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To: BMCDA
Now that was my point. By admitting every belief and/or religion it appears as if they tink superstition is a good thing and is somehow required to join the scouts.

They believe that some kind of spiritual belief is necessary for the proper development of young people, either as student or teacher. If you choose to classify "spiritual belief" as equivalent to superstition, you are welcome to your opinion.

136 posted on 01/03/2003 4:15:35 PM PST by RonF
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To: RonF
The problem however is that there is not one spiritual belief. So of course most people won't consider their own spiritual belief to be superstition but that of other groups.
And this is the case, the more their beliefs differ from that of others. So Christian may not think of other Christian denominations or of Judaism as superstition, but with Islam it's already a little bit different and even more so with Buddism and New Age religions.

So in a way that gives the impression that in the end all religions are equal, at least as a tool to raise and educate children. And this is a view I find very atypical of religious organizations or those affiliated with religion.

143 posted on 01/03/2003 4:37:05 PM PST by BMCDA
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