RE: Antitheism
February 3, 2016 at 7:21 am
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2016 at 7:22 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 3, 2016 at 7:15 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: You said The institutions and observances have a life all their own, apart from belief, as the swarms of "cultural catholics" such as myself ought to make clear.That's right, that's what I said. There isn't any such implication, you just couldn't find anything in what I said to bitch about, but really wanted to hit the quote button, lol.
In this statement there is the implication that belief isn't the only problem, that what belief created by manifesting itself overtime has become a problem as well. I'm saying that if you take care of the root cause of the first problem, you'll be solving the second one as well.
Quote:Because religion is the only thing that gives it meaning. Without religion, it doesn't have any meaning.That's not elaboration, that's reassertion. I'm still no closer to understanding why you think this is true.
Quote:Not sure how much more I can elaborate without giving the concept meaning myself, which would only serve to prove my point.Well, you could elaborate more by elaborating at all........
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