(December 21, 2018 at 3:02 pm)tackattack Wrote: By practicing religion, we are following Christ's teachings and sometimes it takes a lot of work.
All musicians, doctors, sports stars, lawyers, Christians don't always always get it right.
Certainly there are crappy doctors, crappy lawyers, crappy sports stars, Christians. You can practice Religion and still suck at it sure.
But with religion, just like music, we keep practicing. The struggle is real sometimes.
No, you like the idea of your "goodness" stemming from the mythology someone sold you.
Our species ability to be non violent and have empathy for others, isn't rooted in an old book that claims babies can be born without a second set of DNA and have super powers.
Do you need to "practice" the teachings of the Ancient Egyptian mythology? Can you seriously try to argue that those who believed in Ra and Osiris and Horus didn't have their holy people "practicing" their rituals and getting others to buy it as the credible source of our species morality?
They were a successful society for over 3,000 years. Yet, somehow, you don't "practice" their rituals. I am sure you rightfully would say the ancient Egyptians simply bought and sold bad claims and falsely thought their God/s were the source of their morality.
The ancient Egyptians FOLLOWED because humans didn't know any better back then. It takes no "practice" to follow. It may take time to absorb sure, but that is simply following.
