(September 2, 2022 at 2:15 am)Fake Messiah Wrote:(September 1, 2022 at 7:45 pm)h311inac311 Wrote: Okay Aegon, what is the nature of religion?
Is it good, bad or neutral?
It's bad. I mean, look at yourself. You believe that Earth is flat because of religion. That can not be good.
Off topic, but I have to ask you, why do you blame my religion for initiating my curiosity about the shape of our realm?
I can tell you it was no appeal to scriptura which first opened my mind to the idea that our earth may in fact be level and stationary. Again, that discussion of physical truth isn't exactly what this thread is about, or is it?
It seems to me that both Aegon and Nudger are upset by and large with Theocratic over-reach or the use of an appeal to god as a means of manipulation. If you've ever read any of the prophets I'm sure you would be surprised by how often it is the lone shepherd who is advocating on behalf of a love for his creator.
Thomas Jefferson has said something which I find both inspiring and also fairly true, he considered faith to be a fairly personal thing. An intimate, private and often times secret relationship that one shares with his idea of God within his own imagination, requests and meditations. Much like the blind men who cannot agree on what an elephant is, that is, until the sun comes up and reveals all for them to see.
Each of us has our own conception of who God is, but when I hear you guys speak on him it seems as though you are more concerned with ideas such as liberty, freedom of thought as well as the freedom to explore whatever moral system you wish to establish. I would argue then that your issue is with the interpretation of how to apply the Bible, rather than the whole of its testament to human kind.
