Re: This isn\'t a Build a Religion store is it?
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Still not sure of why these people don't bother DS more, since he only seems to pop up to introduce new threads and make little responses that don't give much detail as to his reasoning.
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DS's recently mentioned his role as 'traffic generator' and essentially that's how his posts play out. He tosses out some thought, usually without any background structure, and leaves us to sort it out. He rarely comes back in with a major expansion or explanation. Fair enough, a group needs a stimulator.
In this case, he seems to be focusing on the "specific beliefs aren't warranted" angle ( a favorite of his), this time as it relates to going to hell...for some reason. I don't see how that is worse than having 4 specific beliefs, 3 of them in conflict, that you often get from the wishy-washies.
People take their morals to their religion by this 'adopting' process. Some can take a dogma right off the shelf ( it fits their innate morality), others need to adjust their interpretation of the bible to arrive at religion/morals harmony. Some wishy-washies do your " build a religion" and never bother to reconcile the armload of postions they end up with... those bother me for intellectual honesty reasons more than the dogmatic ( off-the shelf or modified) types who have at least put in the effort to make their stance coherent.
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