Winderdale
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Dogmatic religions
What I found en course of my own spiritual seeking that all the religions based on dogmatic teachings started to arise a feeling of distrust in me. So much as opposed to Zen view - where everything should go through one's heart and soul. Such a wonderful saying by Buddha - "Don't believe in anything if your heart is opposed to it - even if it is myself who speaks to you." What our Judaic, Christian and Muhammad prophets say? That we should be cursed with the worst curses if we don't take their teaching as an ultimate truth. Well, yes.
Also one should recognise that a dogma carries its opposite. "You shall not kill". This means that the man SHALL kill, because he is created a murderer, ability to kill is born with him, and he needs such an ordnance to somehow limit him in killing. Christianity very aptly goes around this problem, viewing man as created perfect and blaming him for all the nasty qualities he acquired. Why not blame the Creator for such an imperfect creature, which always disobeied Him and was always prone to "evil"?
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4/4/2006, 8:59 pm
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DavidWishard
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Re: Dogmatic religions
While your questions deserve a response, I think that in order to properly deconstruct Christianity, one would need oh, about a lifetime of research. My experience with people of strong Christian faith tells me that there are numerous ways to look at the dichotomies you see, but personally I could not tell you many.
You should read the book of Romans, chapters 1-8. There is some very interesting stuff by Paul in there regarding the concept of "law," or, to put it in a more contemporary light, "enforced obligation to 'morality'." He claims that to love Jesus means to love the Good, which destroys the need for Law because one will naturally love that which is good. Of course, I don't know a single person that fulfills this ideal, though it's a concept worth looking into. Check out my post, I'd like some of your thoughts.
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5/3/2006, 8:41 am
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