Cherry Picking
July 10, 2013 at 4:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 10, 2013 at 4:17 pm by Bad Writer.)
The concept of Cherry Picking is derived from the idea of a gardener harvesting the fruit from his cherry trees. He determines the health of a cherry by careful examination of its physical appearance, and also by its feel. This concept is used as an apt analogy for how followers of religion pick and choose the good and bad from its historical and (this especially) its religious documents.
Religions come with the good, the bad, and the ugly. What I would like to discuss is the process for how this is done, the merits of doing so, and the pitfalls that are associated with it as well. Since most people here have been or are associated with Christianity, I expect there to be much talk of the Bible, but I put this in the main section of the Religion forum as to way to not exclude other faiths from the discussion.
Religions come with the good, the bad, and the ugly. What I would like to discuss is the process for how this is done, the merits of doing so, and the pitfalls that are associated with it as well. Since most people here have been or are associated with Christianity, I expect there to be much talk of the Bible, but I put this in the main section of the Religion forum as to way to not exclude other faiths from the discussion.
