thread: 2005-06-06 : Happenings
On 2005-06-06, Brand Robins wrote:
John: Excellent post. I especially liked this part:
"Once you have that working for a good 100 years or so, then you can move on to the other stuff. Until then, you can take your doctrinal thall-shalt-nots and shove em."
Which I read in rhetorical structure as coming close to something like: The problem with religion is that they think they are right and we are wrong. However, we are right and they are wrong. They need to stop dividing us, so we will now divide ourselves from them.
The problem with these lines of reasoning is that they are inherently conflicted. They come down to the same old same old of "I belive my belife is right, and theirs is wrong." Well, they believe the same thing of you, me, and them. And I belive it of everyone.
So why does one system of thought, claiming the others are acting wrongly, get preference above the others that claim the others are acting wrongly?
Because I actually agree with this part of your post:
"And the "us" and "them" divide is the last thing the human race needs. If religions want to do some good in the world, they need to get on the "love everyone" tenet that they each have."
It's true: and that includes everyone, not just those that pray to God.
Of course, one can then ask if we judge not, how will we bring change?
