Re: POLITICS RELIGION Absolute property rights

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On 1/3/08, Idol <Idol@...> wrote:

> In some respects, yes, of course, our conceptions of religion are

> different -- you believe in the factual accuracy of your religion and

> I don't believe in the factual accuracy of any religions, at least as

> far as creation myths and whatnot go -- but with that admittedly

> significant exception, I can't imagine that we'd profoundly disagree

> on the functional characteristics of religions in a day-to-day, planet-

> bound sense.

I could imagine it. And I think if you think Christianity is true, or

if you think it's false, that makes a huge difference in how you view

its functionality. I mean, sure I think there are certain

sociological characteristics you could look at that we'd agree on, but

if you consider that 100% of what there is to say about the

functionality of religion and I consider it, say, 10% of what there is

to say about true religion than that basically puts us at only 10%

agreement.

> > But, I guess, to the best of your satisfaction I would say it is in

> > accord with my " internal moral sense of things. "

> As I expected.

> But if your moral sense and your religion line up (even if we disagree

> about why) don't you expect other people's often do too -- even when

> the " religion " is more figurative than literal?

Yes, why?

Chris