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To: Clappy who wrote (50808)5/1/2002 9:13:09 PM
From: Ex-INTCfan  Read Replies (1) of 65232
 
Clappy -- Yours is probably the most thoughtful and courageous post I have ever seen.

You aren't knocking religion -- you are identifying some human frailities.

Man has come close to ruining religion. When we listen to those outside ourselves, we are setting ourselves up for failure. Religion has become the equivalent of style to many people. "If you don't wear the clothes I wear and cut your hair the same way, you are no good (going to hell)." Some people use it to separate us from one another, rather than to bring us together.

The intents of most religions seem good. They served a secular societal need at one point, when they were the primary means of controlling large groups and fostering harmony. Now they seem to be creating the opposite of what was intended, at least when people begin comparing them to other religions and judging other people based on their beliefs.

I think, for the most part, the religions are good. Sure, some of them are a few thousand years behind on such issues as whether men are equal to women, but they have a lot of it right. We are screwing up their interpretations.

Would we be better off without them? I dunno. Maybe we need them more than ever. But I sure would like to get the zealots in ALL religions off their high horses. AND THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. (HINT TO THEM: This post and clappy's post will upset them.)

Ex-INTCfan
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