The one show... Views on religion. Whats yours?

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Noone is born good, anymore than they are born bad*. You need to be taught right from wrong, and if that involves an all powerful deity so be it. The outcome is important, the means are incidental. Something that seems to be forgotten.

*yes yes, save those with mental issues.

I wouldn't class people with mental issues as bad, it is how you act based on knowing what good/bad is that determines if you, yourself are good or bad.

I would say simply explaining to people that killing someone is wrong is a LOT easier and less problematic than giving "interpretive" text of fables/tales, after all I seem to recall "sacrificing your son to God" was ok in the bible, as it was a sign of faith?

Sure a Bible lite {sic} could be generated to highlight the key issues, i.e if Jesus claims an "eye for an eye" is wrong, ditch the old testament, we know the world wasn't created in 7 days etc.

Keep the main points but don't allow any room for alternate interpretation creep in, should the need for a story arise.

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Flamin_Squirrel

Noone is born good, anymore than they are born bad*. You need to be taught right from wrong, and if that involves an all powerful deity so be it. The outcome is important, the means are incidental. Something that seems to be forgotten.

Yup... That's the reason I lasted so long with the church, leaving aside the sky fairy stuff the basic teachings were mainly good rules to live by. But then church of scotland is a pretty easygoing religion, by and large, not very proscriptive.

[the_lone_wolf]