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[Betty]

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Midichlorians! Now that's blasphemy!

Yes, that second definition is so broad as to include literally everything, so,maybe not too useful by itself. Let's add a moral dimension to it just for fun. (The force that holds us together also nudges us towards evolving into more compassionate beings.)

Of course, I'm now guilty of inventing a God to my own specifications, rather than trying to discover what is actually true. So it goes.

No -I don't think it does. I don't think it has any moral anything about it. I feel that you can influence though. And this probably goes back to my Wiccan days - the good you put out comes back to you moreso as does the bad.

It's the selfish motivation factor I guess - don't do back stuff or worse bad stuff will happen to do. Therefore, when bad things happen one may indeed ask - what did I do to deserve this?

But that's just me and my thought process. YMMV.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I guess I've grown to believe that most of the religious people that I've encountered in my life use their religion - and more specifically the dogma attached to their religion - as a crutch, something to give meaning and hope to their lives. When they stop using their crutch to prop themselves up and start swinging it around to hurt others, it reminds me that there are an awful lot of people walking around with potential weapons. And that scares me.

AMEN BROTHER!