On 7/19/06, Jim Guinee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In find that conclusion ludicrous
Of course you do. But you're wrong. The underlying problem here is that you're simply assuming that what religion promotes must be highly moral. That's not the case.
My pastor once opined that Christians trying to legislate morality is not effective, which is why the bible often did not try to get Christians to overturn institutions such as slavery in any political or forceful manner. Instead, you try to love people and convince them of a better choice. Yes, I realize that sounds pretty dorky
You're ignoring the argument. The point here is that the religious choice is not better, it's worse. In another post you wrote that "religion is oppressive because religion exhorts you to be a better version of yourself". But the religious oppression that we're talking about here does no such thing. It exhorts you to follow shoddy "least common denominator" morality with respect to sexuality. In fact most of us are already better versions of ourselves than we would be were we to follow fundamentalist religions. I find it remarkably telling that a person who recently accused this list of an anti-Christian bias is now sending messages like these. There's quite a log in your eye, Jim.
Paul: If you think you have a more concrete plan to make those miracles occur then I'm sure that the rest of us would love to hear it. Keep in mind that the divorce rate is high among the fundamentalist religious groups most devoted to this model for sex and marriage Jim: Evidence, please?
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