On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote:
> > Religion rarely seems to be "getting somewhere" at a societal level. > Individual people? Maybe. > > It's something that I really don't understand, honestly. I've seen religion > be very useful for individuals, helping them achieve a sense of peace and > stability, helping them sort out their lives, giving them a framework for > compassion. And yet...it seems like any time religion starts to transcend > individuals and be used as a framework for large groups of people, it > becomes a very negative influence. Something changes. > > Then again, I don't really understand religion in the first place, so this > probably will be an area that always mystifies me. > That's interesting, but remember that the macro is just a collection of micros. By that i mean, all of those individuals who you speak of who have found a "framework for individual compassion"...many of them also have formed a foundation for collective bias, fear and hatred for other religions and/or cultures. We hear often that the overwhelming majority of Christians/Jews/Muslims are peace loving people...and that is certainly true...but at some point all must take at least SOME ownership for the blood spilled in their names. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:371543 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
