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” think about the culinary codes followed by Jews and muslims, which have nothing to do with God”
The culinary codes were (if you believe) were given by God to Moses as a guide for the Jews to follow during the exodus.
The codes made perfect sense for a sanitary and precaution against disease and infection.
I agree with that, Lech- The problem with that type of social conformism is that whole “with G-d on our side,” thing. It brooks no argument- it’s used as an answer. It shuts down negotiation in the more extreme forms.
If I ever joined a shul, it would be for the sense of community and shared history.
“My only concern at the moment is whether I am comfortable joining a church given my lack of affirmative belief in God. All of the institutional religious stuff I basically ignore because I would never join a church or religion that does it. There is simply no way I could ever be Catholic or Jewish or Muslim.”
Yeah, correct me if I’m wrong, but based on an earlier post of yours it sounds like you’re more interested in joining just to get the know people in the community, right?
I think it might be dangerous to have your young, impressionable kids around that kinda environment – you might have crazy debates when they get older 😉
i can foresee a funny conversation that will occur pretty quickly:
– daddy, why don’t you go up to get the eucharist with everoyne else?
– i don’t believe in god, honey
– why not?
“The problem I have with religions is that they insist their way is the only way.”
But that’s just religion as a vehicle for social conformism. I think religion is a vehicle, not a cause. If religion isn’t the vehicle it will just be something else. Religious doctrine has historically served as the expression of social norms unrelated to any of the God stuff…. think about the culinary codes followed by Jews and muslims, which have nothing to do with God, or Sharia, which is nominally articulated as what allah wants but really is just an expression of the social norms sought by particular elements of muslim society.
My only concern at the moment is whether I am comfortable joining a church given my lack of affirmative belief in God. All of the institutional religious stuff I basically ignore because I would never join a church or religion that does it. There is simply no way I could ever be Catholic or Jewish or Muslim.
Arkady that’s pretty damn trippy. The best is when I look out my window at tall Manhattan buildings right after looking at the screen.
bxgrl,
ha ha
…looks like all the bun puns have thinned out the OT posters to just a few.
Far less than a baker’s dozen, I’d say.
good night everyone.
haha – thanks arkady!! i’ll def check it out later after i’ve celebrated my holiday.
LOL, legion- that made me roll on the floor. 🙂
So, in other words, you’ll be having pork buns?