I've been avoiding the Bush thread; the discussion there became a bit too circular for me.
It would seem to me that either there is a God, whom various peoples worship in ways and under names of their own choosing, or there is no God, and people have a common need to invent one. I have no personal evidence that either of these is true, and I'm not sure that anyone has a right to declare anyone else's belief a misconception. It is possible, of course, to challenge the logic of another's belief, but since belief is generally a matter of faith, not logic, it is seldom very useful.
There is, of course, a right to classify actions based on belief, and occasionally to prohibit them.
The notion that God, if God exists, would favor one name or belief over another seems rather more human than divine to me. |
