On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[email protected]> wrote: > > actually, now that I think about it, doesn't christianity teach > original sin....that were born with sin and we must atone for it? > > Sounds like guilt to me.
So what? I never said that religion doesn't foster guilt. Of course it does. What I said is that you don't need to believe in God to feel guilty about doing something wrong. And whether that comes from a natural sense of right/wrong, or from societal pressures (which probably do stem from religion), either way, if you murder someone because you covet their spouse for yourself, you shouldn't need the ten commandments to make you feel guilty about it. Nor should you need the ten commandments to prevent you from doing it. Of course, the problem is when you do something horrible in the name of God... like an abortion clinic bomber, who feels NO guilt about the consequences of his action. (hey, can we talk about gun control too?) Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:306206 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
