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Post by Arlon10 on Aug 30, 2019 19:46:44 GMT

Aug 30, 2019 19:09:15 GMT @homergreg said:

Aug 30, 2019 18:58:45 GMT general313 said:

The choice wasn't "religious practices", it was "religion". I'm not saying you necessarily fit this pattern, and I already expressed my hope that you don't, but history is full of religious people that condone or outright commit violence against "nonbelievers". There's plenty of them around today, in the States and elsewhere.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about in practice, maybe it will better illuminate my view here:

There is a father and son who belong to a religion that forbids interfaith marriage. The son falls in love with and marries someone outside this religion. The religion states that the father must disown the son in this circumstance. The father wrestles with the situation, prays long and hard about it, and comes to a decision. The father welcomes his new daughter in law and is excommunicated from the religion.

I personally believe that the father did not put his son ahead of God in this situation, but he sure put his son ahead of his religion.

   I think your problem with "religion" is looking for the worst ones and defining them all by that.

   Whatever your notion of a "god" is I'm sure there's a Facebook group to follow it.

   I'm not buying the "family first" several people claim here. If their nephew ran a meth lab and murdered his rivals, I think he'd be alone on Thanksgiving.