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RE: Which Religion got it right?
June 20, 2010 at 5:14 pm
(June 20, 2010 at 3:38 pm)Ashendant Wrote: (June 20, 2010 at 1:14 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:it would probably be this one.
Sadly, Zeus is no more real than Yahweh, his illegitimate son, or allah. Just made up shit that serves the purposes of the priest class.
At least Zeus was not quite the same murderous old bastard as the angry desert gods.
He was a rapist, and a smiter by nature but i think he just smote supernatural being so that might be a moot point, i think buddhist is most tolerant of all religions and the most near of what a religion should be about, clearing your mind so you can think better and clearer(specificily meditation which is what prayer essentially is) you can even be a buddhist and be of other religions
Buddhism and Jainism are by far the most tolerant and moral religions, and Buddhism has the added advantage of being atheistic (though certainly not rational). However, secular humanism is just religion without the dogma and metaphysical mumbo-jumbo.
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RE: Which Religion got it right?
June 20, 2010 at 6:17 pm
Like all mythologies (christian, moslem, buddhist etc), greek mythology is completely false. However:
1. Greek mythology has better stories than most, written down by absolutely top quality authors- Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Sophocles... you just can't beat those guys.
2. The greek view of godhood is far more humanized than the hideous desert gods of the abrahamic religions. The greek gods are fallible, have quarrels etc. In actuality, they're more idealizations of human qualities than anything that a monotheist would recognize as a god.
3. Greek art is fantastic, and most of it is religious.
He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.
Mikhail Bakunin
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything
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