Peach Pit
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Nov 16, 2006, 7:19 AM
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Think. "Love Thy Neighbor" "Feed The Hungry", do they not all reflect the same message? However you should know that they come from two completely different texts, the first one from the Bible, and the latter from the Koran. These two religions are quite different yes? However do they not say the same things? Are they not based on the same ideals? Look around the world and you'll see the same essential ideals reflected in different languages.
Divine infuence isn't the only real conclusion you can come to. People have the same ideas all the time, just the fact/notion that a moral conscience guides you to this differs... But from what you said, you believe that God is that moral conscience, or is it just guilt?
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If you REALLY think about it without much bias, you can see how illogical a God that controls/creates everything is.
Peach Pit, you are in no position to criticize coolgreencat for not elaborating.
I had to go to Shrimp Cocktail...
Anyways, I feel I have been brought up without a ton of atheist bias. I was brought up Roman Catholic, got confirmed, and then just decided for myself that in more of a realist world, a supernatural entity shouldn't exist. The main basis Catholics use for their God is the Bible. A collection of 'stories' or 'factual accounts' that are put together to give basis for our faith. Many other stories/accounts were considered, many of the same occurrences/events, many unique events, were not put into the Bible. You can read these extra stories at the Vatican, but most of them are much dryer and less 'flashy'.
FYI, a Myth is a story that is exaggerated greatly, so that people can understand it's meaning or moral. In native Canada, elders would create myths about a great turtle that carried land on it's back, swimming in and endless void or water and sky. It is all about a woman who fell from the sky and caused the world to be created. Most of you, I assume, would find this completely absurd?!?! But then, in the Bible, God takes a rib out of Adam and creates Eve!
But of course, in religion class we learn about reading within the context. The whole story about Adam and Eve and the rib, might not exactly have happened that way. Which does make perfect sense, It's an analogy or 'parable' (Where else have we seen parables?) to help us understand that God created the world. He might not have done it the way recorded, it's just simplified to help people understand. But then I thought, what if God was just a simplification or analgoy to help us understand ourselves, and the world around us? What if God is just a 'boogie man' style story, preventing little kids from stealing cookies, preventing men from stealing anything. What if the notion of a God is just to keep us in line?
Now, I totally agree with the 10 Commandments, the other cornerstone of Catholics. They are some good ideas. But, imagine, some guy just walked down from the mountain and told you what to do and how to live your lives. Not many of you, I hope, would listen. He is just a man, who does he think he is?? But look now, GOD sent this list down from the mountain. It's a simplified way to get people to listen to good ideas.
Religion is just a tool used for getting people the right ideas in their head, being a good person. I have no qualms with people who follow a religion, it helps them be a good person. But I feel that you can be a good person without believing in God.
bye.
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