Directions please!

Has no one noticed that the perpetrators of 9/11 were sincere, God fearing believers?  These were men doing their best to submit to the Supreme Being, according to the best of their understanding, and they did THIS! Has no one noticed, or is it too embarassing to talk about, or do you all just dismiss them as whackos?  Like, if they had been real Moslems, they never would have done that. Or if they had been Christians, they never would have done that (never mind the Crusades & Inquisition). Or if they had been Jews, they never would have done that (never mind Joshua’s attempted genocide of Canaanites).  If men can do their level best to obey the God to whom they are accountable, and can be so mind-bogglingly wrong, I want to discuss it with people – people with their heads on straight, because I’m doing the very same thing.

Can somebody direct me to a blogspot?

Religious terrorists expect reward in heaven. Why?

The ultimate source of this belief is none other than the story of Abraham and Isaac.  Abraham proved he was willing to kill in obedience to God, and was therefore rewarded.  On this foundation was built Mosaic Law, then all of Judaism, then Christianity, then Islam. The Prime Directive of monotheism is “Obey what you believe to be God, no matter how stupid or immoral His directions may appear, and you will be rewarded.”Can a person challenge this Prime Directive and remain a firm believer in a righteous God?  I’m doing it.  And I’d love to show terrorists how to do it.

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Words mean things.

Words mean things whether we like what they mean or not.  A rational declarative statement (assuming it is free of vague or ambiguous terms) has a denotative meaning which remains constant regardless of individual interpretation.  Interpretation can only ascribe connotative meanings, which never obliterate its denotative meaning even if the person making the statement didn’t intend the denotative meaning.  People don’t always say what they mean, but any statement clear enough to have a denotative meaning has that meaning whether person making it intended it or not.  Cultural differences or the evolution of language may cause terms to have different denotative meanings under different circumstances, but (barring vagueness or ambiguity) any rational declarative statement has only one denotative meaning per circumstance.

So what?  This means any set of allegedly “holy” Scriptures contains certain statements which have inviolable meanings regardless of interpretation.  To deny those meanings for any reason regardless of how “righteous” is to lie.  If your religion requires the denial of such meanings, then your religion is wrong.  Nobody can prevent you from pretending your Scriptures say any damn thing you please, but if your religion makes you a liar, change your religion.

Sensible theism anyone?

Has anyone considered the possibility that a God actually may have created this universe, and this world in particular just to see what happens when you let a bunch of mini-gods breed? And that He (please excuse the capital H) either doesn’t interact with us, or does so minimally just to keep us from boring Him or self-destructing? I find that much more likely than the idea that He dictated the Bible (Koran, whatever), or that minds evolved from dirt.

Of course He would have to be one evil Bastard unless there’s an afterlife in which every sonofabitch gets exactly what he deserves. I find that morally justifiable, whereas the idea that some guys get eternal happiness and others get eternal torment appears morally unjustifiable. It’s even less justifiable if rewards and punishments are based on what you believe, as opposed to what you do.

And seriously folks, it’s either justice or nihilism. If the best thieves get the best deal and that’s the end of it, then whatever created this sh** is worthy of every curse we can throw at it.

Sensible theism anyone?

Has anyone considered the possibility that a God actually may have created this universe, and this world in particular just to see what happens when you let a bunch of mini-gods breed?  And that He (please excuse the capital H) either doesn’t interact with us, or does so minimally just to keep us from boring Him or self-destructing?  I find that much more likely than the idea that He dictated the Bible (Koran, whatever), or that minds evolved from dirt.

Of course He would have to be one evil Bastard unless there’s an afterlife in which every sonofabitch gets exactly what he deserves.  I find that morally justifiable, whereas the idea that some guys get eternal happiness and others get eternal torment apperars morally unjustifiable. It’s even less justifiable if rewards and punishments are based on what you believe, as opposed to what you do.

And seriously folks, it’s either justice or nihilism.  If the best thieves get the best deal and that’s the end of it, then whatever created this shit is worthy of every curse we can throw at it.

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