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No. That's called bible-thumping. In our world, it's trivially easy to get hold of any major religion's works, and only moderately difficult to get hold of sma
by duckfang 5y ago
No. That's called bible-thumping.
In our world, it's trivially easy to get hold of any major religion's works, and only moderately difficult to get hold of smaller religion's works, primarily due to translation issues.
And in light of context, you weren't comparing the writings or showing different religions' thoughts on human longevity - you were implicitly stating that your choice of religion was the right one, by stating it matter-of-factly.
- mgh2 5y agoWell, that was your personal opinion and interpretation on just a quote. Appreciated, but will see how HN reacts.
- tmp231 5y agoSecularism is its own religion and gets quoted often around here. Guess you’ll just have to learn to be tolerant.
- dTal 5y agoUnless you want to debase the world "religion" until it no longer has any meaning - no, it isn't.
- tmp231 5y agoIt’s a set of beliefs about how you should view and act in the world, that’s good enough.
- dTal 5y agoThose are a "philosophy" or "ethical framework" or "moral code", not a religion. Religion by definition entails belief in the supernatural - i.e., that which there is no evidence for, or we would simply call it "physics".
- tmp231 5y agoIf you de facto deny that supernatural events can’t happen, I’d say you have some pretty strong religious beliefs. If you want to deny that, I’d say that just means you’re not particularly self aware. You can play word games all day, but at the end of the day you’re operating from a set of unproven religious presuppositions about how the world operates (naturalism) and filtering everything through that lens. But I don’t think we’re going to get any further. Good day, sir.
- tmp231 5y ago*can