Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: James C. Bennett

Do you think all religion is superstition?

What would you say are your religious beliefs?


1,422 posted on 02/15/2011 8:17:35 PM PST by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1420 | View Replies ]


To: D-fendr; kosta50

I think they are a potent mix of superstition, the Golden Rule in its original form (do not do unto others what you wouldn’t want done unto you), or altered form selectively applied, some philosophy, deistic defences applied to fog dogma and plenty of self-contradiction that reveal their fundamental flaws.


1,423 posted on 02/15/2011 8:27:26 PM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1422 | View Replies ]

To: D-fendr; kosta50
What would you say are your religious beliefs?

None that are scripture / prophet-based. None whose dogmatic elements have equivalents in other faiths, independently derived. None that depend on faith in other men's words to have faith in a deity - in other words, none that require me to believe the words of other men, before I am able to believe in any deity that they mention, none where a deity chooses to convey of its existence through books, prophets or scrolls instead of direct revelation. Gods don't need messengers. See the ones that violate this description, and rule them out. If any are found to be in compliance, mention them, and I'll tell you if they are, or are not what I believe in.

1,424 posted on 02/15/2011 8:36:23 PM PST by James C. Bennett (An Australian.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1422 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson