On May 19, 2005, at 7:11 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 19 May 2005, at 3:03 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'm a bit surprised to find that I believe that in this very important
sense no religion is more or less likely to do good. Nonetheless, it
seems to me that because religious institutions are human inventions,
each has an equal ability to deceive itself and pursue immoral actions.
On the other hand, this isn't surprising, since it seems obvious that
great violence and terror have been sanctioned by religious
organizations convinced that they possessed the truth.
Excellent reasons to reject *all* religion.
We're not so far apart on this: these are excellent reasons to be *skeptical* about all claims by, for or against human institutions, including, but not limited to religion.
"Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life" - Terry Pratchett
"I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no rhythm." -- Lily Tomlin's "Sister Boogie Woman"
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