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I'm used to non-ie protals but see: http://www.repentamerica.com/.

"Christians, enter here.

Others, enter here."

I think they need a footnote to disambiguate people like catholics[1] and jesus...

[1] No, I have no idea why American "ultra"-Xian organisations think catholics aren't Xian, but there you go.

Date: 2005-01-07 03:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] enismirdal.livejournal.com
Oh, yes...the Christians are greeted by a page of news about Gay People versus Christians and how bad homosexuality is; the 'Others' are greeted by an article entitled 'Are you good enough to go to heaven?'

Yet another case where I think, 'If you are the people I meet in heaven, I will actively work not to end up there?'

*chuckles* I can't take that kind of 'Christian' seriously...

...they are a shame, really, as they give a bad name to real, nice Christians...

Date: 2005-01-07 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saraphale.livejournal.com
[1] No, I have no idea why American "ultra"-Xian organisations think catholics aren't Xian, but there you go.

I'm coming around to the view that it's because Xian is being treated as synonymous with "good". In thinking about morals recently, I'm coming around to the idea that in general, people seem have a tendency to assume that they are good. They make the fallacy of assuming that anything they do must therefore also be good, and that things they disagree with must be bad. This extends to cover political and religious beliefs.

Or, I'm completely wrong.

Date: 2005-01-07 04:18 pm (UTC)
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As to your footnote - possibly for the same reason as I called a bunch of High Anglicans heretics when I was about five; because they seem to 'worship' saints, which is tantamount to worshipping idols at a glance (especially when they make pictures and statues of the saints then pray to them).

The 'Are you good enough to go to Heaven?' article was actually not as bad as its name suggested; it did actually answer the question correctly (you're not, neither are we, just as well God worked that one out and did something about it then...). Unfortunately then the site went and linked to a page about Bush's Homosexual Agenda and how he apparently isn't really anti-abortion *enough*.

The tale of the baseball-bat abortion (some girl in Macomb County wanted an abortion but didn't want to tell her parents, so she got her boyfriend to hit her with a baseball bat until she miscarried, now he's on trial) makes me think despairingly of To Kill A Mockingbird, too; let's hope it has a happier ending.

Date: 2005-01-07 06:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] captain-aj.livejournal.com
Hahah, fantastic stuff. In a similar vein to Jack Chick, except Chick provides many many more hours of entertainment, with lots of fun comics explaining why homosexuals, Muslims, Catholics, scientists and liberals aren't getting to heaven.

Date: 2005-01-08 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rochvelleth.livejournal.com
What annoys me is that a few months back I was told that situation X (shan't go in to it, some of you should be able to guess what it is) had arisen because I'm "non-Christian". I think this must mean that I don't belong to the group of Cambridge-based radical Christian types (who believe *they* are "saved" and it's their mission to save everyone else... or something).

Somehow "Actually, yes, I am a Christian - I'm a f***ing Catholic!" didn't seem to convince them. *shrug* I fail to understand these people.