(February 6, 2010 at 5:31 pm)Darwinian Wrote: Also, I have no limited opinion of anyone, nor do I object. I simply wondered why people who so obviously seem religious according to any sensible definition of the world seem to recoil from that label.
Isn't it obvious? Several reasons which I have discussed. They don't fit the mold, they don't belong to any organized religion, they don't agree with your definition, they don't approve of the history of religion . . . it is similar to you having some objection to being called an Atheist. A great deal more information is available to people on the subject of religion and there is, it seems, a multitude of people who believe in the Bible but not religion.
For me personally its similar to political frustration. Freedom and democracy seem like a pretty good idea but hand those ideas over to the chosen few of the masses and, well . . . give anyone too much rope and they'll fuck it up.
