...Judaism later on to have perspective on a different religion once we moved onto the Scottish Standard Grade course...of problems I had with the whole concept of religion and the way it was taught. I had ...this meant I really didn't get on with religion and religious education at all as I got older... always maintains that one should keep belief and religion separate and as a result maintains his Catholic ...
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I've been in flux regarding religion for some time. I like a lot about the tradition I joined, I respect its practices as effective and serious, ... laws, repressing instincts in favour of external authority.) I'm not bashing Christianity: their approach has its wisdom, and the religion looks wider than this word suggests. Jesus is attributed as saying the opposite enough times, for a start. Other ...
No matter your religion--watch this through *the end*. It is long, but it is worth it. With thanks wild_heart 's son, who posted this on Facebook the other day...
...lives, it’s important to recognize how much each of us has to own our spiritual integrity and experience, instead of relying on the vision of someone else.
In fact, it’s why I’m skeptical of religion, but also the popularity of any given author who claims to channel some vision of a spirituality reality. I don’t doubt the veracity of that vision as it applies to that person, but I do have doubts...
Lots of people bemoan the way that commercialism has crept into Christmas. The purchasing of gifts, often above and beyond what one can afford, has become so insane that people are injured every year when stampedes of shoppers force their way in the momentthe templeshopping mall doors open. Team Leximonkey celebrates Buy Nothing Day on what is otherwise known as Black Friday . And there ...
... of footnotes, as is to be expected. * Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon by Daniel Dennett : probably the most ...Dan Dennett, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens). Takes a look at religion from a dispassionate stance that takes its grounding in psychology, ... and meditation. His current research in neurobiology is focusing on religion, so I'm hopeful that once he's got a bit...
... today, a parent scolded a child for chewing on part of the seat because there were germs on it. And an idea suddenly struck me. A common criticism of atheists against religious people is that religion teaches people to believe in invisible things. But germs are only visible through a tool, a microscope. And some things, like atoms, can only be seen as vague blobs on the most powerful microscopes....
... Just as people try to with religion, you'll find fascist apologists who ... in The New Atheism directed towards religion - and that's certainly something that...accomplishments say anything that good about religion. Atheist Fundamentalism? Atheism is a lack...can see from the success of religion, being forceful is clearly a positive... people against the harm of religion any competing memeplex is going to...