ok, I see your point. I do think that they're referring to the artificial guilt created by religions for stuff like the simple act of "coveting your neighbors wife".....cause really, is there anything wrong with *thinking* the soccer mom 3 houses down would be one heck of a kinky ride. :) If you don't act on it, no harm is done to anyone.
On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:11 AM, Rick Root wrote: > > 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:306207 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
