--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...> wrote: <snip> > If you have decided that some scriptures are not the holy > word of God, and therefore, the ideas in that book should > be treated like any other human ideas, then you share my > exact feelings about the Hindu scriptures. People can > and do believe what they like. But if you don't believe > every religion's scriptures and practice every direct > command from their word of God, then you have made the > same choices I have.
Speaking for myself, not exactly. I don't believe any of them, but I haven't made the choice to rant about how "absurd" it is for the folks who do to have "superstitious tribal beliefs." I haven't chosen to declare their beliefs "bullshit" or "horrific and repugnant" or accuse them of making "absurdly inflated claims." I haven't chosen to announce that society should "denounce" their beliefs. I don't demean religious people by referring to their "special books" and "imaginary friends." Not believing in scripture doesn't automatically lead to those choices.
