thread: 2007-01-04 : Self-identification vs. Membership
On 2007-01-09, NinJ wrote:
I can't really argue with you there, Ralph. I mean, there have been smart people in the past who said things that help us navigate our lives, and that seems like the core purpose of religion to me.
But often, that reverence veers dangerously toward idolatry; that the line between God and a thing - a person, a statue, a name, a philosophy, whatever - gets hazy enough that we start worshiping ourselves, and that way lies a total loss of observation in deference to navel gazing.
