Re: Re: the love torture

2013-07-13 Thread John Clark
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 Alberto G. Corona wrote: > Religion is about sacrifices. > I know, religion is big on sacrifices, especially Christianity, and that's the problem. It seems to me that a good rule of thumb is be suspicious of any religion who's most sacred symbol is a torture device. I suppo

Re: Re: the love torture

2013-07-10 Thread Alberto G. Corona
More recently I heard tell of a woman preacher who suddenly announced to her starteled congfregation that at last she was free, she had becomnwe an atheist. That feeling of freedom is normal. after a while she will fee a vacuum since the religious instinct impulse people to meet people with simila

Re: Re: the love torture

2013-07-10 Thread Roger Clough
Hi Alberto G. Corona Fanaticism is sometimes part of organized reilgion, at least that's how our liberal atheists in Hollywood portray it. And damaging if you're a child or dumb enough to stay. Bart Ehrman was brought up in such a strict fundamentalist family and as soon as he came into the ac