tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779254612265342114.post8871279682879334481..comments2023-09-02T07:32:46.439-07:00Comments on Quriltai on the Shore: Believe in the Bible, or read it, I guessQuriltaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05899113009557697341noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779254612265342114.post-33898163017005033742009-04-18T20:08:00.000-07:002009-04-18T20:08:00.000-07:00This was about religion, not faith. I am a lot mo...This was about religion, not faith. I am a lot more ready to accept the possibility of a higher power than I am ready to accept that the Bible is a faithful reflection of that power's aspirations, actions, and motives.<br /><br />I'm not in the least looking for a war of all against all, but I certainly welcome a skewering of a set of outstandingly self-contradictory principles.Quriltaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899113009557697341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8779254612265342114.post-10319572875920134772009-04-18T15:23:00.000-07:002009-04-18T15:23:00.000-07:00I made it to about two minutes in. People were qui...I made it to about two minutes in. People were quite capable of barbaric mistreatment of one another before Christianity...and they still are. So perhaps it's a zero sum thing. Nobody likes religion, but an amoral war of all against all isn't much fun either, is it? I can't say for certain that the world would be a better place without religion, nor am I as sure as you that there is neither a higher power nor life after death.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06847155333569085330noreply@blogger.com