POLITICS AND RELIGION............................

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I tend to think that there may have been a universal religion at some point in time...but that along the way that got lost. All of our “religions” now are an attempt to make sense of pieces of the puzzle.

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what I have always wondered about religion is why the greek and roman religions are now “mythology”.

When Christianity dies, will is be considered mythology as well? Or is that the label they put on it to make it sound less valid?

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Actually the way we think of the word “mythology” is just our modern viewpoint. What “mythology” really means is stories of religions, beliefs and explanations for the world around us.

But lately we seem to have infused it with the idea of meaning “untrue”.

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meh. either way, I am pretty much against any and all organized religion.

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Which probably isn’t just happenstance.
Many religions don’t really like you thinking that the 'other ones' could be true too.

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How about disorganized religion? lol

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Yes I think you’re right. It was only the pantheistic religions who had any degree of feeling comfortable with another culture’s belief. “You have a god that’s different than ours? We’ll appropriate it for our own culture”, etc.

Although that was often a mark of one culture conquering another more than anything. One could argue it was not so much acceptance of that culture’s belief as appropriation for political reasons.

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y?

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I believe Jesus died and rose on the third day for our sins...which makes me a christian. I dont believe in Adam and Eve because it contradicts itself. If Adam and Even were the first people on earth then how in the hell did Cain...their son....got punish my God putting a mark on him showing he was a murderer to the other people of the earth...othere people wait wasent Adam and Even the only people.

I dont believe in Noah because it it myth passed down in the Jewish faith. I do believe in Moses and Josheph.

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From what I have seen it causes far too many problems. Because in the long run, no 2 people are going to agree 100% on something as complex as the universe, and I don’t think that it makes sense for people to just settle with what is closest to what they believe.