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Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
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Theists, what do you mean when you say 'holy'?
June 2, 2012 at 12:59 am
(May 25, 2012 at 12:40 am)kılıç_mehmet Wrote:
(May 24, 2012 at 3:28 pm)Annik Wrote: I know I'm not a theist, but I do have an opinion on things being holy or sacred. Nothing should be. Absolutely nothing. When something because unquestionable, you become manipulable. I'm not saying trust no one or anything like that, but questioning is a good practice. Never stop asking why, ect.

Absolutely nothing, you say?
Nothing?
I don't think that you can really bear the burden of such a statement, so I won't push it any further.

Nothing is(or should be) sacred and beyond questioning. If that were so we would still believe that the sun orbits the earth.
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