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In reply to the discussion: Religion is not the Problem: But is it the Answer...? [View all]deucemagnet
(4,549 posts)37. Hey! Where'd those goalposts go? n/t
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IMO, the greatest danger of practicing religion is that it trains one to evaluate life issues
ladjf
Jan 2013
#1
There really is no true objectivity. Even science cannot withstand the role of the self. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#2
Religions are numerous and they are pliable. There is the religion of Tibetan Buddhism which
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#25
Religion is a symbolism of what the mind cannot possibly grasp. There are no gods no, but there is
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#8
1000's of years anecdotal history of spiritual experience by my ancestors, and my own personal
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#10
I don't see why thousands of years of history should be dismissed? You can even place this history
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#17
The central premise of religion was never meant to withstand the "evidence" you are talking about.
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#36
You're not seeing what religion is actually about. Religion is very simple, it needs no evidence,
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#50
Because no one has ever gone through a black hole and come back with factual data.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#72
That is all a misunderstanding of religion on either side. That is precisely the issue I wrote
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#20
So much of what religion teaches is fact based, you are cherry picking fundamentalist teachings....
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#55
He is documented historically. That Jesus lived is a fact. It's been investigated ad naseum.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#71
Per Wiki: Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#75
There is actually according to "The Jesus Dynasty" tremendous amounts of historical records of
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#80
Josephus the Jewish historian. Some prime evidence is the existence of the oral history that led
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#85
The best answer to the question of why should I go to church came from a priest many years ago.
rug
Jan 2013
#21
That is really the essence of the spiritual path vs the religious. They each fulfill their time
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#24
Yes, the Catholic Church became a powerful component in the world. Still is.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#74
Well scottie, it seems it's you, scottie, not him accusing me of having a "myopic worldview".
rug
Jan 2013
#45
Sorry, I have no clue what your talking about. Could you rephrase? I am a fool after-all:
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#46
So true...to actually present a religious conservative with The Beatitudes is almost comical, if not
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#27
I think we really don't "need" religion but the fact is that by account of a spiritual path there
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#31
Religion is the byproduct of a master's teaching disintegrated by the ego's that follow.
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#78
You cannot combat a misunderstanding with a misunderstanding is more apt. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#79