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Thread #131699   Message #2975346
Posted By: Stringsinger
29-Aug-10 - 03:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: The God Delusion 2010
Subject: RE: BS: The God Delusion 2010
"Whether or not they actually are is open to interpretation dependant on on'es own belief system. Anyone doing good and using their spiritual base with it cannot possibly be doing anything bad."

"Doing good" is often a matter of interpretation. There is a pre-bible statement that stems from earlier religions that says (and I paraphrase) "Don't do anything bad to someone that
you wouldn't like to have done to you." (It's the Golden Rule in reverse and it predates
Christianity.

Don't the military generals at the Pentagon think they are doing something good for humanity based on their spiritual beliefs? Hence, Iraq and Afghanistan.

When you get into the area of "spiritual beliefs" you can run into trouble.