"Religion isn't the problem, it's man's interpretation of it..."

[the_bob_delusion]

...and using it for their own agenda"

Discuss. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@poddster wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

There is nothing wrong with believing in a god; the problem arises when someone puts a fence around that belief, starts prescribing the appropriate behaviour and rituals  demanded by that god, and tries to persuade or coerce others intoadopting that behaviour.

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The above is a very good description of the "Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Diversity" relgion TGSE, you, being a wordsmith have an eloquent turn of phrase

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I also know the difference beteen religion and science.

Religion: The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods:. (Oxford Dictionary)

Science: The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment: (Oxford Dictionary.

[*crikey*mate*]

Here is something else that you may be interested in She Ele

The Statute of Anne

[the_great_she_elephant]

Thanks, Crikey. I had no ide oabout thatbit of  history. I've stored it away safely for future reference.

[aftanas]

By definition, man's interpretation is the only thing we can know about a religion.  Since god can only talk to man through man the only thing we can know about god's will is what we understand that he has said about it.  The statement "Religion isn't the problem, it's man's interpretation of it..." therefore is a logical absurdity.  If man's interpretation of a religion is the only thing we can understand about a religion, then the religion becomes whatever we interpret it to be, so both the interpretation and the religion becomes the problem.

[lakeland27]

man is a definite problem in respect of outcomes for others . religion is only one tool in the kit.

[the_great_she_elephant]

Anyone believing in a God who takes a personal interest in them has created that God in their own image and likeness, according to their own needs and culture.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Anyone believing in a God who takes a personal interest in them has created that God in their own image and likeness, according to their own needs and culture.

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THere was this line that goes something like this, what God wants always seem to coincides with what he'she wants. 

THat's true except when you actually have a bible/koran which tells you how to think. 

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@matthew_mark_luke_and_bob wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

Anyone believing in a God who takes a personal interest in them has created that God in their own image and likeness, according to their own needs and culture.

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THere was this line that goes something like this, what God wants always seem to coincides with what he'she wants. 

THat's true except when you actually have a bible/koran which tells you how to think. 

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Except that the Bible doesn't tell you that being rich is a sign you are a good person and God loves you and the Koran doesn't tell you that women should not go out in public without draping a tent over their heads - yet there are Christians and Muslims who, respectively, believe both these things. "Holy books" can tell you anything you wish, depending on how you interpret them.

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[the_bob_delusion]

ummmm, there's a difference between what the bible tells you to do and not obeying it. The bad CHristians do not obvious follow the bible entirely. THe true Christians follows it almost to a T. THat's the worry.

[bright.ton42]

True, but which interpration of the bible are we talking about?   The  interpretation by say the Jehovahs Witnesseses is totally different to say that  of  the  Catholics   and Mormons and so on.   And how do we interpret true Christians?  I suppose this goes back to the original OP -   it's  all about  interpretation.