On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <mary...@cfwebstore.com> wrote: > Actually, I find that it's often far from the case for anything people > believe strongly in, > religion or otherwise. There are a great many people who simply don't like > being > disagreed with. You might be amazed at the vehemence of people on some of the > dog training forums I'm on...or discussions of the best ways to raise > children. It's > hardly something that is unique to religious beliefs.
Yet, methods of dog training or child rearing are not subjects where a central theme is professing that method, theory, or faith - and converting others to it. Some people will do that anyway on their own, some won't. But to be a good Christian you are REQUIRED to do so? How many dog training methods aren't "really good" unless you walk around convincing others they should do the same thing? It's a very useful tool to build this requirement into the faith, don't get me wrong. I think it was smart of the creators of the religion to put this in. In a world of many competing religions it's important to build mechanisms into your own that ensure it's survival. Scientology certainly has this built into it, with star-power. So do many MLM systems. ...but that's why they work... -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290097 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
