RE: Religious "moderates" and atheists
May 24, 2014 at 1:37 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2014 at 1:39 pm by Mudhammam.)
(May 24, 2014 at 8:18 am)archangle Wrote:(May 24, 2014 at 1:54 am)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Which raises the other issue I have a big problem with, and think anyone who truly grasps the suffering it causes does too--that fundamentalism involves raising children ill-equipped to think freely, to use their reasoning faculties to question all ideas and formulate their own views independent of that lingering voice in the back of their head which they misunderstand as God's. It is that haranguing voice of authority that utters condemnations when one steps too far over the line, an all-too-human screech. It is not the voice of a well-reasoned moral compass but that of a diabolical theocrat.
so the problem is fundies ... not religion. Been saying that since i was in the sixth grade. your almost there ... keep thinking and talking.
That's what this entire thread is about.
(May 24, 2014 at 11:33 am)Lek Wrote: He never said that, as a general rule, we must give all our possessions away, rather we are to be good stewards of them. Everything we have is on loan from God and is to be used for his purposes.
A good steward? Meaning....?
"his purposes"? Meaning....?