Christian (especially Catholic and Orthodox) do you believe in the real presense?

[rangrz]

But I do deviate good sir, from the expectations of society. I use drugs, I am polyamorous, and otherwise engage in behavior deemed "deviant"

You say I am neither kind or sensitive? That may be the case, but you don't have familiararty with my personal behavior IRL and are hardly able to level such a claim.

Id really fit master morality better BTW. Slave morality is essentially Christian morality IIRC.

 

[P A]

My scenario was not an abstraction. It was a case history of a living person, in the real world...Attempting communication with you is frustrating, and I'm not sure it's good for me. I assume you're a well meaning dude, and it's a case of you being unable to address what folks actually say, rather than being unwilling. So good luck to you.

What an exceptionally strange and condescending thing to say. I'm not sure whether you're unfamiliar with how people actually speak to each other in the real world, or what....? Where I come from, if someone counters a point that I made with a so-called 'case in point' (i.e., a factual statement that they believe substantiates their claim or invalidates my position), I'm free to follow up with a (factual or non-factual) rejoinder in which I identify the flaws and strengths of the 'case in point' that was offered. This is, I believe, reflective of the natural ebb and flow of conversation. The fact that you don't - or can't - comprehend this is very troubling indeed.

Violence in the name of religion is exaggerated. The Inquisition killed 2000 people over a period of 400 years

Holy historical inaccuracy, Batman! The Spanish Inquisition (which was reputedly far more conservative in its policies re. torture and execution than, say, Rome) alone was responsible for the deaths of 3,000-5,000 people. When you compare that to the total population estimates at the time, that figure looks far more monstrous than it does now. Then consider that the Inquisitions spanned just about all of Europe over a millennium or so, and get back to me.

Communism killed over 120 million, yet alot of people probably think its cool to be a communist.

Brutal ideologues killed vast swaths of innocent people as brutal ideologues are often liable to do. You see, people who pledge allegiance to ideas A) for which there is no definitive proof; and B) which they believe will in some way exonerate or vindicate them in the perpetration of terrible crimes have a unique and special penchant for murder and torture, or so it would seem after a perfunctory glance at human history.

Anyway, this is all off-topic. Let's cut the chatter, folks.