Comments on: John McCain makes a very bold move http://www.scottallan.com/2007/12/john-mccain-makes-a-very-bold-move.html Slapping my bumper stickers on the Internet Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:55:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott Allan http://www.scottallan.com/2007/12/john-mccain-makes-a-very-bold-move.html#comment-698 Scott Allan Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:11:51 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/2007/12/john-mccain-makes-a-very-bold-move.html#comment-698 <p>Talking about religion is more dangerous than talking politics. People take religion very seriously around here. Since I enjoy my friendships, I tend to keep those opinions to myself. However, so many problems are caused in this world in the name of religion. I will speak out when religion defies civility, logic, and common sense such as when Muslims use religion as an excuse to murder innocent people like the father in Canada who murdered his daughter for not wearing her hajib. Or when suicide bombers blow up school buses. Or when Fundamentalist Christians refuse to accept scientific evidence and principles such as evolution just because it contradicts a book written thousands of years ago. The Church has a history of ex-communicating people who go against "the teachings" of the church such as when Galileo said the Earth is not the center of the solar system or the universe. Eventually the Church will embrace these scientific principles but it bothers me that it so stubborn and takes so long to evolve. </p> <p>My own son was told in public school by a teacher that his father (me) was a liar for telling him that people evolved from monkeys. To me that is outrageous. If you want to believe the Bible should be interpreted literally, fine with me, it's a free country. If you want to believe Methuselah was 969 years old or that Noah had 2 of every animal on an ark instead of concentrating on the lessons the Bible teaches, great. But people of every religion need to realize that not everyone believes what they do. In fact for every major religion, the majority of the world does not believe what you do. That's billions of people. </p> <p>Every religion believes theirs is "THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE RELIGION". If you don't believe what they do, you are not going to heaven. Well that means that an awful lot of people aren't going to make it and to me that's ridiculous. That is fear mongering at its worst. You use your best judgment to decide what it right for you and what if you pick the wrong one?? You just wasted your entire life believing in the wrong thing. I find that kind of militant thinking abhorrent. Let reasonable people come to reasonable conclusions and respect those decisions is what I believe. Most will have a very solid moral foundation which is really what matters. How's that?? I think I just lost 7 more friends.</p> Talking about religion is more dangerous than talking politics. People take religion very seriously around here. Since I enjoy my friendships, I tend to keep those opinions to myself. However, so many problems are caused in this world in the name of religion. I will speak out when religion defies civility, logic, and common sense such as when Muslims use religion as an excuse to murder innocent people like the father in Canada who murdered his daughter for not wearing her hajib. Or when suicide bombers blow up school buses. Or when Fundamentalist Christians refuse to accept scientific evidence and principles such as evolution just because it contradicts a book written thousands of years ago. The Church has a history of ex-communicating people who go against “the teachings” of the church such as when Galileo said the Earth is not the center of the solar system or the universe. Eventually the Church will embrace these scientific principles but it bothers me that it so stubborn and takes so long to evolve.

My own son was told in public school by a teacher that his father (me) was a liar for telling him that people evolved from monkeys. To me that is outrageous. If you want to believe the Bible should be interpreted literally, fine with me, it’s a free country. If you want to believe Methuselah was 969 years old or that Noah had 2 of every animal on an ark instead of concentrating on the lessons the Bible teaches, great. But people of every religion need to realize that not everyone believes what they do. In fact for every major religion, the majority of the world does not believe what you do. That’s billions of people.

Every religion believes theirs is “THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE RELIGION”. If you don’t believe what they do, you are not going to heaven. Well that means that an awful lot of people aren’t going to make it and to me that’s ridiculous. That is fear mongering at its worst. You use your best judgment to decide what it right for you and what if you pick the wrong one?? You just wasted your entire life believing in the wrong thing. I find that kind of militant thinking abhorrent. Let reasonable people come to reasonable conclusions and respect those decisions is what I believe. Most will have a very solid moral foundation which is really what matters. How’s that?? I think I just lost 7 more friends.

]]> By: Rachel Gore http://www.scottallan.com/2007/12/john-mccain-makes-a-very-bold-move.html#comment-684 Rachel Gore Sat, 15 Dec 2007 03:06:53 +0000 http://www.scottallan.com/2007/12/john-mccain-makes-a-very-bold-move.html#comment-684 Wow, you know your stuff. Now, be bold and talk about religion! Come on, you said you use to...up north. I'm just interested... Wow, you know your stuff. Now, be bold and talk about religion! Come on, you said you use to…up north. I’m just interested…

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