tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post116187689504907818..comments2024-01-23T12:49:03.885-05:00Comments on Jewbiquitous: Atheist Evangelist, Coming to a Soap Box Near YouAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161974562155538962006-10-27T14:42:00.000-04:002006-10-27T14:42:00.000-04:00No comprendo.-TRNo comprendo.<BR/><BR/>-TRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161971955029087102006-10-27T13:59:00.000-04:002006-10-27T13:59:00.000-04:00TR,You're right and my argument that religion is o...TR,<BR/><BR/>You're right and my argument that religion is one of many social constructs that fragment the world into ingroup/outgroup is meaningless in the context of our conversation; simply apologetics. You're right.harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18147082501818375715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161958467676084822006-10-27T10:14:00.000-04:002006-10-27T10:14:00.000-04:00TR,Religion as a construct does not make people bi...TR,<BR/><BR/>Religion as a construct does not make people bigots, but you're right that the content of religion may. Religions, because of their particularism, often teach intolerance and hatred, but I refuse to agree that a simple belief in a higher power, on the one hand, or involvement in a communal order, on the other, naturally causes people to be bigots. It's the content, not the construct. Further, we continue to disagree on your insistence that involvement in a religion is inseparable from a belief in God. It would be consistent with your argument if you said that the world would be a much better place if no one belonged to a religion; God is a separate issue.harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18147082501818375715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161925137567545782006-10-27T00:58:00.000-04:002006-10-27T00:58:00.000-04:00For another view of churches in America, see the p...For another view of churches in America, see the photo essay, "Churches ad hoc: a divine comedy", at www.efn.org/~hkrieger/church.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161882228647339882006-10-26T13:03:00.000-04:002006-10-26T13:03:00.000-04:00No, religion does make people bigots. Apologists f...No, religion does make people bigots. Apologists for religion think that religion is just one of many channels through which people channel their hate, as if Newton's Third Law applies to hate, which can neither be created nor destroyed. The world would be a much better place if no one believed in God, not a perfect place, but a better one.<BR/><BR/>-The RoosterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1161878909747511412006-10-26T12:08:00.000-04:002006-10-26T12:08:00.000-04:00Everyone should go read the Harper's article to ...Everyone should go read the <A HREF="" REL="nofollow" HTTP://WWW.HARPERS.ORG/EXCERPTTHECHRISTIANPARADOX.HTML> Harper's article </A> to which I linked (that only 40% of Christians can name more than four of the Ten Commandments). It has an insightful critique of Christian labels versus Christian content.harleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18147082501818375715noreply@blogger.com