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SmokeSomeDoja · 12-25-2005, 05:40 PM

i think religion can be a positive or a negative thing, and in my experience, it is often more positive than anything.

sure religion gets and deserves alot of blame for certain things...rulers can use religion as a tool to control people, but they can use alot of things to control people, that doesnt make religion inherently bad.

i was loosely raised a catholic, went to catholic school then a jesuit high school. i wouldnt consider myself much a catholic, although i can participate in catholic/christian events and whatnot. but i also like to get bits of all the religions. i can go to a buddhist temple and meditate, or whatever else. i like to read the tao te ching, or hindu scriptures, or whatever else.

some of you should take a course in the worlds religions if you can, or just read up on them. they arent the evil mass-control-mechanism that some of you think it is.

i really like buddhist teachings.

i find that all the religions serve the same purpose. and that purpose is to make oneself a "better" person. thats obviously very subjective, but who are you or anyone else to define that? thats not to say everyone uses religion for the same purpose.

i personally think its kind of naive to say that religion is bad.

although i wouldnt consider myself a "religious" person, just because i do not regularly practice any one religion, i can honestly say that "religion" has made me a better person. being exposed to buddhism/taoism/hinduism/et al. has opened my eyes to alot of things. meditation is a great tool.

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SmokeSomeDoja Lushous Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Erogenous Zones Posts: 17,396 Thanks: 238 Thanked 445 Times in 279 Posts	i think religion can be a positive or a negative thing, and in my experience, it is often more positive than anything. sure religion gets and deserves alot of blame for certain things...rulers can use religion as a tool to control people, but they can use alot of things to control people, that doesnt make religion inherently bad. i was loosely raised a catholic, went to catholic school then a jesuit high school. i wouldnt consider myself much a catholic, although i can participate in catholic/christian events and whatnot. but i also like to get bits of all the religions. i can go to a buddhist temple and meditate, or whatever else. i like to read the tao te ching, or hindu scriptures, or whatever else. some of you should take a course in the worlds religions if you can, or just read up on them. they arent the evil mass-control-mechanism that some of you think it is. i really like buddhist teachings. i find that all the religions serve the same purpose. and that purpose is to make oneself a "better" person. thats obviously very subjective, but who are you or anyone else to define that? thats not to say everyone uses religion for the same purpose. i personally think its kind of naive to say that religion is bad. although i wouldnt consider myself a "religious" person, just because i do not regularly practice any one religion, i can honestly say that "religion" has made me a better person. being exposed to buddhism/taoism/hinduism/et al. has opened my eyes to alot of things. meditation is a great tool. __________________ fotoz fo yo azz "I've run over black cats that were luckier than me."