mm. I've always been a bit skeptical of people who do the right thing because they don't want to get God mad at them. Makes you wonder what they would do if they lost their faith ;)
>> Sam wrote: >> I'd >> be afraid of an entire society that doesn't have the fear of god to >> constrain the weak, the gullible or the people that don't know where >> the moral line is. > >Wow - I'm on the totally opposite side. I don't think religion does a >thing to keep people "moral"; especially because it's not compulsory! >The only people who go to church are volunteers - After all, we live >in a secular society. We could totally eliminate religion and it >wouldn't change a thing (except maybe prevent a few murders, child >rapes, etc.) > >Religion provides only 2 things: > >1.) Comfort when pondering one's purpose in infinity. >2.) Culture. > >Jesse Ventura once famously said that religion was for the weak minded >- maybe. And I know that it adds a lot to many people's lives. But >from where I sit: God, please protect me from your followers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:5/messageid:211680 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
