Sanders' Religion Thread, Begun @ LC Forum Options

[Sanders]

e-Dog and I have decided to re-constitute this from LC. It is a thread about the 3 major religions of the world. The goal was to follow the path of each from their common origins to the present day. We (a number of LC posters and I) got as far as the begining of the First Crusade while the thread was active.

What becomes of this thread when all the copying is done is not clear. It may be just a read-only thread for the Religion topic. Or it may be left open to posting, so we can finish the journey.

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Posted by: Sinewy Jul 30 2006, 08:52 AM

pr0mythius,

the only effect i ask is that one thinks about what i'm saying.

I gave you a hypothetical scenario. How would you answer it?

and i have no knowledge of how anything i've said is a materialistic/marxist ideal. marxism .. i havent studied. that ideology i've spoken comes from observation.

Well what you stated in the previous post was analogous to what Marx implied. He stated that religion is the opium of the people.

i am in no way saying that one should place thier "faith" in materialistic things. i'm simply saying that believing the massively edited interpreted teachings of someone that lived over a millenia ago .. just doesnt fall into the category of logic to me.

Sure. That is your wish, and I respect that.

and while i cant recall exact place of reference ... i've a few things that suggest that the bible is incorrect in the areas of geography, timelines, and even exsistance. many of the stories have no basis of evidence to support the story is fact ... so one would be asking me to take it on faith ... and until i see at least something in the area of evidence towards a story .. i will see it as just that ... a story.

Well, that is subjective too. The Christian or theist would argue with evidence for, whilst the skeptic uses a Darwinist/Anthropology/Archaeology approach to discredit the theist.

kill me for being logical. -shrug-

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One of my favorite quotes in life is from Imam `Ali. He was the cousin of the Prophet of Islam, the 4th Caliph ur Rashidin (4 Rightly Guided Caliphs) of the Sunnis, first Shi`a Imam.

I can't find the `Arabic version, though the Persian version is known to me. To translate into English is somewhat awkward. In response to an atheist/skeptic he gave the response that if his religion (Islam) was wrong, it was okay and he doesn't lose because it made him a good person in terms of thought and mannerisms, but if his religion came to be true, he still wins.