Re: Religion and logic


Subject: Re: Religion and logic
ZGlass9@aol.com
Date: Sun Jan 09 2000 - 13:26:00 EST


In a message dated 1/9/2000 6:19:32 AM Central Standard Time,
lucy@ejpearson.freeserve.co.uk writes:

<< Now I've had my moan, I'd like to cheer you on a little bit, Robbie:
 a. I agree, atheists are too often characterised as immoral. Belief in god
 has nothing to do with morality, although it is to be hoped that spiritual
 awareness might come hand in hand with so sort of compassion. Given all the
 horrible things which have been done in the name of religion, I don't think
 anyone would disagree with that.
 b. Atheism is a default mode for me, too. I can't speak for the rest of
 humanity, but without some sort of demonstration (and no, I'm not demanding
 miracle healing or anything, just a personal "revelation") I see no reason
 to believe in any god. On the other hand, I sort of think that that is a
 positive thing for religion. The reason I'm not religious is that I have no
 faith, no awareness of God. Without a faith, engaging in religion would be
 just going through the motions, which seems pointless to me. If I was God, I
 would probably not want religion to be the default mode - I would want
 genuine faith (not that I'm claiming to speak for God!). For the many people
 who feel the presence of god, good luck to them. They have something in
 their lives I may never have. But I don't think that makes either me or them
 "better". >>

Will you marry me, Lucy-Ruth?
(Sorry, that is the only form of adoration I can think of at the moment.)
heh heh
...andrew



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