On 7/28/07, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 28 Jul 2007, at 20:16, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > On 7/27/07, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> I'm not arguing with that. I'm arguing with the fact that religions > >> present their stories as being actually true > > > > > > That is patently untrue. > > Religions don't present their stories as being literally true?
No, they don't. Some people choose to take all of them literally, but the vast majority do not take every religious story literally. Surely you knew that. Perhaps you are confusing the stereotypes of fundamentalism with reality? Many religions have creeds -- short statements of faith that one chooses to accept as true if one is to profess that faith. Creeds exists specifically to identify the key truths in one's faith. There would be no need for them if everybody believed everything is literally true. My religion's creed says that Jesus died, was buried, descended into Hell and rose again after three days. I believe that's true, but I don't know if it is literally true. Some Christian churches would consider me a heretic for that, I suppose, but most are quite tolerant of those who confess their lack of complete understanding. Only the fundamentalists think they understand it all... and I have no truck with them. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
