I caught the end of a program last night on a particular religious group using religion to defend a certain practice that is currently illegal. As I listened to an advocate of this position I found it curious that he said things like: (These are not direct quotes)
"We have to follow what our religion teaches us regardless if it is popular or unpopular."
"Doctrine is doctrine and it must be followed no matter what."
"We have a constitutional right to practice our beliefs."
I pondered these statements and got to thinking about the assumptions we make in the observance of religious tradition.
I was able to condense an entire list of assumptions to just two:
1. We assume that we are right.
2. We assume that others are wrong.
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August 16th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
The scary thing about numbers 1 and 2 is that some of our folks profess a belief in Numbers 1 and 2.
August 16th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Are you suggesting there is even a remote possibility that WE (or that I) may be wrong? You’re just flat out wrong, brother!
August 18th, 2007 at 11:58 am
I taught a class this week that really helped me think about our intent in study. We were talking about “The Message” and three individuals were passionate in their hatred for it. “It’s dangerous!” they shouted. “People might read it and think it’s the Bible!”
They were so concerned that somebody might get something “wrong” about God, that they missed the fact that people might be reading about God!
Wow. If only we had some sort of, I don’t know, spirit or something that would help people.