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Armstead

(47,803 posts)
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:15 PM Apr 2013

Watching all of this unfold, One Phrase keeps rolling around in my head

"Live and let live."

Yes, it is a cliche. But the more people practice that ideal, the better off everyone is. The less we practice it the closer we move the earth towards hell.

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Watching all of this unfold, One Phrase keeps rolling around in my head (Original Post) Armstead Apr 2013 OP
People who embrace ideologies can never embrace that sentiment. snagglepuss Apr 2013 #1
I think one can have an ideology and still practice that Armstead Apr 2013 #2
Nice idea, but there's just no way to do it The2ndWheel Apr 2013 #3
No way to do it universally, but as a goal the more it is practiced the better off we all are Armstead Apr 2013 #7
You haven't read the Koran, have you? nt aristocles Apr 2013 #4
You haven't read much period, have you? nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #5
The Koran is just like the Bible, CJCRANE Apr 2013 #6
Indeed aristocles Apr 2013 #8
 

Armstead

(47,803 posts)
2. I think one can have an ideology and still practice that
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:21 PM
Apr 2013

It does not imply that people can't have disagreements.

But I guess it's a spectrum based on levels of tolerance for ambiguity and differences.

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)
6. The Koran is just like the Bible,
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:43 PM
Apr 2013

you can find examples of a loving, merciful God, or a wrathful, angry God.

"If you kill an innocent person it is as if you have killed the whole of humanity".

It all depends on the reader/believer.

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