Religion is all but obsolete — SnowyChainsaw
All I am trying to say is that Religion discourages critical thinking. It does this by claiming it already has all the answers — SnowyChainsaw
That explains the behaviour of many priests. — CuddlyHedgehog
What difference does it make? Granted it's a question that can be asked - you asked it! But it's not relevant to the meaning. Note that the same question is asked of the The Iliad, The Odyssey, the works of Shakespeare, etc. — tim wood
My own guess is that many of the ideas - the significant ones, anyway - in the Bible have roots in pre-Ur history. — tim wood
No. it's a book that lists all the words and their meanings in English. — tim wood
Goodness gracious, would that not mean that some of the bible might actually be more than 5,000 years old? — Sir2u
To my way of thinking, the value of the ideas does not depend on the truth of the stories in which they're told. — tim wood
How long does it take you to type all this crap stuff? — CuddlyHedgehog
How do you account for the fact that religious liberal arts colleges do an excellent job of teaching critical thinking? — Bitter Crank
These two points suggest that Religious Ideology is capable of adopting principles from more socially agreeable ideologies as well as a motivation for doing so, however, I need to add that this is not an evolution of Religion, but rather a replacement of it. — SnowyChainsaw
And this is just the tar-baby aspect of religion. Lots of smart people have found the courage to simply cast loose from religion, but at the same time they just can't let it go. I imagine because deep down, they want someone to "make it all right" and compel them to faith.This is what has always baffled me about the bible.
God creates a guide book.... — Sir2u
That is a good point. Although I feel this is the first time Religion has adopted a philosophy that is directly antithetical to its previous practices showing a form of "desperation" in its need to be attractive to the population. — SnowyChainsaw
Ok so after reading the article its not as interesting as I'd hoped. — SnowyChainsaw
Strip away the miracles and everything else that simply can't be (with some care; the flood, for example, happened), and what endures is the Christian message of love. To be a Christian is to love like a Christian - neither as easy or simple as it sounds. But too simple for people who don't really understand it, and who need the dressing of myth. — tim wood
Although I feel this is the first time Religion has adopted a philosophy that is directly antithetical to its previous practices showing a form of "desperation" in its need to be attractive to the populati — SnowyChainsaw
As I said before a lot of Religious Organisations are in the process of being replaced by more modern notions of what is an agreeable set of morals. — SnowyChainsaw
You simply talk about philosophers and their thoughts — Count Radetzky von Radetz
I doubt you have read any of the gospels — Count Radetzky von Radetz
Not a Catholic, so won't matter. — Akanthinos
Your not a catholic so it does not matter to you?
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This discussion is about Catholics so it does not matter? — Sir2u
It'll just take a bit of time for a Catholic candidate to muster a reactionary mouvement that will bury Munoz. — Akanthinos
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