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Littlestone Dec 15, 2007 23:06:21
Replying to anthonyqkiernan

I lived in a non-Christian country (non-monotheistic religious country actually) for close on twenty years. When I came back to England I was struck by how screwed-up our belief systems (both religious and philosophical) were. In my humble opinion 'Western' culture has made two great errors; the first was the wholesale adoption of Greco-Roman philosophy. The second was the adoption of Christianity as the 'right' and only religion.

It may sound impossible but imagine a country where people do not believe in a single god. A country where if you want to believe in something 'divine' you are shown that the divine is present in every tree and rock. Or if you do not want to believe in a divine presence at all that's OK too. Crazy? No, I know of one such country and I suspect there are a few others out there as well.

Once a society has stepped into that sort of perception even the sky's not the limit :-)

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hedlite Dec 16, 2007 02:11:21
Replying to Littlestone

i find your reply and hand of dave's really interesting. however, i won't attempt to reply intellegently as i'm pissed. however, i do find it interesting that few things drive people to such passionate extremes as belief. or maybe the threat to their belief. really anything from a football team to the method of preparing and cooking a vegetable. the way to clean a house or raise a child. whether you're a spaceman 3 or harry connick junior fan (or both and 'no one' understands you).

seems to me that that the most misleading thing in life is that the words difficult and easy usually mean the oppposite of each other.