If there exists a divine presence, I believe that divinity wants humans to foster understanding and compassion. (If not, what good is it?)
This tells me more about you than it does about divinity. It's been my experience that most people look to religion to validate what they themdselves want to do or be or think. It's a projection. I like yours very much. I like others less.
In other words, while the above is true for you, another individual might say, in all sincerity, "If there exists a divine presence, I believe that divinity wants humans to stop murdering their unborn children. (If not, what good is it?)"
I think it is impossible to view any religious system apart from the humans who adopt it. We create Deity in our own images. Therefore, any examination of Deity reveals more about the examiners than it does about the "true and objective reality" of Deity itself.
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Date: 2005-05-04 08:53 pm (UTC)This tells me more about you than it does about divinity. It's been my experience that most people look to religion to validate what they themdselves want to do or be or think. It's a projection. I like yours very much. I like others less.
In other words, while the above is true for you, another individual might say, in all sincerity, "If there exists a divine presence, I believe that divinity wants humans to stop murdering their unborn children. (If not, what good is it?)"
I think it is impossible to view any religious system apart from the humans who adopt it. We create Deity in our own images. Therefore, any examination of Deity reveals more about the examiners than it does about the "true and objective reality" of Deity itself.