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Originally Posted by nation-x
I am a logical person and an American... why do I need to identify myself with some philosophical group? I don't believe in a flying spaghetti monster. I don't see any physical proof that there is a higher power and all religions were developed by men as a way to justify their existence... it's as simple as that
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Which is your opinion, at best. You need to see something in front of you to believe it? I see ethical monotheism as a way to better oneself, so we disagree on that.
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I am not advocating anything... it's a fact and you disagreed with me and agreed with me in the same paragraph... are you schizophrenic?
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I'm not too sure what you're talking about, seeing as I just explained what you described as being a form of "relativism".
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The religious right does think that... I grew up in evangelical churches... believe me... they think they are the "chosen"... alot of religions do. Again... Atheism does not equal secular humanism... that is a single philosophy among many... just like there are different theological beliefs among religions.
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I do believe the Jewish people were chosen. But how would that make us look down on other religions exactly? For religious people, there is no one truth path to God/higher order. If the religious right truly does that, then they're ignorant..
Edit: And if you're telling me I agreed and disagreed with you in the same
post, it's because you made more than a single point, which I thought would be quite obvious.