Subject: Re: Choice of religion
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 20 2000 - 08:11:04 EST
In a message dated 1/20/00 1:26:22 AM Eastern Standard Time, shok@netcom.com
writes:
<< Well for one thing, almost every religion includes among its rules,
expressed or implied, that it is the only correct one (thereby negating
all the rest). And as no one has more or less proof of its validity
than the next, selection of religion must be either geographic or
arbitrary. >>
This is true to varying degrees. Eastern philosophies tend to see other
religions as comprising the same truth, but do so by putting them under a
larger umbrella that those other religions would not agree with.
Prior to adopting any particular belief system, I had rejected Catholicism
outright, and (like you) started reading everything I could get my hands on.
Including some versions of eastern philosophy and Gestalt. Cultural beliefs
-- the ones handed to me, anyways -- I had rejected outright.
So I don't know where I fit in to your paradigm.
Robbie -- I don't think you're doing this deliberately, but the atheist
rhetoric I'm reading tells me atheists understand my beliefs and experiences
better than I do.
Jim
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