03-12-2006, 05:24 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: England
Posts: 68
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Originally Posted by Lilith
I believe that people need belief systems and that the belief systems themselves are not the problem.
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Need, or want? If we require moral guidance, then how about a humanist approach without a god, like in Star Trek, for example. Belief in a god is not a need. I, for one, have no need. I require no reward for being "good" and no comfort to face death. However, belief in a god can be used to justify questionable behaviour, and that is a problem.
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Originally Posted by Lilith
The problem stems from the belief that your belief system should be imposed on everyone else.
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That is the crux of the problem. The fundamental basis of religion is that it is the one true way. That's a problem when there is more than one religion.... |