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`We are a space-age people. We know if Jesus went straight up, he didn't go to heaven. He went into orbit.' --John Shelby Spong, former Episcopal bishop
hee hee. Seriously, it's a good article on Christianity and refocussing of values.
I want to read Tom Harpur's The Pagan Christ. Seems interesting in light of what some of the Dead Sea Scrolls had to say.
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I have pondered a few times about converting to a religion or two, and after much thought I have turned back unto myself and decided that if I was ever to convert to another religion, I should first look at why I rejected Catholicism. I should justify my rejection of Christianity as a person of European descent and culture, and justify why I want to adopt a religion that belongs to another culture.
In another frame of mind, after been thrown a curve ball by a Christian philosophy teacher in cégep, I have decided to firmly come back into the atheist camp (from agnostic). That should not be seen as incompatible with the previous paragraph.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
missnegativity recently described herself as an "atheist, observant jew", if my memory serves me well, and I find the label attractive, although suffering from the simultaneous possession and consumption of one's cake.
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Final note: According to Alberuni, a scholar in the employ of Persian Muslim rulers in India (Mahmud al-Ghazni or one of his descendents...) in the 11th century, Buddhism was widespread across the Middle East before Zoroastrianism came and conquered, before itself being almost anihilated by Islam. Witness:
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hee hee. Seriously, it's a good article on Christianity and refocussing of values.
I want to read Tom Harpur's The Pagan Christ. Seems interesting in light of what some of the Dead Sea Scrolls had to say.
* * *
I have pondered a few times about converting to a religion or two, and after much thought I have turned back unto myself and decided that if I was ever to convert to another religion, I should first look at why I rejected Catholicism. I should justify my rejection of Christianity as a person of European descent and culture, and justify why I want to adopt a religion that belongs to another culture.
In another frame of mind, after been thrown a curve ball by a Christian philosophy teacher in cégep, I have decided to firmly come back into the atheist camp (from agnostic). That should not be seen as incompatible with the previous paragraph.
missnegativity recently described herself as an "atheist, observant jew", if my memory serves me well, and I find the label attractive, although suffering from the simultaneous possession and consumption of one's cake.* * *
Final note: According to Alberuni, a scholar in the employ of Persian Muslim rulers in India (Mahmud al-Ghazni or one of his descendents...) in the 11th century, Buddhism was widespread across the Middle East before Zoroastrianism came and conquered, before itself being almost anihilated by Islam. Witness:
( Read more... )