Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Do you mean in a personal sense or a community based sense." Thanks for your comments gottaluvdavillains. I pretty much know "why" - I think I was sort of typing my internal question out loud. Frankly I see no use for Christianity as a moral guide for our society.
Originally Posted By Mr X Christianity is a HORRIBLE moral guide. Read the bible, there's all sorts of junk in there about treating your fellow man like crap. Buddhism is a far superior moral guideline if you're looking for one. I'm not talking about "10 easy steps for success in the afterlife", I'm talking about a proven method for behaving properly IN THE REAL WORLD. And let's see how that works out. Take a modestly Buddhist society (extremism in religion is NEVER a good thing), Japan. *violent crime virtually non-existent *people treat each other respectfully *religion is respected, even if it's not your own *sex is seen as a pleasurable activity rather than a source of shame (or, at best, "your duty to god")
Originally Posted By jdub >>Sometimes the Lord changes policies and practices.<< Oh, & by the way, He's going to have to let some of us go; He'll do as much as He can through attrition, although He says layoffs are possible.
