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Originally Posted by TooMuchButtHair In the grand scheme of things, the number of fanatics is greater than the number of moderates. It's only a condition of the past 50 years that this condition has been reversed (as is true today). |
Sounds like someone's a little bitter about history.
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I have no religion. And yes, I know Stalin was an atheist; but Hitler was a die-hard Catholic, and he might not even be the most evil character in all Christian history...
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I thought Hitler was Jewish or something?
Eh...*shrugs*
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Right, I understand that you can get into a fight and get out of camp, but before one resorts to being an ass, why wouldn't they just ask to leave? The answer to that question is they are afraid to ask. . .
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I can't vouch for all humans out there...but not all of us are pussies.
Some of us have been smart enough to stand on our own two feet even since we were 10. Yes...I have left places that I didn't want to be.
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There's nothing wrong with it.
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Sweet! So then what's the point of the video, again? To show how bad they are, and that they should be gotten rid of? Or what?
Mudslinging?
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Why risk the objectiveness of children just so they can have a positive message? There are plenty of other healthy ways to give kids confidence.
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Because they teach more than just confidence. Sorry you're ignorant to those other values. *Shrugs*
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Right, but I can blame them for making an active effort to instill their own values in their kid before their kid even has any idea what's going on.
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Umm...isn't that a parent's JOB? I thought you were the one that said something about the learning age of children and all that.
You just said there was nothing wrong with these camps...what's wrong with the values taught at the these camps.
I guess I'm failing to see our point of conflict...since I thought, originally, it was centered around what these camps are teaching. But you said that was all fine...so what are we discussing, now?
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Yeah, and Jewish and Muslim kids get older about 10 years after camp, and then decide to blow each-other to hell...Great?
Faith is just an excuse for not having any evidence to support your beliefs.
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You've got very cute ways of "dumbing down" a subject...or turning it into something it's not. They really are cute.
Unfortunately...you tend to stray out there...losing your original point...because now I'm lost.
Now I just feel like I'm being preached at by an athiest.
Athieism is just an excuse to be ignorant. <---Isn't that cute? One day...I'll be just as good as you!!
I hardly think that these "pulic", "Jesus Camps" teach kids to go blow eachother up. Your weak linkage of terrorism and religion don't really apply in this case...especially when you're talking about modern Christianity. As you've stated, the moderates outweigh the crazies, now-a-days.
Don't you think most of us have seen the wrongs committed by our ancestors in history? Do the Germans still put Jewish kids in concentration camps?
No...but there are still "skin heads" and "neo nazis" running around...are you going to attack all of Europe because they exist, or because of THEIR history?
Sounds like you're just mad because you didn't have a camp to go to when you were young, and impressionable.
"Blowing each other up 10 years later" and "devastating to children" are pretty severe exaggerations on your part, son.
It's ok...all you missed was a week or so away from home where you could associate with a co-ed group of kids who were around your age and held a common interest.
It's not that big of a deal.