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To: tejek who wrote (367715)	1/21/2008 2:52:30 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575608

Ted, > And how was MLK hypocritical? Marital infidelity. No one cares, however, because of Dr. King's work, which is almost universally accepted in our culture, even by non-Christians. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (367715)	1/21/2008 4:32:34 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575608

Its not just that many of the leaders of religion are hypocritical but their participants are as well. True of everything made up of human beings. Including the civil rights movement as an example. Why do you think so many rational thinking adults are turned off by organized religion? Many reasons but not because they're rational thinking imo. And I've been there and done that. And how was MLK hypocritical? I see thats already been answered. An example of the perfect being the enemy of the good and the folly of obsessing on human failings and hypocrisies. I never said I was perfect Nor have I. nor am I critical of the human failings of the religious. But you are - "Its not just that many of the leaders of religion are hypocritical but their participants are as well." What pisses me off is that they have the audacity to be critical of the rest of us when their own house is not in order. And what makes you think they are critical of the rest of you. If they want to go to church every Sunday, so be it but leave the rest of us to express our spiritualism in our own way. Who is keeping you from that? Who is disturbing you?

To: tejek who wrote (367715)	1/21/2008 4:37:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575608

Its not just that many of the leaders of religion are hypocritical but their participants are as well. True of everything made up of human beings. Including the civil rights movement as an example. Why do you think so many rational thinking adults are turned off by organized religion? Many reasons but not because they're rational thinking imo. And I've been there and done that myself for a few decades. And how was MLK hypocritical? I see thats already been answered. An example of the perfect being the enemy of the good and the folly of obsessing on human failings and hypocrisies. I never said I was perfect Nor have I. nor am I critical of the human failings of the religious. But you are - "Its not just that many of the leaders of religion are hypocritical but their participants are as well." Isn't the failure to live up to one's standards a human failing? What pisses me off is that they have the audacity to be critical of the rest of us when their own house is not in order. If they want to go to church every Sunday, so be it but leave the rest of us to express our spiritualism in our own way. Who is keeping you from that? Who is forcing a religion on you? Do you think its me because I posted an article which said that religion has value for society? Why should a positive statement about religion set off people ... be taken as a provocation and responded to emotionally?