tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post9165965783969467780..comments2023-10-31T21:50:46.985+11:00Comments on Plonka's Blog: Religion - Hope or Hinderance?Plonkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-22471024357999876222007-05-08T03:23:00.000+10:002007-05-08T03:23:00.000+10:00Hehehe. Very nicely done Dikkii...:)Hehehe. Very nicely done Dikkii...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-50424161553390427052007-05-08T00:21:00.000+10:002007-05-08T00:21:00.000+10:00But no matter, I'm told that God has a plan...:)He...<I>But no matter, I'm told that God has a plan...:)</I><BR/><BR/>He's got an answer for everything, that God. ;-)Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-13658094725075273912007-05-07T23:57:00.000+10:002007-05-07T23:57:00.000+10:00Dikkii: Now there's a conundrum, and no mistake. B...Dikkii: Now there's a conundrum, and no mistake. But no matter, I'm told that God has a plan...:)Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-55355191680782403542007-05-07T23:44:00.000+10:002007-05-07T23:44:00.000+10:00And therein lies the difference. At least you have...<I>And therein lies the difference. At least you have the right to appeal.</I><BR/><BR/>Very good point. Unless your case is constitutional, you do get an avenue of appeal.<BR/><BR/>Which of course begs the question: When it is clear to anyone who hasn't gone blind, deaf or dumb that the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God stuffed things up time and time again in the Old Testament, how do God-fearing folk know that He's going to get it right when everyone is on trial on Judgement Day? Leave it to Jesus to make the tough decisions?<BR/><BR/>I have my doubts.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-23096895566048949322007-05-07T03:15:00.000+10:002007-05-07T03:15:00.000+10:00Dikkii: except in a higher court.And therein lies ...Dikkii: <I>except in a higher court.</I><BR/><BR/>And therein lies the difference. At least you have the right to appeal.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately however, the fact that <I>judges are appointed in order to maintain the prejudices of the ruling elite at any point in time</I> means that your appeal may often stand on very shaky ground indeed...Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-77442185705536426892007-05-07T02:52:00.000+10:002007-05-07T02:52:00.000+10:00What would be better would be if people who worked...What would be better would be if people who worked for religion promoted the good parts rather than the questionable parts.<BR/><BR/>But that's not what religion is about. Religion, it appears to me, is about finding excuses to foist one's prejudices on the rest of the population.<BR/><BR/>This model can be extended to all codes of ethics, not just religious ones - take the "rule of law" concept for example. Just like in religion, the word of the arbiter is infallible, except in a higher court. And judges are appointed in order to maintain the prejudices of the ruling elite at any point in time.Dikkiihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897381809885423712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-37484599339379518672007-05-06T13:28:00.000+10:002007-05-06T13:28:00.000+10:00Alpha: Thanks for dropping by...:)Religion provide...Alpha: Thanks for dropping by...:)<BR/><BR/><I>Religion provides believers with a variation of the Nuremberg Defense.</I><BR/><BR/>You got me thinking. Maybe the Nuremberg defence is just a variation of the god defence, he was here first after all...<BR/><BR/><I>I think morality is about thought rather than the oversimplified application of Iron Age philosophies.</I><BR/><BR/>I couldn't agree more. We don't need god to tell us what's objectionable. I think it was Ingersoll who said - "'Thou shalt not kill' is as old as Man himself, for the simple reason that the majority of people object to being murdered." - and how right he was.Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-65335098501194223382007-05-06T07:51:00.000+10:002007-05-06T07:51:00.000+10:00"Religion also introduces the concept of an ultima...<I>"Religion also introduces the concept of an ultimate judge and arbiter. It doesn’t matter what I do or what my fellow man may think of me, for God will be my judge."</I><BR/><BR/>Religion provides believers with a variation of the Nuremberg Defense. It doesn't really matter how much real world harm results from their actions. They were simply following the orders of God. <BR/><BR/>I think morality is about thought rather than the oversimplified application of Iron Age philosophies.Yulacuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920466179192075331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-47086145673532382742007-05-05T22:00:00.000+10:002007-05-05T22:00:00.000+10:00Beep: I wish I had watched the series you posted b...Beep: I wish I had watched the series you posted before I wrote this one...<BR/><BR/><I>It is at this level that I think it is potentially dangerous.</I><BR/><BR/>And all to often we see that potential being realised. Iraq started as a threat but now we're doing it to rid the world of evil.Plonkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01552546816593027504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8031824543370830642.post-11522497293253091912007-05-05T09:29:00.000+10:002007-05-05T09:29:00.000+10:00Politically motivated religion has always disturbe...Politically motivated religion has always disturbed me, even when I was religious. It is at this level that I think it is potentially dangerous.<BR/><BR/>A religious belief at a personal level can provide hope, reassurance and a model for daily living - at the political level, it attempts to divide and conquer.<BR/><BR/>At a national level, it fosters tribalism and is divisive, authoritatian and intolerant of those who don't belong to the specific tribe.<BR/><BR/>As soon as politcians mistake political office for a religious pulpit, they help to create and foster divisions within society.beepbeepitsmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12931640447011071849noreply@blogger.com