A very thoughtful post; you'd make a great religio...

2009-04-13T21:26:00.000-04:00

A very thoughtful post; you'd make a great religious humanist.

I share this perspective and I'm glad to see it po...

2009-04-13T13:52:00.000-04:00

I share this perspective and I'm glad to see it popping up in more and more places. God = Good has a lot of counterexamples.

My understanding of the dogma is that it was a new covenant, i.e. a new god/sheep contract that Jesus negotiated via a superhuman sacrifice. Before then you had to be Hebrew (chosen) and keep all the old rules. And, God wasn't particularly good, but hey, he was God, and Hebrews thought that was pretty swell that he gave them a bye if they put goats' blood on their doors.

The God = Good doctrine is something they tell everyone very early in Sunday School / CCD. Then you don't have to think so hard about whether the scriptures and dogma are sensible. They also love to gloss over Job until you're older, because if they told you straight up, you wouldn't be attached enough to what you had believed for so long. Then they come back around and say yes God did do some nasty shit, but they blame it on human imperfection and blame that on Eve. The way to rest easy with yourself is to trust God and chauvinism.

I think the test of a person is just what you're saying, it's your contribution, not your loyalty. With that in mind I wish people would quit worrying so damn much about the afterlife and focus instead on this world with all its problems and lonely people. Faith-oriented charities are great, if closed-minded. But it's sad that most religious people are so disconnected from life.

You might be interested in the ULC and its forum. Quality of discussion comes and goes, I personally come and go, but generally most members who don't end up banned are very thoughtful and have a lot to offer.

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A very thoughtful post; you'd make a great religio...

I share this perspective and I'm glad to see it po...