That doesn't hold up in history.the golden rule has always existed - whatever is religion for most is - day to day.
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That doesn't hold up in history.the golden rule has always existed - whatever is religion for most is - day to day.
I guarantee you that if you zapped the world's largest religion, Christianity, off the planet, you would not like what would be left behind.We are NOW living in an era with "civilized" cultures, and with scientific knowledge.
Religion is not only NOT NEEDED anymore, but it is harmful between traditional cultures.
The problem would not exist if all practiced a golden rule based on empathy, fairness, and respect.
We are NOW living in an era with "civilized" cultures, and with scientific knowledge.
Religion is not only NOT NEEDED anymore, but it is harmful between traditional cultures.
Yes, I am a person of faith. The first thing I learned is that each of us has a divine spark within us and to look for that divine spark in everyone I meet. The second thing I learned is that the Commandments, Beatitudes, teachings, etc., are not for God's benefit, but for our own.It depends on the religion. Are you religious? If so, what have you learned from your sacred book or authoritarian leader?
Example?Religion is not only NOT NEEDED anymore, but it is harmful between traditional cultures.
Depends on the religion and how their authoritarian leaders interpret their "sacred" book, written MANY years ago by people unknown to them, and their stories likely mythical.Example?
All 3 Abraham religions are based on mythical stories written by unknown authors. Genesis is BS. God made the first woman from Adam's rib???Yes, I am a person of faith. The first thing I learned is that each of us has a divine spark within us and to look for that divine spark in everyone I meet. The second thing I learned is that the Commandments, Beatitudes, teachings, etc., are not for God's benefit, but for our own.
As far as priests, bishops,popes...they are an insignificant part of faith life because they have so many others dependent on them. When I was little, one priest made a point of telling the class, "What did the readings or the homily ask you to do this week?" Did you do it, did you incorporate the teaching in your life? Then around high school another priest told us, "If you don't like my homilies, do you think up your own?" As a young adult, St. Teresa of Avila over five hundred years before I lived noted the truth of Church and religion in that, priests and Church can only get people up the steps and into the foyer of the more than seven levels with a plethora of rooms. Once they get you there, you are pretty much on your own because clergy is so busy with these first steps.
As far as the Bible/Scripture. Don't read, study! Old Testament studies should include many rabbinical commentaries as possible if you cannot study under a rabbi. The Bible is a genealogy of mankind, the story of mankind. With that being said, nor is anything in it about me or any one individual.
Finally, there is not enough time in the average life to give the Bible the attention and study it deserves. Those who ask about penguins should be ignored as they haven't the faintest clue about the simplest of stories.
So... .... your turn. What are you calling BS and why?
All it takes is an earnest will for diplomacy among participants who truly respect other's feelings & welfare. Fairness would not be a problem then. Religion is not needed.That is exactly my point.
Everybody doesn't have the same golden rule.
true!There are MANY religions, and most are thousands of years old when few were able to read, and even fewer understood scientific knowledge about the universe that is evident today.
Which religion is best? Why would you choose a religion when its leaders don't understand natural, scientific reality?
Empathy and a golden rule is all one needs to be "ethical".
Asked and answered. All anyone ever gets from Meriweather:All 3 Abraham religions are based on mythical stories written by unknown authors. Genesis is BS. God made the first woman from Adam's rib???
All-powerful God took 6 whole days & nights to create "Earth"? Did I get that right?
"patience"
- a tedious moralizing discourse.
"she delivered her homily about the need for patience"
you are pretty much on your own because clergy is so busy
there is not enough time
Those who ask about penguins should be ignored
... Why would you choose a religion when its leaders don't understand natural, scientific reality?...
Religion is a crutch
the golden rule has always existed - whatever is religion for most is - day to day.
Can you not see that your attempted smart - arsed comment only applies if there is more than a single rule .I heard from. This golden rule is "Yours is mine but mine is not yours."
Quote from Captain Mainwaring --- " You Stupid Boy"Take your soldiers and leave the Ukraine, Russian. The day before yesterday.
All that matters is FAIRNESS, respect, and EMPATHY when "ethical" in a social environment or culture. Religions teach a LOT of BS beyond simple ethics.
Can you not see that your attempted smart - arsed comment only applies if there is more than a single rule .
If there is only the single rule then , by definition, when you say "Yours is mine" , you automatically agree that " Mine is Yours".
Everything is involved. Therefore, you have a tautology
But where you have more than that single rule then there is flexibility to differ .
Did they not teach you basics ?
The church (system) or religion as a whole?Religion is a crutch