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again and again I come across the message that we must treat all religions with respect. last month I read through most of (before I gave it back to the library) Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work In Her Own Words and she said as much, too. and I really respect Peace Pilgrim .
exoterica just recently forwarded on something to that effect.
I have more respect for religious texts when i don't read them. when I don't read them I can pretend that they all contain truth and all say the same things and just leave it that. when I do read through them, I see how much they get wrong. if you look for tolerance and pluralism you will find it in the Koran, but only in places, or in the Bible, but only in places.
no one says respect all political ideologies as equal. let's lump in all the political philosophies. the personality cult of Lydon LaRouche will get along with the personality cult of Kim Jong-il, the Republcan Party will find common ground with the Irish Republican Army.
religions contradict each other. also, some have more merit than others.
spiritual maturity can make it more difficult for a person to recognize that other people lack that maturity. the childish, moralistic passages in the religious texts mean exactly what you wouldn't want them to mean. or so I think, anyway.
exoterica just recently forwarded on something to that effect.
I have more respect for religious texts when i don't read them. when I don't read them I can pretend that they all contain truth and all say the same things and just leave it that. when I do read through them, I see how much they get wrong. if you look for tolerance and pluralism you will find it in the Koran, but only in places, or in the Bible, but only in places.
no one says respect all political ideologies as equal. let's lump in all the political philosophies. the personality cult of Lydon LaRouche will get along with the personality cult of Kim Jong-il, the Republcan Party will find common ground with the Irish Republican Army.
religions contradict each other. also, some have more merit than others.
spiritual maturity can make it more difficult for a person to recognize that other people lack that maturity. the childish, moralistic passages in the religious texts mean exactly what you wouldn't want them to mean. or so I think, anyway.