Theos-Talk Archives (December 2005 Message tt00232)

Hi Paul,

Do you suppose that an "end justifies the means" attitude could be 
said to characterize organized religion in general? It seems that, no 
matter which body of philosophy we consider, after the inception, it 
begins to degenerate until it becomes pretty much the same thing it 
was originally opposed to. Lying, cheating, stealing, killing in the 
name of God become the rule. 

It seems that perhaps the descent of the sublime and pure truth into 
the dense material plane of human habitation and mental activity 
makes it pretty difficult for its purity to be maintained. As soon as 
it takes on form, it begins to be corrupted, and those who receive it 
necessarily try to clothe it in the same old familiar conceptual 
tradition.

Better the familiar darkness than the unfamiliar Light?

Cheers,
Adelasie



On 21 Dec 2005 at 15:06, kpauljohnson wrote:

> Dear Doss,
> 
> The aspect of the judge's ruling that I find most interesting is his
> exposure of the shameless deception practiced by the ID advocates, who
> relentlessly lied about their religious motivations despite abundant
> evidence that leaves no doubt about it.
> 
> People sometimes express surprise that supposedly religious folk would
> lie so readily and enthusiastically for their cause. I suspect that
> willingness to engage in this kind of fraud is actually more common
> among true believers (in whatever system of belief) than among
> agnostics or atheists. 
> 
> Paul
>