[SOC] Religion

Thu, 10 Oct 2002 14:00:40 PDT

While it is true that we are free to chose our beliefs,
the veracity of those beliefs is independent of our choice.
To say that beliefs regarding religion are "not. . .inherently
true", it to say that they are false... While I appreciate
the motivation to deflect from a potentially difficult
subject, sometimes the proposed cure ends up being worse
than the desease... 

Now someone mentioned beer... I'll have my Guinness at room
temperature, thank you...

cheers, Paul

On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 12:34:00 -0700 (PDT) [email protected] wrote:
> Here's my take on the subject:
>     We have free choice, I think, and each of us gets
> to choose to believe, or not believe, in any given set
> of teachings. Are we all together on that?
>     Ok. So, in effect, what each of us believes to be
> true, as regards religion, is true for us because
> we've chosen to believe it, not because it's
> inherently "true." Does that make sense, or at least
> seem to follow from the first bit? Good.
>     Since we SOC types here encompass a diverse set of
> folks, with diverse beliefs/non-beliefs, I suggest
> that discussions involving religious piety and parsing
> of quotations from various old writings move off-list,
> or to the appropriate list for those who like such
> things.
>     I, for one, wouldn't presume to tell someone else
> what's "true" in my belief system, or bore or nauseate
> them with my deeply-felt convictions here on the SOC
> list, or anywhere, unless requested. If someone did
> request such an outpouring, I'd sure do it off-list.
> 
>     Does that make sense?
> 
> 
> Thanks for listening.
> 
> 73,
> Lloyd, K3ESE
> 
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cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: [email protected]
"Those who hear not the music. . . think the dancers mad."