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why?
Because if less people agree the religion should be split up until more people agree in various divisions
there are levels of understanding though
Then those are better religions for those people
Ok, not "better"
I don't think religion is about agreeing with people though
More representative of how they feel
And who they are and all that
I think religion is a personal thing
sure there is a community aspect to it
But if it's not a relatively cohesive thing then there's no point defining it as a religion, because it's so loose
it's about how an individual should get along in the world
For me it's "religion" representing the community aspect and "belief" or whatever else representing individual opinions and thoughts
i see
So having some sort of cohesiveness is important for the community aspect
Basically if there were one Christian left in the world, it would be pointless to call him a Christian
For me the more a person strays from the orthodox of whatever subgroup they're in the less they are representative of that group
you can call yourself whatever you want, but if you stray that far from the teachings then why call yourself that at all? lol
Exactly
also I think there are levels of religiousness
it makes it harder to define unfortunately
For me it's how strongly you believe in whatever is being discussed
If you're willing to debate reasonably but are defensive that's about average, if you border on burning heretics that's a pretty strong belief, if you bend over backwards to help others violate your beliefs you don't really believe those things
you can have strong beliefs and not want to hurt anyone too
So I don't consider churches that have a gay pride flag to have strong christian beliefs (as laid out in the bible)
Yeah, it's just an example
right
gotcha
That's totally glossed over
It's like American Protestants have no concept of what sin even is
It's all morality with them; "It's immoral to be cruel to others, the moral thing to do... morality is a cornerstone of our society"
@M4Gunner I view it as a political statement, but I'd be willing to no immediately mock a church if I had an inkling it was purely religious
Absolutely
It's like relying on a calculator
Great crutch, totally functional, but when you leave it at home you're fucked
I think that certain religious ideas are based on real observations
Those are the best ones
and this stuff was written a long time ago, and they used the symbolism and old style language, so i think it's really important to study it hard if you are serious about it. people who saw a cartoon vhs of noahs ark, and nothing else, isnt a good representation of the essence of the teaching
The thing with religions. The only ones that survibe take from their prior types. So the *morality would die when you lose your religion* is a falsity