Actually Bryan, I've personally found that organized religion is pretty muc
like most other things.
yes, there arethe zealots and idiots, but there are also a lot of reasonable
people, indeed my dad and I have been members of the councel for Christians
and jews for a long while, and it's amazing how many priests and rabi's turn
up to those meetings, even Catholics and Orthedox jews.
Interestingly enough I've actually started attending methodist meetings
recently at my university, and while there are a couple of people I'd think
of as overly zealous, most are quite reasonable indeed.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Peterson" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Merry Christmas
And that's precisely why I never adopted a religion and why I'm generally
against organized religion on principle. Each claims it's right and the
others are wrong. My belief doesn't sit well with my extremely Catholic
gradmother I can tell you.
They're coming to take me away, ha-haaa!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 25, 2011 1:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Merry Christmas
Hi Dark,
I know the feeling. I'm something of a universalist myself, study
religious texts regardless of the religion in question and some of the
people I know find me, well, a bit eccentric because I haven't settled
on any specific religion. Each claim to be the one true religion,
that their values or beliefs are somehow more superior to the rest,
but I don't see it that way as I see both good and bad in all of the
religions I've studied. I guess that is the difference between
philosophers like you and I and someone who has adopted a religion.
Cheers!
On 12/25/11, dark <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi David.
If I belong to a religion, I hold myself as a universalist, ie, elieving
that the devine can be found in many different places and beliefs.
In my flat above my fireplace I have a shelf with a jewish Manora, a
small
quartz crystal, a statue of the hindu god Ganesh, a Buhda, and a
crucifix
(indeed the only reason i don't have something from Islam is that
Muslims
are a litle like quakers and don't go in for symbolism).
So I try to remember everyone's beliefs as much as possible, ---- in
fact as
a former musician for a band of morris men I've run across a fair few
wickens and stil have some very wicken friends.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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