Originally posted by Jan
He obviously believes in truth and keeping promises and acting honorably toward others. He simply doesn't require a god to believe in all that.
He obviously believes in truth and keeping promises and acting honorably toward others. He simply doesn't require a god to believe in all that.


Religion is believing in a specific sort of way. That has nothing to do with 'believing' as such. I believe that the universe is quite capable of being way to complex for us to ever fully understand it. But why should I have to 'invent' a god for that?
I absolutely LOVE the expression jms used when he made Delenn say "We are the universe trying to understand itself". Spot on Joe!
Says it all for me basically. It wasn't jms who made me realize it of course. But he put it one sentence.
Besides : I personally don't want a superbeing or whatever that I can blame when I F*** up. That cheap, it is our own fault and we shouldn't be hiding behind doctrine. We should do something about it.
However: Anyone who wants to believe in whichever god they want is free to do so as far as I'm concerned. Just don't try to shove it down my throat.
Of course I still have to look at Zen Buddhism...

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