The coincidence is that all communities seem to develop a religion of some kind, not that religion develops communities. If religion was truly the ruling factor, there would only be the one. As it is, the one is humanity, in all its wondrous, religious variety.
The Holy Books:
Filled with stories that amount to nice fables and parables, loaded with morals, as well as false prophesies, all based upon erring beliefs in history. All in all, a nice read, and a person can learn much about themselves and others, but hardly anything to truly bank on. A few thousand years ago, this was the way for religions, pagan or otherwise, and now, I’m afraid that if we do not learn that we’ve outgrown them, they will surely drive us all to extinction.
Embrace humanity, and embrace the far-flung future, not the distant past, for there is nothing there.
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- From the Christian Science Monitor
- The problem seems to be that
- divine inspiration
- Sad. It's worth a headline when a Christian Conservative makes some sense.
- Then again, maybe it doesn't mean anything.
- Are you saying that
- Are you saying that the match between modern scientific concepts and the concepts from the old book are a coincidence?
- The problem seems to be that