From: Matthew Poot (mattpoot@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 06:23:57 GMT
Hello
DMB:The religious beliefs subscribed to by the majority of Americans
is, and I say this without exaggeration, childish and idiotic.
-=*POOT*=- Yes. I consider peoples fanatical beliefs in the dogmatic
traditions
of religion, be it christianity, islam, or what not to be silly. I consider
concepts such
as 'creationism' to be idiotic.
As has been said, if you don't take it too literally, there is much
interesting things
to find, and that are useful in day-to-day life. An example of this, would
be
the pacifistic nature of christianity. Jesus was a pacifist. YET, we have
"Christians",
such as George Bush, who, by any stretch of the imagination are nothing
close .
This has been going on , since the Romans times (300ad?)
I had an interesting conversation with my ex-girlfriend, who happens to' be
a 'Jehovas Witness.
She basically takes the bible literally, as 'the word of god'. My
'argument' was(taking the position that there is 'god)
that the bible is just various peoples interpretations of god, not the
actual words of god himself.
I said that since it is the interpretations of what god meant, then it is
bound to have been skewed
*(by each persons static life history of experiences)
I agree with Dave, when he says that a 'non-theistic' system is 'better'.
If you subtract the dogmas,
associated with scriptures of various religions.
Example: Thou Shalt Not Kill
Dogmatic: If you kill someone, then you will be punished by god, and go to
hell.
Non-Dogmatic: Killing someone is morally incorrect. Killing does not solve
any problems, provide any answers.
It only causes pain, suffering, and grief for others. You have no right to
take the life of another.
The difference betweent the two? The Dogmatic view is basically : Don't do
this , or you'll be punished!
If you take the un-dogmatic view: You shouldn't do it, regardless of whether
you'll be punished, on the basis that it is
'wrong'.
I think that if you take the atheistic view, then you automatically discount
all that has been said in various scriptures,
even if it is valuable.
Comments?
Matt Poot
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