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| Dr. Bob's Take: Another Point of View on What We All Face |
| 2006-02-22 |
| Posted by:SR-71 |
| #4 Excellent article. He doesn't as much question the truth or falsehood of any religion as much as he concentrates on the question of "What does the religion teach? What does it permit? What does it forbid?" If a religion doesn't have hypocrites, it's a religion that isn't challenging its adherents. If a religion doesn't have hypocrites, it's a religion that isn't attractive to use as a cover for con artists. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2006-02-22 14:30 |
| #3 Dr. Bob has a nice turn of phrase. Bravo! |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2006-02-22 13:51 |
| #2 It is supposed to result in a life improved, one with more meaning and purpose, a life lived better, more nobly, more beneficially through its principles both for ourselves and for those in the society around us. Excellent article. He puts his finger on the problem with Islam, separate from any other religion. All other major religions inspire good. Islam inspires blame and hatred. All groups provide through association with others a sense of community and sense of identity. In that sense, Islam is good. But unlike all other religions, it does not inspire individuals to rise up, beyond human frailty of hate, greed, and revenge. Rather, it encourages those human frailties. In that sense it does its followers a disservice and thus it has not moved its adherents forward from the 7th Century as have all other major religions. |
| Posted by: 2b 2006-02-22 11:42 |
| #1 Wow. Throughout the length of the article, he transitions quite smoothly from giving all religions the benefit of the doubt, all the way to "calling a spade a spade" - and identifying Islam for the brutal, savage pestilence that it truly is. |
| Posted by: Lone Ranger 2006-02-22 04:45 |