(July 22, 2014 at 12:35 pm)Sen McGlinn Wrote:(July 22, 2014 at 8:07 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: I'm still supremely skeptical of any set of doctrines that can be hand-washed away by saying "Those stupid members of <insert religion here> just don't get it".
Yet it's true, not just of religion but of life in general, that anyone with something really worthwhile and novel to say, will be generally misunderstood. If you exclude these people from your attention, you will be left with the mediocre.
That's sort of what I feel whenever I see progressive revelation- even though I know people have their hearts in the right place it feels like "all religions are equal but some are more equal than others."
Luke: You don't believe in the Force, do you?
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
Han Solo: Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, and I've seen a lot of strange stuff, but I've never seen *anything* to make me believe that there's one all-powerful Force controlling everything. 'Cause no mystical energy field controls *my* destiny. It's all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
