Lucy (
luciazephyr) wrote2011-02-26 05:50 pm
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The continuing saga of my religions teacher
"Thanks for the explanations, but I have to ask if you truly believe your statement that you "have no reason to believe any of these faith-based ideas. . ." It can be argued that showing compassion to another person is a faith based idea."
Yes, I do truly believe it, thank you.
And no, it really can't.
Yes, I do truly believe it, thank you.
And no, it really can't.
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No it isn't! Faith in a higher being is not required to have a sense of morality!
I am so sorry about your religions teacher. I've actually had an excellent time whenever I've studied religion, but that's largely because my professors don't assume belief. (I wonder if that's because I study Judaism rather than Christianity? But even then, there wasn't an assumption that I believed in some God even if it wasn't the same one.)
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Sometimes it's just so frustrating to be treated this way.
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I can't name names, but there's like a dozen philosophers (Kant, for some reason, is on my tongue) that would disagree.
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Wait.
Wait.
This twit you've been complaining about is UCC? REALLY? I've never met a UCC minister that clueless.
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He's minister in a town that was one a KKK haven. So. :not surprised:
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If, on the other hand, she says "Church of Christ", she's any one of a dozen options, many of which are stupidly fundamental.
In general? Christianity? More fractures than a stained glass window.
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:checks out website of teacher's church on a whim: No mention of any of that forward-minded thinking here, sadly. Don't see how they're different from the Baptist church I attended for a month.
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Like Joss said, I am a hard-line, angry atheist. Yet I am fascinated by the concept of devotion. :chinhands:
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Also, in response to this post as a whole: your professor is an asshole.