Date: Sun, 08 Sep 2002 20:52:02 -0400 From: Lawrence Sica <lomifeh@earthlink.net> To: "Neal E. Westfall" <nwestfal@directvinternet.com> Cc: Juli Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Joshua Lee <yid@softhome.net>, dave@jetcafe.org, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why did evolution fail? Message-ID: <5AB38EC2-C38E-11D6-8C5E-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <20020908173640.T80977-100000@Tolstoy.home.lan>
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On Sunday, September 8, 2002, at 08:41 PM, Neal E. Westfall wrote: > > > On Sun, 8 Sep 2002, Juli Mallett wrote: > >>> I fail to believe that any single religion has sussed out the >>> totality of the nature of God, or His desires. They are just >>> attempts at approximation. Yet amazingly enough, each religion >>> claims an exclusive distribution arrangement for The Truth. >>> >> >> At least Hindus are nice enough to be accepting of other religions and >> are encouraged to go to worship services of those from other >> religions. > Not all hindus are so accepting. In India there is a group of Hindus who do not like other religions period. Buddhism is more accepting of other religions imho. But you cannot blanket statement it always. > Even though their worldview isn't even cogent? Why is "accepting of > other religions" such a righteous goal? Yeesh, the postmodern West > really is anemic to truth. By the way, why is it that we are being > called to never criticize anyone else's beliefs? Inherent in the > premise is a contradiction, leading to criticism of certain beliefs > (e.g. Christianity). > Accepting of other views is a laudable goal. Not because you agree with them, but because you are enlightened enough to know that there are many faces of God. I know that is not a popular view by many of the Christian sects but it is true. The Jewish and the Christian god have the same roots, yet for many years Christians have persecuted Jews. Go figure eh? If everyone would accept the idea that if you beleive in a God then the God you see may be different than the God I see and that does not make my God wrong, religion and belief are personal and even within the same religion many see God differently. One cannot but put God through their own lens, any religion has this. It is not being called to not criticize another belifes, it's being called to not demonize them or put them on a lower level. The USA is all about critiquing others ideas and coming up with a common ground. That is why it's important accept other religions. One of the foundations of the USA was freedom to worship and freedom from worship at the same time. The ability to worship who you want and not worry about a government or others persecuting you is important. --Larry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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