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In the discussion thread: Good Theology Must Keep Religion From Sliding Into Superstition & Persecution [View all]

Thu May 3, 2012, 08:40 PM

darkstar3 (8,763 posts)

39. Which begs the question "from where to you derive your sense of good?"

After all, if religion and theology are being dragged forward by others who share your sense of good, then that sense doesn't come from religion or theology.

Perhaps some of us would want to live in a world without a system of religious morals. I think someone else around here might benefit from that message...

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46 replies	Author	Time	Post
Good Theology Must Keep Religion From Sliding Into Superstition & Persecution [View all]	rug	May 2012	OP
I consider all theology to be pulling BS out of one's ass.	Odin2005	May 2012	#1
How do you like Aristotle?	rug	May 2012	#3
His stuff on politics and ethics is OK, the rest is shit.	Odin2005	May 2012	#14
Wow, that's just ugly, Odin. And this is specifically about GLBTQ theology.	cbayer	May 2012	#20
Theology can be used to justify anything.	Odin2005	May 2012	#23
Again, that is not what this is about.	cbayer	May 2012	#24
Religious people use theology to justify their own beliefs.	Odin2005	May 2012	#35
Well that's a lot better than saying that it's just bullshit pulled out of someone's ass.	cbayer	May 2012	#37
Theology can be used to justify anything.	AlbertCat	May 2012	#31
I suspect the use of the word 'all' coupled with a not very funny obsenity	Thats my opinion	May 2012	#25
That isn't a very thoughtful response. n/t	laconicsax	May 2012	#26
Bigotry against an academic discipline?	laconicsax	May 2012	#32
Not liking BS is bigoted?	Odin2005	May 2012	#36
If it's religious B.S., yes.	trotsky	May 2012	#40
LOL!	laconicsax	May 2012	#2
What was the prayer?	rug	May 2012	#4
I honestly don't remember.	laconicsax	May 2012	#7
religion starts out as superstition and persecution...	mike_c	May 2012	#5
Read past the headline yet?	rug	May 2012	#6
actually, I was responding to the headline....	mike_c	May 2012	#8
The more I post, the more I realize that many people never read beyond the headline.	cbayer	May 2012	#9
Today I posted a story about the same story I posted 6 weeks ago.	rug	May 2012	#10
I did, too	cbayer	May 2012	#11
When a headline is such egregious bullshit, as this one, it obscures anything else.	Warren Stupidity	May 2012	#16
No need to rationalize your recoiling from different viewpoints.	rug	May 2012	#18
What is egregious bullshit about this headline? It's a really interesting article	cbayer	May 2012	#21
To some, lying is egregious bullshit.	Act_of_Reparation	May 2012	#45
Read past the headline yet?	AlbertCat	May 2012	#33
People boast of the strangest things.	rug	May 2012	#38
People boast of the strangest things.	AlbertCat	May 2012	#46
very interesting....thanks for posting.	madrchsod	May 2012	#12
Religion vs. superstition. The Romans, naive lads that they were, used the same	dimbear	May 2012	#13
"Good theology" is an oxymoron.	darkstar3	May 2012	#15
Perhaps it is good that there is a GLBTQ theology being developed and taught	cbayer	May 2012	#22
Which begs the question "from where to you derive your sense of good?"	darkstar3	May 2012	#39
I derive it from my upbringing and experience, which was steeped in the church.	cbayer	May 2012	#41
Don't worry, I suspect the audience for which that was intended will understand perfectly.	darkstar3	May 2012	#42
Because the church I was affiliated with had vehement views on civil rights	cbayer	May 2012	#43
And do your views about GLBT people specifically	darkstar3	May 2012	#44
At least that's better than Odin nt	Thats my opinion	May 2012	#27
The results are in!	Yuugal	May 2012	#34
I am always for more ecumenical religions	longship	May 2012	#17
Great news. I hope that more seminaries will start to include this in their	cbayer	May 2012	#19
Would one use the term Theology	edhopper	May 2012	#28
Another question	edhopper	May 2012	#29
How do you not slide into superstition....	AlbertCat	May 2012	#30

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