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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (680)9/7/1998 3:30:00 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) of 1542
 
Zeev,

I don't know who gave us the right to question. It is enough for me to know that we have the capacity. Just as the capacity to think carries with it the obligation to think, the capacity to question carries with it the obligation to use that capacity. In my opinion, of course.

To whom do we owe this obligation? To ourselves, if nobody else.

My own decision, less than conscious, to turn away from the religious training of my unreasoning years came when I was introduced to the concept of original sin. I could not - and still cannot - accept that a God who would condemn individuals for an act they did not commit is deserving of anything but censure. Interesting to note that without original sin, there is no need for redemption, and the entire Christian drama crumbles.

Faith is the last refuge of the savage, just as patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

In my opinion, of course.

Steve
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