Agree on all points. On 9/5/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > gMoney wrote: > > That is a really fucked up definition of religion dude. > > Take your typical "C/E Catholics" (no I'm not picking on them, just an > example). That means "Christmas and Easter Catholics", which means > they only go to church on Christmas and Easter. > > Well, that's not very religious from a Catholic perspective. It's > fine by me, and I think CEs have every right to do as they see fit, > but their religion doesn't see it that way. > > An opposing example could be the Amish. They are arguably much more > true to a literal interpretation of the Bible, but the difference is > that you don't see many people that are sort-of Amish or CE Amish. > Typically you either are or you aren't. > > My issue with religion is the cult aspects which most religions are > founded on. They aren't centered on the individual, but the group. > They leave little freedom for personal interpretation within the > religion. > > That's different from the nutter who interprets so strictly that > he/she breaks the Golden Rule. > > However, when government is combined with religion, now the religious > leaders have the power to *enforce* religion. Typically that's when > things start to go wrong because most religions, including all Yahweh > based religions say that their's is the one true religion and all the > rest are wrong. > > Because of that, I'm not religious at all. > >
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