The greatest human tragedy of all time

[Askthepizzaguy]

As a Catholic I would say that no man invented my religion, it was a gift from God

Not to start a religious war, because that's backroom material, for one, and I've no wish to offend you personally, for two, but; The Catholic religion has man's hands all over it. The meaning and character of the church has changed over the centuries, always in reaction to world events, and the bible itself was voted upon from candidate material. There were books placed within, and books left out, and some were altered.

I also don't think this God fellow is wishy-washy about things, and the Catholic church has waffled in it's positions and tone since it's inception, over time. It is at least partially man-made, if not totally. Otherwise the Pope would have nothing to do, and Catholic law and dogma would never change with the times.

If God's word is the basis of the Catholic church, God has no reason to change it. Man, however, does.

Because this may spawn a debate which is inappropriate for this subforum, I wish to make it clear I am not attacking you personally, Bopa, and that I'd be delighted to debate you, if you wanted to, elsewhere. But for now, I'm limiting my objection to a simple comment.

[Ibrahim]

well, I guess I'll add:

I am divided between 3 tragedies:

1-unnatural death (i.e not from old age or related health complications)

2-extremism of any sort: be it religious, moral, political, ideological, etc.

3-when idiots judge others according to their standards, rather than the standards of the time, place, culture and circumstances of who they are judging. this is tied in to #2, and also because, in order to truely understand something, one must look into the mindset and times in which something happened. the EB logo is more than a pretty label-and we were created(/evolved) as tribes and peoples to know one another, not insult and provoke one another.