(July 25, 2011 at 7:51 am)fr0d0 Wrote:(July 25, 2011 at 1:20 am)Epimethean Wrote: I think acting in a way counter to these natural influences due to religion is less authentic than doing so as a result of authentic and natural responses developed and enhanced by life's experiences, fr0d0. Seeking solace in an age-old book seems a bit of a lame prescription.Less authentic? You mean not quite but will do anyway??
And if the age old book got it right and nobody said it better you'd still ignore the age old book??
Less authentic=less driven by natural means and more artificial (with the root meaning of artifice in place).
My issue is that no one book gets it all right and the bible has so much that either never was right or is no longer applicable in modern society; clinging to it is a playbook for bad practice.
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