> Jerry wrote: > A book containing Christian allegory has nothing to do with religion? Wow. > That is an interesting stance to take. >
I'm defining religion as the set of devotional and ritual observances and practices *associated* with a *faith*. That is, one can be a Christian but not be religious. Put another way, one can believe in Jesus' philosophy but not put a foot in a church, not sip once "the blood", not ever stone anyone. Further one could believe that Christian ritual as it stands today is a bastardization of Christ's own teaching and thus be anti-religious, but devoutly Christian. Therefore, if you believe that religion is separate from faith (be it Christianity, Judaism, or Shinto) then Christian allegory is NOT pro-religion. Especially if, did I mention?, that you believe modern Christian practice is horribly demented from its original author: Jesus. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247445 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
