People tend to become lazy thinkers and settle into comfortable not-thought if given the slightest chance
Oh. Oh. You've just hit exactly the reason I distrust organised religion. It's just so open to manipulation, to being used to encourage people into not-thought.
Not that I think all organised religion does that. I do think, though, that some people abuse the structures of organised religion to do precisely that.
the important bits (to me) are the rules to live by
We could have a reasoned debate on whose version of those rules we should accept... if we wanted to open that can of worms. :-)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
branchandroot
no subject
Date: 2005-12-26 07:44 pm (UTC)Oh. Oh. You've just hit exactly the reason I distrust organised religion. It's just so open to manipulation, to being used to encourage people into not-thought.
Not that I think all organised religion does that. I do think, though, that some people abuse the structures of organised religion to do precisely that.
the important bits (to me) are the rules to live by
We could have a reasoned debate on whose version of those rules we should accept... if we wanted to open that can of worms. :-)