i avoid talking religion a lot, though it shaped many of my ethics/standards that i still carry today. i’m interested in religion. i’m interested in how it drives people to do what they feel is right (for good and for bad) – there are so many organizations that actually do good work because of their belief systems, i can’t ignore the motivation. i find myself being unable to be against it – so being a true atheist doesn’t work for me but nor does any faith system.
in the last couple days, i’ve run across several things that stand out. Anne Rice quits Christianity
“In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”
And laughing a little too much at the xkcd comic posted last night/today. i wish i could say i now feel superior to both fundamentalists and to atheists… but instead i respect their commitment to fully believe in something… one way or another. i didn’t care much for the book “Life of Pi” but i did find myself, several years later, still haunted by his disrespect for agnostics and their inability to make a decision – and wishing i could believe in something…
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