Marc, I have no problem looking at the "dark side". We should. I don't think anyone's trashing..YET...but the thread seems to be going in that direction.Originally Posted by marct
Hi Skiguy,
I really don't think looking at the "dark side" of various religions is necessarily a case of trashing them although, I will admit, it can appear that way. I think it is important to look at both the good and the bad in them - if for no other reason that to establish the commonalities and differences between them.
My only "problem" (and, no, I don't have a problem with you..I'm just using that word) is when people start looking at religion too academically. I'm trying to look at it more from the POV that religion, God, the holy texts are a very real and important part of many people's lives. Critisizing it can be construed as an insult (I'm not saying I'm insulted). Faith and God can't be proven, so why bother to try? I just wonder why so many try to disprove it.
Stan, thanks!
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