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The nice thing about religious faith is that most minds can hold only one at a time. I may believe in an oddly resurrected deity who took the shape of a man, bu
by zulux 14d ago
The nice thing about religious faith is that most minds can hold only one at a time. I may believe in an oddly resurrected deity who took the shape of a man, but I don't have room for anything crazier.
"We are fools for Christ's sake." 1 Corinthians 4:10
- tclancy 14d agoSure, but it is that Christ, Buddha or any of the other incarnations of the same idea? I am right there with you, believe it or not, but don’t John 3:16 the wrong football game.
- acyou 14d agoIs that the nice thing about religious faith? Polytheism seems somewhat more tolerant of others. And religious pluralism takes in one step further. I am sure about few things, but it seems to me that monotheism and religious exclusivism at some times represent the worst aspects and outcomes of religious faith.
- huurtehoog 13d agoWhatever your view of religion, you are not very good at literary analysis. The verse you quote, in full: "We have given up our wisdom for Christ, but you have insight because of Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored" Not quite the same of what you imply is it?
- magarnicle 13d agoBut now I don't know what you think it means. Who do you think "you" and "we" are in this quote?
- huurtehoog 13d agoGo read Corinthians? I'm just pointing out it was quoted halfway through to make it sound like Paul just wrote "we dumb" in a letter.
- magarnicle 13d agoRight. But you didn't quote it in full either, so I couldn't figure out what you thought it said. So yeah, there's a base unit of meaning which is well beyond one or two verses (something I wish the church would learn).
- Terr_ 13d ago> most minds can hold only one at a time. [...] I don't have room for anything crazier. I feel you aren't accounting for exactly how much "crazier" churches/sects can be, both currently and historically.
- bitwize 13d agoI think you got downvoted unfairly because I really think you're sincere. My brain heard your comment in the voice of Nightcrawler from X-Men—and as the descendant of German Catholics, he's become one of my favorites.