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16 August 09:20PM
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What triara loves about this:
Because our world is in a mess because of it. Not because people don't share the same beliefs, but because people are trying to make them do so. Religious leaders often discourage or ban education and new ideas. Why are ideas so scary?

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17 August 11:22PM
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Triara,  I just so happened to read this passage from the Tao Te Ching last night, and it instantly came to mind when reading your question.  38. Ritual Well established hierarchies are not easily uprooted;Closely held beliefs are not easily released;So ritual e...
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19 August 03:48AM
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Interesting.  I shall have to think about this one.  It has layers.
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17 August 06:29PM
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There is no stronger self-legitimization than the belief that a greater power has ordained ones behavior.

 There is no greater hubris than to think a greater power would ordain even one death.
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17 August 10:45AM
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I think it all comes of arrogance really.  The desire to seek the divine, the need to search for meaning and purpose in our lives, the "problem of the morality of man" as the ancient Greek philosphers put it, these are all instinctual to the human race.&nbs...
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17 August 03:47PM
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Interesting about your wondering what sort of God they have found.  I see in every religion that there are warnings about wolves in sheeps clothing and false Gods.  I suspect the danger lies in finding a God or philosophy that caters to the flaws in our own soul...
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