12-05-2008, 04:03 PM
Greg the dogsitter wrote:Best thing I ever did was take some theology courses about forty years ago, I've always been one who questions, but it really opened my mind.
I think I've said it here before, but once I started to examine the root causes of my beliefs, I ended up with some really unexpected conclusions.
Two things I've always known but it made sharper.:
1. Faith, NOT Religion which was created by humans to control humans.
Faith that the world will spin, the sun will come up, that time moves forward.
2. Human Nature. It is in our nature to dwell on the past, to only fear, to only look at the negative examples, to never grow, to reward bad behavior, to protect the bad folk instead of rewarding the good folk.
Religion is a crutch, it is the biggest killer of humankind.
"My Loving God is better than your Evil God" is what most religions teach.
BGnR