> > I'm defining religion as the set of devotional and ritual observances and > practices *associated* with a *faith*. >
Okay. You have the right to define religion however you like. > > That is, one can be a Christian but not be religious. Put another way, > one can believe in Jesus' philosophy but not put a foot in a church, not sip > once "the blood", not ever stone anyone. > Okay. You have the right to say someone can be Christian without ever getting into the rituals and observances and practices of Christianity. > > Further one could believe that Christian ritual as it stands today is a > bastardization of Christ's own teaching and thus be anti-religious, but > devoutly Christian. > I am sure there are many people who claim this and call themselves Christian. > Therefore, if you believe that religion is separate from faith (be it > Christianity, Judaism, or Shinto) then Christian allegory is NOT > pro-religion. > If you use your definition of religion, that you have built your whole line of thought on, then you are right. > > Especially if, did I mention?, that you believe modern Christian practice > is horribly demented from its original author: Jesus. > > Yes, I believe you did, which is good, because you are stating an opinion. Exactly what I was doing. Regardless, I still think the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is a book with obvious Christian intentions and I think the Golden Compass had anti-religious tones, though possibly not intentional. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247531 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
