infidel and his cultural dictates

Submitted by Trans-parere (Canada), Apr 9, 2008 at 21:57

Infidel, your argument is specious to say the least. If you're going to quote please use actual quotes. You say you have never said outright your religion but, you advocate "one religion" and "the Holy Bible". Your abridgments make a liar out of you not me. So please, if you can't keep your religious dogma out of your conversations, it's disingenuous on your part to attempt a denial of that dogma.

As for religions being intuitive, that is not my language but, again your twist. What I said was that God was intuitive. I did not say religion was intuitive. There probably were as many religions as there were cultures and there would be a great many more if Christians and Moslems, [and others] had not instituted a campaign of religious cleansing as they expanded into the world outside of the cultural lands from which they originated.

As for your definition of religion, what was that? Wiki? I suggest you reread your chosen definition more closely. I had to laugh where you wrote, and I quote. "Since religion is obedience to GOD,..." Really. That is what religion is? So what your saying is God has a specific understanding with each culture that is as different and distinct as each religions behavior? Then you have the audacity to ask, and again I quote. "Would you not think, that the "GOD" of this universe, would prefer one religion, based on the Holy Bible containing His instructions?" BUT hey, you never mentioned your religion. RIGHT. Not only are you confused and unable to differentiate between believing in God and the abiding by the constructs of a religion, you also believe in a God equally unsure and with out specific direction for the continuation of one of his many and different species, mankind. Well, not unless they follow Jewish traditions that is.

This planet is nothing but diversity. The epitome, the living, breathing image of diversity. From the many kinds of ants, buffalo, climate, dogs, environments, frogs, all down the alphabet of life natural to this planet earth. And you ask, "Don't you think God wants us all limited to the religion and traditions of the culture of the Jew." Ummm...NO. Not any more than God wants the world limited to the religion and traditions of the culture of the Arab. Or one type of ant, dog, fish, race of people or cloud formation. If that had been Gods wish it would be a singular world full of singular elements and with none of the diversity or organic evolution that is the natural make up of this planet. This universe.

And most human beings do not want a single authoritarian religion. Those who do are the religionist who can't abide the fact that they do not control peoples thinking. And live lives of hatred and ill will towards their fellow man because they lack that influence. And finally, they infect all societies, even their own religious society with that hatred so that even the people inclined by choice or birth who did believe that doctrine flee to an environment less hostile to natural diversity of thinking and their fellow man.

Religious choice is the right of the individual, not a right to be usurped by the evangelist/proselytist of any religion.

In ending I will add that I noticed you injected Mansoor into the conversation. I suppose he's the opposition side to your religious coin. So I can understand your animus and how you would like to make us associates. However, Mansoor is an agent provocateur for the religion of Islam and that culture. Though I find Mansoor's posts funny and enjoy reading the other posts from those who react to his instigations. The fact is we are distinct ideologically. I believe in God. Not a particular God. Not in a religion. And I most definitely do not believe in any religious-cultural supremacy over all mankind. Christian or Islamic.

Cheers.

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