Religion

longship

(40,416 posts)

3. That's why I posed the question.

Fri Sep 20, 2013, 02:52 PM

Sep 2013

I wasn't sure that I can buy that narrative. But I hear it often enough that it might bear studying it.

And your relating atheism similar to LGBT would likewise be controversial. I am not sure I buy that. Gender expression is clearly a congenital thing, but I don't know if atheism/belief is. That would be another question for Dennett's proposed scientific study of religion. Why do people believe or not believe?

These things fascinate me. I think it is helpful to ponder them and discuss them even without finding resolutions.

I guess that's why this forum exists. It's certainly why I keep coming back here. That, and the overall general politeness of many DUers here.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

10 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

After a Crisis of Faith, Finding a New Secular Mission [View all] cbayer Sep 2013 OP

I wonder if she's aware of the "Clergy Project" longship Sep 2013 #1

I would think she would be aware of it, as she is exactly the cbayer Sep 2013 #2

That's why I posed the question. longship Sep 2013 #3

Let me ask you this question, longship. cbayer Sep 2013 #4

That's a good way to put it. longship Sep 2013 #6

There may be some way to look at this in the future. cbayer Sep 2013 #8

Yup. Saw the first two episodes. longship Sep 2013 #9

Lol, just found this. She's the executive director of the Clergy Project. cbayer Sep 2013 #5

Bingo! I like her even more. longship Sep 2013 #7

Saint Paul warned us cogently to beware of new converts. One of his wiser remarks, as dimbear Sep 2013 #10