Just a couple of questions to bounce off your asbestos coat. :)
Treena Harp writes:
> There are many genuinely good, religious people out there who really
> don't deserve to be dumped on just because they have a set of beliefs
others
> don't share. Everybody expects them to be totally tolerant of just about
any
> morality others can dig up, but God (or Darwin) help them if they even
> timidly disagree.
This kind of thinking is exactly the problem with religious teachings in the
world - if you don't belong to their sect, your are to be scorned, judged,
and deemed unworthy of the same humane treatment and respect given others in
the sect. Treena, I posit that your prejudice toward non-religious people
is so deeply ingrained, that you cannot even see it in your own writing and
thinking above.
My morals are my morals, not some religious person's target of "holier than
thow" judgement. What gives a religious person the right to judge me? As
long as my morals and their derived behavior abide by the laws of the land,
what gives anyone, religious or not, the right to judge me?
This issue of religion in America is exactly why I have never successfully
integrated a Christian (or other) religious doctrine and practice in my
life, despite various attempts at churches of different protestant faiths.
In the end, they all want the same thing from me, something which I disagree
with. Despite these failures of organized religion, I remain spiritual, and
continue a connection with god.
Cheers,
Gerald
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