The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus

innerSpaceman · 06-04-2006, 05:49 PM

I don't see what the Hannah quote has to do with participating in a religion being easy or difficult. It's rather a matter of following its tenets in your actual life or not.

Is it inherently more difficult to behave morally than immorally? I don't think so. Perhaps it is for those who really want to be bad, but I don't see it being any kind of task for those who are truly inclined to be good.

Perhaps I'm just nitpicking with Alex's choice of words. Actually, I think Alex himself was a little stuck on the word "athiest," when the sentiment of the quote more likely was appropos of the term "agnostic." But people often say one when they mean the other, and so I'm not one to quibble between the two. Perhaps I'm taking a quibbling stand with "easy," but I found it odd to assert that living by Jesus' precepts was difficult ... as if our natural state as humans is to be hateful, cruel and greedy.

06-04-2006, 05:49 PM	#14
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't see what the Hannah quote has to do with participating in a religion being easy or difficult. It's rather a matter of following its tenets in your actual life or not. Is it inherently more difficult to behave morally than immorally? I don't think so. Perhaps it is for those who really want to be bad, but I don't see it being any kind of task for those who are truly inclined to be good. Perhaps I'm just nitpicking with Alex's choice of words. Actually, I think Alex himself was a little stuck on the word "athiest," when the sentiment of the quote more likely was appropos of the term "agnostic." But people often say one when they mean the other, and so I'm not one to quibble between the two. Perhaps I'm taking a quibbling stand with "easy," but I found it odd to assert that living by Jesus' precepts was difficult ... as if our natural state as humans is to be hateful, cruel and greedy.
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