tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post8289052917183417878..comments2023-11-03T06:08:34.011-06:00Comments on Third Level Digression: Yahmdallahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04486390319031344611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-7422166615950615212007-09-12T12:48:00.000-06:002007-09-12T12:48:00.000-06:00anon, yep. Btw, I might be one of the few Christi...anon, yep. Btw, I might be one of the few Christians you run into who didn't become/stay a Christian because of tradition. I really, really looked into all religions and lack thereof, and - to me - the Gospels hold their center in relation to all other religious texts. I couldn't be a Christian if I didn't think those stories were true, regardless of how I was raised.<BR/><BR/>jewish atheist, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-15735419870894384892007-09-12T12:20:00.000-06:002007-09-12T12:20:00.000-06:00Perhaps Mormonism is a better example. Scientolog...Perhaps Mormonism is a better example. Scientology is too transparent.Jewish Atheisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04616617537150446818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061273.post-66445167975112085482007-09-12T11:49:00.000-06:002007-09-12T11:49:00.000-06:00You may be right. But even if I wasn't an atheist,...You may be right. But even if I wasn't an atheist, I still think I'd find it hard to have as much respect for newly-minted religions like Scientology as I did for the old ones.<BR/><BR/>With a new religion, you have to be a little nutty to follow it. You're following a human being who thinks he's got all the answers. It just seems too desperate and credulous.<BR/><BR/>But with an established Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com