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I think it is interesting to note that religion often serves not as a guide, but as a justification. Many of the most devout do not mold themselves to conform to the apparent ideology of their chosen savior. Rather they mold their chosen savior to conform to their own ideology. This is the crux of the problem of arguing from a religious perspective; all you're really doing attempting to use the source of your faith to justify your own perspective. This is convenient, however, in that 1) The infallibility of a divine being is impossible for a mere mortal to effectively question; and 2) One who argues from this perspective doesn't have to claim any kind of responsibility for their own perspective. If you ever want to save yourself the trouble of having to question your own assumptions, just pawn them off on a divine being. Though i suppose this summary only applies to the majority of christians who believe that god hasn't had anything important to say for two thousand years.
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