Religion and Ethics BBS - Read the books. (nm)

and that is impossible of course — Trish, Sun Nov 11 5:40am

we return to the faith vs. fact / and subjective interpretation
- Read the books. (nm) — jb, Sun Nov 11 6:57am
- Re: and that is impossible of course — Ennui, Sun Nov 11 6:42am
  
  Which really isn't a big deal. Not everything is known. Humans have their beliefs. I don't know of any human that doesn't have a belief or two. It's part of the human experience. And it's fine. I... more
- - me either EXCEPT — Trish, Sun Nov 11 8:13am
    
    1. when they try to put those beliefs into some sort of government or legal framework 2. when they claim to have the whole truth (when theologians over thousands of years didn't have it) and consider ... more
  - - There are reasons people didn't know over thousands of yrs. — jb, Sun Nov 11 8:51am
      
      but now we know but you have to read the books to find the answers and that takes time and patience and the desire to know.
  - Read thousands of pages... (nm) — jb, Sun Nov 11 7:03am
  - - I DID, i read thousands of pages to find the answers, i was — jb, Sun Nov 11 8:53am
      
      not born knowing.
    - - How many pages you read has no meaning — Ennui, Sun Nov 11 1:22pm
        
        if you read fables. The substance of your reading material is highly, highly important. If you read nonsense, that is what you will know. Nonsense.
      - I don't read fables or nonsensense. (nm) — jb, Sun Nov 11 1:25pm