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October 16, 2009 at 9:43 AM #470687October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM #469872
briansd1
GuestFunny video, Arraya.
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I said above that religion is good. But is can also be bad, very bad. Religion is divisive and sectarian and it’s the cause of wars. Well, as Allan said, war is about resources acquisitions, but religion gives war strength and fervor.Religion is like Tylenol. It’s good in moderate dosage but can be deadly when there’s too much. I like aspirin myself.
October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM #470053GuestFunny video, Arraya.
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I said above that religion is good. But is can also be bad, very bad. Religion is divisive and sectarian and it’s the cause of wars. Well, as Allan said, war is about resources acquisitions, but religion gives war strength and fervor.Religion is like Tylenol. It’s good in moderate dosage but can be deadly when there’s too much. I like aspirin myself.
October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM #470406GuestFunny video, Arraya.
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I said above that religion is good. But is can also be bad, very bad. Religion is divisive and sectarian and it’s the cause of wars. Well, as Allan said, war is about resources acquisitions, but religion gives war strength and fervor.Religion is like Tylenol. It’s good in moderate dosage but can be deadly when there’s too much. I like aspirin myself.
October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM #470478GuestFunny video, Arraya.
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I said above that religion is good. But is can also be bad, very bad. Religion is divisive and sectarian and it’s the cause of wars. Well, as Allan said, war is about resources acquisitions, but religion gives war strength and fervor.Religion is like Tylenol. It’s good in moderate dosage but can be deadly when there’s too much. I like aspirin myself.
October 16, 2009 at 9:58 AM #470692GuestFunny video, Arraya.
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I said above that religion is good. But is can also be bad, very bad. Religion is divisive and sectarian and it’s the cause of wars. Well, as Allan said, war is about resources acquisitions, but religion gives war strength and fervor.Religion is like Tylenol. It’s good in moderate dosage but can be deadly when there’s too much. I like aspirin myself.
October 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM #469882Arraya
ParticipantSure, war is over resource allocation or to expand markets, I 100% agree. Global capitalism has been the national religion of the US for some time now and the policy makers are fundamentalists. Economic models are belief systems just like religions, by definition, and there god is “growth”.
October 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM #470063ParticipantSure, war is over resource allocation or to expand markets, I 100% agree. Global capitalism has been the national religion of the US for some time now and the policy makers are fundamentalists. Economic models are belief systems just like religions, by definition, and there god is “growth”.
October 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM #470416ParticipantSure, war is over resource allocation or to expand markets, I 100% agree. Global capitalism has been the national religion of the US for some time now and the policy makers are fundamentalists. Economic models are belief systems just like religions, by definition, and there god is “growth”.
October 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM #470488ParticipantSure, war is over resource allocation or to expand markets, I 100% agree. Global capitalism has been the national religion of the US for some time now and the policy makers are fundamentalists. Economic models are belief systems just like religions, by definition, and there god is “growth”.
October 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM #470702ParticipantSure, war is over resource allocation or to expand markets, I 100% agree. Global capitalism has been the national religion of the US for some time now and the policy makers are fundamentalists. Economic models are belief systems just like religions, by definition, and there god is “growth”.
October 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM #469896Allan from Fallbrook
Participant[quote=briansd1][quote=afx114]Carl Sagan is my God.[/quote]
Me too. 🙂
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BTW, for those who miss the subtlety of it all, Carl Sagan is not God, he’s my “God” (just a figure of speech).[/quote]
Brian: Here’s the problem: You’re getting “God” mixed up with “Religion”. Religiosity and Spirituality are two very different things. I don’t think of God as some Monty Python-esque cartoon figure who lives in the sky.
I also don’t believe that the Bible holds all the answers. To the contrary, the issue of the Bible as a contiguous book is very much in dispute, as are the rulings of the Nicene Council as to what belongs and what doesn’t belong (apocryphal books and extant writings).
