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supernova

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Thu Jan-13-05 09:28 PM
Response to Reply #31

34. Oh, that's a strictly human problem

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 09:51 PM by supernova

and I agree with you.

the authority of that Creator as "revealed" in those texts is used to control, to bully, to supplant, to pressure, and to strip indigenous peoples for example of their dignity and natural resources. It was used to affirm slavery. It is used to slander lesbians and gays. It is authoritarian.

From my POV, it says more about the people reading it and the context of the time period than about what the text may say itself. People can use any sacred text to challenge themselves to greater heights of enlightenment or they can use it to prop up their narrow-mindedness. From my POV, it is our job while we are here in this life, to work our way out of these problems. Sometimes we do (slavery) and sometimes we haven't... yet.

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