[Religion has no such checks and balances. People accept dogma on faith, with any serious questioning it's teachings being discouraged, faith being seen as a virtue.
Oh man, is that ever wrong. There's something like 33,000 Christian denominations because nobody questions.
That's not an example of questioning the central beliefs of Christianity or any religion, of course, each religion does reject the teachings of other faiths without too much effort. It is an example of the absurdity of faith. Countless denominations squabble over things like the Trinity or the Divinity of Jesus, salvation through grace or works, etc....yet they do not question faith itself, or their own faith, or the existence of God, they tinker with the details, fretting over things that are taken on faith.
Originally Posted by nighthawk
But then based on deprecated translation of an ancient Hebrew text we conclude the absurdity that God is the root of all evil.
The writers of the Torah/OT describe what they believed their God to be like. Christian writers added their own beliefs, which Judaism rejects. Each clinging to their own interpretations and their own faith.
