I think it might be better for you not to try and undermine said pagan rationalism by putting it in quotes, if that is what you were trying. If it wasn't, then all apologies for my rudeness.
As for my own bit on this topic Emile, I am very unsure of my religious standing right now. I was raised a Catholic, but the ground is shifting under my ideological dream house and I'm just sitting under a door frame waiting to pick up the broken dishes (or broken conceptions of God) when it's over. A philosophy class did that to me, got me thinking. Right now I'm theistic, but maybe not a Christian.
Anyone would have to admit that the bulk of the teachings of Jesus are highly enlightened. This would be quite a world if everyone did unto others as they'd have done to them. Love your neighbor as yourself? I'm all for it. On other points, I have to wonder though.
There is a passage where Jesus, despite figs not being in season, smites a fig tree because it doesn't have fruit for him and his apostles. This seems a bit strange from the son of God. I'm not going to comment on the whole concept of Hell beyond saying I find it completely out of line with an all-loving God. Oh, and I find the condemnation of homosexuality and birth control by the Catholic church to be foolish and hypocritical, respectively.
So Emile, as ever I'm between two arguments on this one; a temperate zone between polar opposites. I'll end up either arguing with everyone or keeping everyone from each other's throats. Another distinct possibility is that I once again lose the free time needed to check on this and drift off for another month.
In any case, I'm out of words and tired.
-Tom Kiesel
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