- 29 Dec 2016 18:34
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First of all, high, I am new on here, albeit I have debated on various sites for many years. My number one rule is not to personalise issues, and not to insult others, even if I consider they have daft opinions.
I was reading another thread which mutated into religion, so I thought I would do a little a digging and open things up. There are still countries in the world today which are governed primarily by religion, Islam predominantly. Most Western countries are ruled by political values, however are still tolerant toward religion. I am prepared to put my cards on the table and say I think there is as much truth behind any religion as there is Postman Pat. That's to say there may have been a Postman called Pat, but he certainly wasn't the son of a fictitious being who apparently created the earth
Of course, religion may have brought us certain values, such as the commandments and ummmm, the ten commandments. I'm sorry, but the fact is that what ever religion one chooses to follow was invented in years gone by when people really didn't know any better, and we were still dragging women around by their hair and scribbling things on rocks. I would like to think that everyone now know's better and is prepared to accept that the world is more than 5000 years old, and Kane and Able didn't produce the next generation of children.
So, the question is, if you could make religion go away with the wave of a wand, would you, or do you think that religious diversity is a positive thing ?
I was reading another thread which mutated into religion, so I thought I would do a little a digging and open things up. There are still countries in the world today which are governed primarily by religion, Islam predominantly. Most Western countries are ruled by political values, however are still tolerant toward religion. I am prepared to put my cards on the table and say I think there is as much truth behind any religion as there is Postman Pat. That's to say there may have been a Postman called Pat, but he certainly wasn't the son of a fictitious being who apparently created the earth
Of course, religion may have brought us certain values, such as the commandments and ummmm, the ten commandments. I'm sorry, but the fact is that what ever religion one chooses to follow was invented in years gone by when people really didn't know any better, and we were still dragging women around by their hair and scribbling things on rocks. I would like to think that everyone now know's better and is prepared to accept that the world is more than 5000 years old, and Kane and Able didn't produce the next generation of children.
So, the question is, if you could make religion go away with the wave of a wand, would you, or do you think that religious diversity is a positive thing ?
I have never met a Liberal who isn't a hypocrite