tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749146936862836.post3454205975768855312..comments2010-07-22T14:17:31.744-04:00Comments on dusty guitars and tired feet: Should we ditch religion?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749146936862836.post-60844474963859640842010-07-22T14:17:31.744-04:002010-07-22T14:17:31.744-04:00Great post, Shawn! Somehow I missed this one. I do...Great post, Shawn! Somehow I missed this one. I do feel that religion can help people develop a moral code, and may help a society come to a more unified code, but as we all know, it can go too far.<br />Prayer to me, is the equivalent of personal reflection, we look inside and hear a "voice". Whether that voice is our own or one of divine intervention I cannot claim to know.<br />What Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123004973680204276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749146936862836.post-31057546850331374022010-03-28T12:38:36.357-04:002010-03-28T12:38:36.357-04:00Morality is not part of religion. People can be &...Morality is not part of religion. People can be "good" without it. They make decisions based on rationality and not on what "God" wants. In the video, I think he uses the analogy that he wouldn't dump car battery acid on a girl for trying to read, because that's inherently WRONG. I feel like a lot of religious people are "moral" because they feel like Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974348252063736619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749146936862836.post-44653412736877391982010-03-28T10:28:11.346-04:002010-03-28T10:28:11.346-04:00I believe religion is corrupting reality. In texas...I believe religion is corrupting reality. In texas, the Board of Education approved radical changes in the curiculum. They are going to take Enlightenment Idealist, Thomas Jefferson out of the textbooks, and replace him with Religious Idealist John Calvin. They also want to replace the focus of Seperation of Church and state, with the Religious influences of our founding fathers. It's Hayden Vachonnoreply@blogger.com