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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (11342)	4/14/2001 4:30:22 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Incidentally, most people that I know would not make religion solely, or even principally, an issue of someone keeping score of one's actions. Keeping score may be a minor part of religion for a believer, but for a non-believer it's THE salient part. If there is some authority enforcing a penalty on non-believers in the afterlife, then one really doesn't have a choice but to believe and submit. If there is no penalty in the afterlife, one can choose to believe or not based on what one observes in life. You know how fond I am of choice. <g> Karen

To: Neocon who wrote (11342)	4/14/2001 5:04:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I have been familiar with the "executive summary" of differences among religions and major sects since I was rather young. Didn't take much time. For many things, familiarity is enough. Understanding issues, IMO, require profound knowledge. I've achieved profound knowledge on a few subjects and I know how easy it for those with less to miss the point entirely and not have a clue that they've done so. I don't think it's possible to answer the Lutheran/Catholic questions I asked with much less than profound knowledge, which does not come easily. I'm always surprised at how quickly people form opinions on complex issues. Just recently we talked about Sudan. We had testimony from some victims and a couple of newspaper articles only one of which began to ask the right questions let alone offer answers. I'm still not convinced that the problem is even correctly characterized as primarily a slavery problem. The executive summary I want to read is the synthesized wisdom of someone with profound knowledge. I don't have the time or inclination to gain my own profound knowledge on the subject of religion but I think the subject deserves more than some half-assed conclusions. If I ever find a suitable executive summary, I will study it carefully. Karen