It's a pity you don't live here, or aren't going to pay us a week-long visit, 'cause there are some people you GOTTA MEET! ;o) They share your view and more... *grins*
My father has a saying - ganked from someone else... "I gave up on religion when I attained the age of reason."
You've got to be kidding me, right? Surely there are more important issues for the church to be tackling (famine, pollution, rampant pedophilia within its own organization) besides proper road etiquette. I wonder if this was really inspired by Benedict XVI being cut off by a rude driver whilst riding in his Pope-mobile?
To use a turn of phrase, you are preaching to the converted when it comes to recovering from a religion of force choice and morality without religion. I decided long ago that no matter what the deity of your choosing may or may not be, you didn't need or deserve to be put through the proverbial wringer to be able to commune with your maker or live life by your own set of standards.
Yeah, I figure there can't be all that many rabid Catholics in this corner of fandom ;) but MAN, this pissed me off! And I had no RL people to rant to at the time xD
I'm with you. I understand the need/urge/desire/instinct/whatever to believe in a higher power, and I don't begrudge anyone that... it's just the religions that get to me. The endless dogma. The lines that are drawn and hoops that have to be jumped through. (Not to mention the hypocrisy, but whoa, that's a whole 'nother rant!) It boggles me that any thinking person can find comfort and reassurance in that sort of thing. (Then again, I guess a lot of people would say that about the things I value.)
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My father has a saying - ganked from someone else... "I gave up on religion when I attained the age of reason."
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It's a very good saying! Though I'm not sure I've really attained the age of reason yet xD
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To use a turn of phrase, you are preaching to the converted when it comes to recovering from a religion of force choice and morality without religion. I decided long ago that no matter what the deity of your choosing may or may not be, you didn't need or deserve to be put through the proverbial wringer to be able to commune with your maker or live life by your own set of standards.
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I'm with you. I understand the need/urge/desire/instinct/whatever to believe in a higher power, and I don't begrudge anyone that... it's just the religions that get to me. The endless dogma. The lines that are drawn and hoops that have to be jumped through. (Not to mention the hypocrisy, but whoa, that's a whole 'nother rant!) It boggles me that any thinking person can find comfort and reassurance in that sort of thing. (Then again, I guess a lot of people would say that about the things I value.)
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