Thoughts and Prayers: The Religion Thread

We take a vote, majority rules. Within a preexisting framework, such as a Constitution. Your beliefs are subordinate to the democratically elected societal construct.

 

Gervais lives in Britain, Colbert lives in America and they're both multi-millionaire comedians.

They are in the 99.99 percentile of privilege. That's where they differ very little. Gervais can afford - in this life - to disavow God.

 

Lou Reed asked that question once. Great song.

 

We can all afford to disavow religion and we can all worship god in our own way and quietly.

 

Lots of people disavow God - any God - until they have an expiration date ...
Maybe they are hypocrites. Maybe they are playing it safe and hedging bets. Funny how things change.

My take is religion boils down to this: If you use religion as a weapon against others, instead of shield, you are wrong. Period. No Exceptions.

 

I think Paul would disagree.

 

Perhaps, but that really isn't relevant and we can't know for certain what he would say. 'yab's argument was that what we know is more the words of men, including Paul, than it is the word of G-d.

 

The whole point is Paul’s words are inspired by the spirit of the God he worships.

 

Some evangelicals claim that the same is true for Trump, but I think that the odds are pretty small that any of his tweets might find their way into the Biblical canon. But ... mysterious ways, etc.

There’s probably a better chance that, a couple thousand years from now, some clip from a Kirk Cameron movie winds up in some unimaginable form of whatever Scripture has become.

 

Mmm-hmm.