RE: When is a Religious Belief Delusional?
August 31, 2018 at 11:54 am
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2018 at 11:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(August 31, 2018 at 11:52 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: That is true. To the degree that a new doctrine or revelation is being introduced it should be viewed skeptically. That is why I admitted that the internal safe-guards include consistency with prior teachings and would add that this safeguard is more of a warning sign than a test. A new doctrine could be a further clarification of prior revelations and historically these have not always been accepted. That is why there are still religious Jews and why Christians do not convert to Islam.I strongly doubt that a work of fiction having a good editor -or- a bad editor is an indicator of it's divine origin -or- a particulalry useful "warning". You know that only takes a pen and some whiteout..right?
Quote:I do not consider the practice of prayer, in and of itself, evidence of delusion.
Neither do I.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
