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29/11/2004 13:50:44
 
 
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29/11/2004 13:15:07
Dragan Nedeljkovich (Online)
Now officially retired
Zrenjanin, Serbia
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Forum:
Politics
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Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00952285
Message ID:
00965478
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While it may be possible to find one (maybe not an organized religion but a philosphy perhaps) that abides by most of your listed requirements, I don't think one exists that will abide by the first issue. They may go about it differently (recommendations, guidelines, etc), but I think all tell the individual how to live...


>Actually, I don't have any beef with religion per se. I do have with organized religion. If you ever find one which
>
>- doesn't tell me how to live
>- doesn't claim to have monopoly on truth
>- doesn't claim to have monopoly on morality
>- doesn't claim to have monopoly on spirituality
>- doesn't tell me what to think about non-members
>- doesn't tell me what to do with non-members
>- doesn't claim to have a stake in my marriage
>- doesn't require my kids to be members
>- doesn't feel it's its duty to make an eulogy on me from their POV
>- doesn't ever require any money (peer pressure as a retrieval method also counts)
>- doesn't ever ask me to help it expand by canvassing/converting new members
>- doesn't mind if their pontifice maxima's husband is an unbeliever
>- doesn't have ranks and hierarchy
>- doesn't try to be richer than their average member
>
>...I'm not promising that I'd become a member, but I would really make an honest exception for them in any dispute of this sort.
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