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[bootler]

So here I am on campus, avoiding work once again. I'm sure everyone is simply shocked. The good news: I'm finished the stats assignment that's due on November 7th. The bad news: I'm not even close to being finished the "trend analysis" that's due tomorrow. Well. I've done my readings, I've got my reference page together, and I have the charts/

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[bootler]

Makes sense to me. I've always found it kind of arrogant (I dunno if that's the right word but I'll go with it) for someone to say they understand everything around them and have no questions. Or at least to say that science has/will answer everything. That just doesn't work for me.

[suppishld]

As far as the religious thing goes, you already know my viewpoint on the matter, so I won't spend long debating it.

While I think it's a step in the right direction that people aren’t going to church anymore, it still is ignoring the fundamental problem of people not using their heads. Ultimately, all of the world’s atrocities came about because people didn't stop believing and start thinking. This criticism isn't only focused on religion, it is clear that the communist ideology was filled with believers in the cause and too few thinkers, but religion is by far the dominate source of this deviancy.

The worst thing a person can do to herself (yay PC!) is to suspend that which separates them from animals, rational thought. New studies are finding that the act of ignoring your rationality and forcing yourself to believe also causes psychological harm.

So to sum it up, this would needs thinkers, and organized religion or no, until we get thinkers, our world will continue to be a place of unnecessary suffering.

[bootler]

Okay, I have to say I'm impressed. That was a good, well thought out answer. Apparently you're learning something at that fancy-schmancy school of yours. And I'm not even going to disagree with you. I will say, however, that one of the interesting things I read in one of the articles was that the move to spirituality may actually promote more complex thought. Because spirituality is more of a quest-orientation towards religious belief, rather than just accepting what your church/temple/whatever has to say. Kind of cool, I thought.

[avain]

I'll toss in another for personalized spirituality. I don't think I could survive in an organized religious structure

[bootler]

I absolutely agree. When the Bible was written, the world was very different. And it wasn't even written all at one time. Not to mention the fact that it's already been changed in terms of which books are "accepted" and which are not. It may very well have been intended as more of a living document, rather than "this is what was written, you must follow this, period."

[suppishld]

wow, you've agreed with everyone... you fence sitter!

[bootler]

No one is surprised by that comment. Honestly.