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Originally Posted by tiptap
stevieray, we both know there are actions and choices resulting from one's beliefs. I do try to allow for those who choose religions. I remember the succor offered by my religious beliefs when I was all so much younger. I do not want to remove that. Many people act morally because they do have such beliefs. And I am better off for it.
I also know that religious beliefs can quickly move to action that is harmful. That is what I point to as wrong whether it is Koran, Bible or whatever. If you think you have god on your side and you also think god says it is ok to kill unbelievers (Catholics killed heretics, Protestants likewise as well as Muslims) then the universal message degrades to clan against clan.
It is only to put our understanding on human scale and remove the tendency to think I know what god wants that I point out the vagrancies in the Bible. It is a poor science book. Jesus' teachings are a grand moral teaching. Everything else is mixed accounts of history and sometimes quite petty.
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I'm out the door...discuss later. thanks for replying.