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Can we discuss the concept of religion impartially?  [message #58749] Thu, 17 September 2009 21:44 Go to previous message
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I don't mean "My religion is better than your religion" stuff. Instead I want to be ABSTRACT.

Let us postulate a religion and call it Squidge. Not Squid, but Squidge.

Squidge has a supreme being that has never been seen, but whose words or human interpretation of those words is written in scrolls sealed in a place of worship at the intersection of five lands whose boundaries come together in PEACE at that spot. All five lands are adherents of Squidge. They have similar languages but not the same language exactly. And some lands have more wealth than others, but they are all prosperous.

So we are not speaking of any religion that any of us knows, is part of, is familiar with.

The religion was founded by good people, truly good people, who created a framework centuries ago to promote good treatment of all humankind as part of the worship or veneration of the supreme being.

The human race, with all its frailties, preconceived ideas and prejudices has run this religion for the past 1,000 years.

There are other religions. They are NOT the religions we know in the world today, nor in the past. Some are larger than Squidge, some smaller. Some have similar views to it, others are very different.

That is the scene set.

So, what state are we in now with this religion?

[Updated on: Thu, 17 September 2009 21:49]



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