If you were to look at various men of science, including Einstein, Pascal and Descartes, I think you’d be surprised at the level of spirituality (as distinct from religiosity) present.
As a Jesuit Catholic, I was raised to believe that the flight to true enlightenment was on two wings: Faith and Reason. Neither supplants the other and both are held in equal regard.
When you impugn your evangelical “Kansans”, make sure you don’t toss those of us who are part of the very foundation of Western reason, science and philosophy under the bus, too.
October 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM #470077Participant[quote=briansd1][quote=afx114]Carl Sagan is my God.[/quote]
Me too. 🙂
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BTW, for those who miss the subtlety of it all, Carl Sagan is not God, he’s my “God” (just a figure of speech).[/quote]
Brian: Here’s the problem: You’re getting “God” mixed up with “Religion”. Religiosity and Spirituality are two very different things. I don’t think of God as some Monty Python-esque cartoon figure who lives in the sky.
I also don’t believe that the Bible holds all the answers. To the contrary, the issue of the Bible as a contiguous book is very much in dispute, as are the rulings of the Nicene Council as to what belongs and what doesn’t belong (apocryphal books and extant writings).
If you were to look at various men of science, including Einstein, Pascal and Descartes, I think you’d be surprised at the level of spirituality (as distinct from religiosity) present.
As a Jesuit Catholic, I was raised to believe that the flight to true enlightenment was on two wings: Faith and Reason. Neither supplants the other and both are held in equal regard.
When you impugn your evangelical “Kansans”, make sure you don’t toss those of us who are part of the very foundation of Western reason, science and philosophy under the bus, too.
October 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM #470431Participant[quote=briansd1][quote=afx114]Carl Sagan is my God.[/quote]
Me too. 🙂
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BTW, for those who miss the subtlety of it all, Carl Sagan is not God, he’s my “God” (just a figure of speech).[/quote]
Brian: Here’s the problem: You’re getting “God” mixed up with “Religion”. Religiosity and Spirituality are two very different things. I don’t think of God as some Monty Python-esque cartoon figure who lives in the sky.
I also don’t believe that the Bible holds all the answers. To the contrary, the issue of the Bible as a contiguous book is very much in dispute, as are the rulings of the Nicene Council as to what belongs and what doesn’t belong (apocryphal books and extant writings).
If you were to look at various men of science, including Einstein, Pascal and Descartes, I think you’d be surprised at the level of spirituality (as distinct from religiosity) present.
As a Jesuit Catholic, I was raised to believe that the flight to true enlightenment was on two wings: Faith and Reason. Neither supplants the other and both are held in equal regard.
When you impugn your evangelical “Kansans”, make sure you don’t toss those of us who are part of the very foundation of Western reason, science and philosophy under the bus, too.
October 16, 2009 at 10:41 AM #470503Participant[quote=briansd1][quote=afx114]Carl Sagan is my God.[/quote]
Me too. 🙂
——
BTW, for those who miss the subtlety of it all, Carl Sagan is not God, he’s my “God” (just a figure of speech).[/quote]
Brian: Here’s the problem: You’re getting “God” mixed up with “Religion”. Religiosity and Spirituality are two very different things. I don’t think of God as some Monty Python-esque cartoon figure who lives in the sky.
I also don’t believe that the Bible holds all the answers. To the contrary, the issue of the Bible as a contiguous book is very much in dispute, as are the rulings of the Nicene Council as to what belongs and what doesn’t belong (apocryphal books and extant writings).
If you were to look at various men of science, including Einstein, Pascal and Descartes, I think you’d be surprised at the level of spirituality (as distinct from religiosity) present.
As a Jesuit Catholic, I was raised to believe that the flight to true enlightenment was on two wings: Faith and Reason. Neither supplants the other and both are held in equal regard.
When you impugn your evangelical “Kansans”, make sure you don’t toss those of us who are part of the very foundation of Western reason, science and philosophy under the bus, too.
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