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Old 07-27-2003, 02:07 PM   #48 (permalink)
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I am perturbed by the notion of god, because god usually repersented transcently by an idea that is constructed by human historicially, but is then given a life of his or her own. And once this idea of god is detached from it's historically grounds and is an all encompassing idea, very horrible (and good) things can been done without valuing the other's understanding of the sitauation. "Our understanding must be right, because our god is the right/true god and our understanding follows from our god's system of understanding." The repersentation of reality that follows from one religion usually silences of others, often by exclusin, forced conversion or annihilation...
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