The defining characteristic of the religious is their belief in God, not their membership in a particular religion.
So let's see, if you're a citizen, you're a citizen and it makes no difference what country you're a citizen of.... Iraq, Communist China, USSR, USA. Why's that important anyway? You've got a gov't that you can believe in. Isn't that enough?
I thibk you're trying to sweep too much under the rug here.
is an explanation of the nature of Homo sapiens.
The same claim can be made of evolution. You are the end product of a long, long series of successes and failures as life adapted to this planet.
Religion tells us who we are, what we are, and why we are.
It may tell you who you are, what you are, why you are, but it also tells me: It tells me you are superstitious.
To be "religious" means first and foremost that you submit your ego to the existence of God.
You obviously have met some of the egotistical religious people I have. They submit their ego to nothing.
You don't have to go to church to be religious; you don't have to belong to any religious institution; you don't have to subscribe to any set of dogma or religious tenets. You just have to believe in God.
The defining characteristic of the religious is their belief in God, not their membership in a particular religion.
Variant of the "I define who a Christian is" argument. If I claim to be a Christian (or an atheist) and I set out to convince you of this, do you really think you could tell I am not.
Does only God know who Chistians are?
What if there is no God? Do Christians then not exist?
there exists a body of wisdom as to what God expects of us; wisdom as to what is right and what is moral (e.g., the ten commandments)
The ten commandments are Judeo-Christian. What of the thousands of other religions? Where is their counterpart in the Greek Pantheon?
When the existence of God is denied, a vacuum is created which must be filled with an countervailing credo.
The fact that societies need a set of rules does NOT mean God exists. PERIOD. |
