At first while I read through this I really liked the idea that we should all worship God in the way that helps us remember him. It gives each individual an individual relationship with God. A relationship all of their own. A relationship that unites them together. I also really like the metaphor that when a lover dies anything that allows them to be remembered is greatly valued and cherished. The Mahayana sect of Buddhism has a similar belief called Syncretism which says that people should be able to incorporate what ever practices they desire in their worship of God if it will help them reach Nirvana.
After thinking about this more and more I found that I have some moral problems with this belief. In some tribes human sacrifice is necessary in their practice of worshiping God...well I'm not really thrilled with the idea that its "ok" for humans to kill other humans to "remember God." I also don't think wars should be fought over "holy lands" because people believe that they need that land to worship God or remember him.
I realize that there will always be extremists in this world who take things to far. And that people will always try to justify horrific things by using God as there means. And that most practices are pretty harmless overall and I think people should have religious freedom to worship God the way they want. But there needs to be a line drawn somewhere because some practices are extreme.
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I enjoyed your comments. I agreed with you, they're crazy thoughts and ideas people have about religion. Things that people are going to constantly disagree with. But that's the great thing about religion, we can percieve what we want from our own brain and heart. Good job see ya in class.
hmm, I never thought of the extremists who worship God when I read this. You make a great point though, if you need to worship God in a way that suits you then go right ahead but when it's at the sake of others lives or whatever, that's when you have to wonder if God really fits into their equation.
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