outside Washington DC Posts: 384	Five positive religious headlines I am accused at times of being overly critical of religion, and religious believers. In an attempt to balance that a bit, I thought I would post a few headlines of news articles that show religion in a more positive light. A catholic priest and young boy are alone for 2 hours together, and boy is not molested Evangelical christian meets person of different religious faith, and does not annoy the crap out of them with an attempted conversion Home-schooled christian child understands and accepts the consensus of scientific opinion as best way to understand the universe Homophobic christian fundamentalist pastor does not engage in sex act with male prostitute Islamic man insulted by woman, does not attempt to rape and/or kill her Originally posted at: http://potomac9499.wordpress.com/200...ous-headlines/
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14th March 2009, 09:30 AM	#2
X Slide Rulez 4 Life Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Launching the army, waiting for Hok to commit her forces (then the moles strike...) Posts: 4,082	A local man donated about $50,000 to a charity because God told him to. That's positive, and it's religious.
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14th March 2009, 09:35 AM	#3
Darat Lackey Administrator / JREF Forum Liaison Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: South East, UK Posts: 64,783	Originally Posted by X A local man donated about $50,000 to a charity because God told him to. That's positive, and it's religious. Typical - if he killed someone and then said "God told me to" everyone would be condemning him and saying he had a screw loose, but because he's given money he's not got a screw loose, he's just a good bloke.
	__________________ If it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008

14th March 2009, 11:11 AM	#4
JoeTheJuggler Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: St. Louis Posts: 26,769	That reminds me of the point Carl Sagan made in The Demon-Haunted World. People who hear voices that give instructions to build a new church historically, were often made saints. People who hear voices that say to disrupt the status quo (or do anything against the priest class in particular), were considered possessed by the devil, or simply insane.
	__________________ "That is a very graphic analogy which aids understanding wonderfully while being, strictly speaking, wrong in every possible way." —Ponder Stibbons