10,000 Clergy Admit Bible Not Literal Truth
February 14, 2006
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Is this about changing behavior? Of course it is. Some libertarians and resource cornucopians might cast it as an issue of personal freedom–the freedom to use and dispose of as many plastic bags as one cares to. Maybe like some sort of God-given right.
Recognition of human rights is diametrically opposed to the concept of sin. Sin, with its accompanying payload of denial, guilt and fear, is the bludgeon used by all religions to perpetuate their control.
“Mr. President, how many bibles will you be taking to Beijing?”
Free speech means you have the right to publish or say what you want. But you are responsible for providing your own forum and your own publicity.
Decrees sound angry to me. Desperate. The ones that don’t sound angry just sound silly. I’d rather sing the blues to deal with my pain.
It was a wide ranging discussion about the Church, my upbringing, my exit from the church, the philosophical problems posed by my parents’ claim to speak for God.
Think what you will of Marquis de Sade’s well-deserved reputation for libertinism and amorality–his still-scintillating rants on God and religion are so eloquent, I can only step back in awe.
Religious beliefs are not factual and thus cannot ever be supported rationally. They can cause people to commit inhumane acts or acts that are just plain incomprehensible.
If you choose to tear down such signs, the law is on your side. The U.S. Supreme Court in 1984 upheld Los Angeles’ municipal code ban on political advertising on utility poles.
The belief that’s most central to religious hubris is that human beings can use our minds and voices to manipulate matter. From tales of Jesus’ affirmation “Lazarus, come forth,” to the fall of Jericho, all religious adherents dream of wielding this magical power.
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