Originally Posted by rost495
Lemme get to AK first. LOL

RE what makes you good? I dunno, but without some form of responsibility, why would I worry about what I do?

I"m sure my education from young up, in religion, and even though we don't go to a church currently, we still strongly believe, is part of the reason thats been ingrained in me to help. Help with about anything and generally I don't want anything in return.

Likely why I volunteer so much.

You start to look at city life these days and we are heading the wrong direction quickly and because of no reason to act with responsibility and compassion to your fellow beings.

Whether you like religion or not, it tries its best to better society, and thats not a bad thing.

Hanging around a bunch of medical folks and I think thats often why I'm exposed on our calls and runs and such, to the fact that there has to be something else.

And if you think dead can't come back to life.... I only have to look at the dead seeds I put in my garden every spring....


You say tries to make society better, but perhaps we should ask not about it's proclaimed intent, but it's actual effects. Organized religion has gone to great measures to maintain it's dominance, suppressing idea's that could threaten their position. You have to look no further then this very thread to see the YEC's and the effects of blind faith on the willingness of some to comprehend science. Look how it's used in the Middle East. Many of then are not using it to "make society better", but to maintain their own positions of power.

You didn't use logic or reason to get into this opinion, I cannot use logic or reason to get you out of it.

You cannot over estimate the unimportance of nearly everything. John Maxwell