Part of the reason I don’t begrudge people their religions is that the desire to fill up the gap between the Known and the Unknown is one of the defining characteristics of humans. We, as a species, don’t have ANY of the traditional “natural weapons”; we don’t have claws, or fangs… we have shitty senses, [...]
One (or more) of the following conclusions, following logically from the truth established by the Bible, seems to be necessarily true: 1) God is either arbitrary or unnecessary; 2) God lacks either omnipotence, omnicognizance, omnibenevolence or omniscience; 3) God is either dead or absent; or 4) the Bible was actually written/inspired by Satan.
…any justification for a course of action that affects society in general must be supported by the facts of reality. In other words, debate surrounding any proposed law must be derived from the reality in which all our citizens reside; to attempt to justify a law via belief (ANY belief) is irresponsible, not to mention unfair to people who do NOT support that belief.
Ok, I stole the title for this post from a totally bitchin’ bumper sticker I spotted on a vechical at my last apartment, but it sums up my feeling on the subject quite nicely. So nicely, in fact, that I’m stealing it for use as the title of this post. There, the circle [...]