> :If I remember correctly, there was a certain communist leader > :with the same idea and way of saying it. :) > > Great, thanks Mike, now I'm gonna get Commie alerted again.....crap...;-) :)
> But religion DOES hold a sway over the masses, the same as any other > interest a person has, doesn't it? Again, I think your focused on a single religion as your example. What religions hold sway over the masses? How? Do all religious people vote as a block because their single religious leader tells them to? Is there a central religious leader for all religions? > :But even your statement about religion holding sway over the masses shows > your > :point of view. > > Right, I do have a point of view. And from there, my perception is that > religion holds or piques(sp?) it's members interest so that they follow it. Yes, but the way that a point of view is stated shades the entire conversation. It's origin is in a dictatoral, anti-religious political movement and its use brings that movement to mind (or at least what it stood for). Either way, 'holds sway over the masses' implies that the religion controls those masses. I have yet to see any religion do that. Let me put this down for a point of view. I'm religious. It is my choice to be so. I know all the things I can do if I didn't live by the values and burden that I carry. I could work on Shabbos. I could eat all the fun food that everyone else does. I could do more than just seduce women with chocolate. I could do, be and live so much more. But it would not be me. I'm who I am and hold by what I hold by because I chose to and because I believe it is right. I think most everyone else who is religious holds to their religion not because it holds sway over them, not because they were forced to, but because they feel that it is the right thing to do. I know people who are not religious and I can not say that they are any better than I am. And not being religious is as much their religion as mine is in many cases. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
