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Thread #144236   Message #3334527
Posted By: Don(Wyziwyg)T
06-Apr-12 - 11:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Follow Jesus, not religion Andrew Sullivan
Subject: RE: BS: Follow Jesus, not religion Andrew Sullivan
""The big question is who is "I"? Seems to be a difference of opinion on this issue.""

That is a difference of opinion which is (or should be) acceptable to moderates on both sides of the argument.

Real science has never stated, or tried to prove, that there is no God. Their position remains that in terms of what they have discovered about the Universe there is no scientific evidence of the need for one.

Moderate believers have faith in the existence of a God, but are also capable of understanding that this cannot be scientifically proven. However many of those people are scientists also, and are able to reconcile their work and their faith without difficulty.

The point that bothers me about the quote is this sentence:   "
"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."
"

I have, as I said above, always treated my faith as something private between me and God.

Have I got it wrong through all these years, and should I go looking for another to join me? I ask because to me that starts to sound like an organised religion, which is exactly what I have been avoiding.........Bugger!!

Don T.