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Originally Posted by DougB
Or, the opposite.
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Hi DougB: I have to agree and include myself in what I refer to "intellecutualizing oneself into stupidity". It is often said of intellectual elitist who believe that they are so far superior intellectually above all others that only their opinion matters and literally ignore the opinions of others . And in refrain I say "out of the mouths of babe's" Indeed many adult has learned from the words or actions of a child, perhaps its because their motives are pure and free from confirmation bias that is to say they haven't been contaminated yet.
Take for instance the issue of in the name of God or religions many wars have been fought and many people savagely and needlessly slaughtered True enough.
On the other hand so too have these events occurred because of secular disputes ( territorial disputes, ideologies such as socialism. communism, ethnicity even custom (we raid your village we raid yours its what our ancestors did)).
My comments regarding interpretation of church dogma refer to meaning and re-reading my comments I mistakenly made a point of relativism which was not intended
I also made reference to a good faith effort to pursue truth and unable to do so resulting in the loss of paradise seemed incongruent. The counter to this was well we have free will but if you choose wrong and steal you go to jail. Fair enough but what about the mentally challenged individual that was created by God does that soul pay a penalty also? I mean I can't know what I don't know. What about Adam and Eve and the billions upon billions of their descendants that came before 1AD? And what about the people who live today that have never been touched by Christianity such as the newly discovered bush people of the Amazon?
Having said all that it is my belief that we are better served believing in something greater than ourselves and why I believe religion has served mankind well because history has taught us that in such a vacuum totalitarian despots are created.