I lived in Japan for six years and most of the people there (over 98%) are pagans, or more accurately atheists, with some spiritual "feeling." They involve Shinto priests at birth, marriage and burials, as a tradition. Yet the Japanese have a very strong sense of moral code, of the right and wrong.
Again, one must move beyond the "fly over" mentality (and I don't mean that in an offensive way because closed communities exist everywhere) and realize that the whole world is not created according to our myth or legend or mold.
The easiest way to create the world in your image is to never poke your head outside of your window.
But I also feel that your view is inherently flawed because it suggests that any religion is intrinsically better (in a moral sense) then atheism. Can you show me why any religion is better? And if not, who is the supreme arbiter appointed here on earth to say which is?
Apologies for including you in the ping list which I simply copied wihtout editing. My mistake. You requested that I don’t post to you, and I am trying my best to take your name out before I respond. This time I failed. Sorry again.
LOL. Just when I think I've read the most outlandish stuff from you, Kosta, you top yourself.
Not there there's anything wrong with that. 8~)
Can you show me why any religion is better?
Yes, I can show you that Christianity generally produces more peace, tranquility, prosperity, confidence, joy, abundance, magnanimity, good health, clarity, productivity and mental well-being than any other religion on the planet.
The Protestant Christian work ethic reflects the Scriptural mandate that all work is meant to glorify God and therefore work and productivity are to be honored by dedicating their increase to the Lord from whom all blessings flow.
And if not, who is the supreme arbiter appointed here on earth to say which is?
We Bible-believing Christians know that God through His word revealed to us by the Holy Spirit instructs our lives and guides our steps.
The proof, as Christ tells us, is in the good fruit of our labor.
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure." -- Philippians 2:13
Men either believe this fact, or they don't. It all depends on whom we believe.
I don't recall saying anything close to that. :) There is only one "religion", and then there is everything else. Christianity alone defines what is moral and what is not. There is no such thing as comparing one person's morals against another's. There is only each person's adherence or not to the only morals that exist.
Can you show me why any religion is better?
You personally? No, because I would use the Bible to do it. :) However, I'm sure that I could show many other people why Christianity is superior. It is unique.