When I lived in Camphill they had a bibel evening every week, even though many of the coworkers were not christian.
This started people talking about if it was right to only base the way we worked round christianity.
How I saw it was that antrophosophy is build up around christianity and camphill is built up around antrophosophy so it is right if they had bibel evenings. To make everybody happy they started a group of anybody who was interested to discuss religion where no one was allowed to say "that is wrong" when somebody explained their beliefs. The main reply to things was why? why was that?, it was actually fun and taught people more about different societies than it did about religion. If an argument can not answer the why without quoting the bibel or saying because god/allah/Om(
) said so then that is not a viable argument.
Darwin answered the why? the how the when and all the other bits (almost) through pure logic but he was almost outcast for it, that was totally wrong no matter what anybody says. Is creationism even a real religion? or an excuse for believers to be lazy and let somebody else do the thinking? (question not an accusation)
In my mind, maybe there is a god, does he deserve worship? no because he has done a pretty poor job if humanity is his ultimate creation, it proves that he/she is a long way from perfect based on the fact that humanity has gone very wrong, just look around.
To make some people go through torture, rape, murder, genocide, starvation, droughts, wars............................................... is not what should happen, again, why? A god who makes people or animals go through that cannot be good they must be evil. Also a god who demands worship or you will burn in hells fires can not be good. One what would be the difference for many who live on earth now, they are in hell. Two why if god is all good does he/she threaten us if we dont worship them, thats an evil threat, pure bullying.
That Jesus died to free us from our sins, he failed, again, just look around, the only way that could have succeded was to blow the world up while he was just hung on the cross.
That the world is only a few thousand years old
not even worth thinking about.
One does not have to be religious to live after the teachings from any of the holy books, be good, be kind, think of others over yourselves sometimes.
9 times out of ten you can not fight fire with fire, water works better.
Maybe if everybody in the world fought hate with love instead of hate against hate then the earth would be a better place.
Oh no, I'm off on one arnt I?
