Godmen-When Faith Gets Dangerous


	Godmen-When Faith Gets Dangerous

drjamie03

3-16-2007 3:52 PM

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religion, spirituality, god, faith

drjamie03 says:

Not sure what I think about this, but it's interesting

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3-16-2007 4:53 PM

AcesLucky

Pathetic.

Of all the heinous and brutal crimes perpetrated in the name of religion...this is all the world needs.

NOT!

3-16-2007 9:19 PM

Kensuke

I see a religious Fight Club remake on the horizon...

3-17-2007 3:58 AM

BartendingBear

I saw the Niteline piece about this group just a day or so ago. On the one hand, it seems OK that they found common ground to speak about things they felt repression about before, but on the other hand, such as admitting that the like looking at naked women, but on the other hand... what does it take to admit that? My concern is that by focusing on Jesus as a macho-man, not a man of piece, it opens the door to more heinous acts "with God on our side."

More potential religious divisiveness. Just what the world needs.

3-17-2007 10:36 AM

enbar

Nice find.

3-21-2007 4:57 PM

BartendingBear

Checkout the ABC Niteline video report about the Godmen.

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