http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/12/conversations-with-god/ Unity in charity, diversity in truth Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/12/conversations-with-god/#comment-3382 Alex M. Mon, 01 Jan 2007 11:59:00 +0000 http://www.cornellsociety.org/2006/12/conversations-with-god/#comment-3382 Well the interesting thing which you didn't mention but nonetheless deserves our attention is this: "in church or other house of worship (2.5)." Wow. Only 2.5 percent find God in his own house...I think that speaks a lot about the current state of organized religion today. Americans have largely rejected it as Anna, in the above post, pointed out, because accepting organized religion necessitates accepting its precepts and rituals. Sadly, I think most people have become too lazy or downplay the importance of worshipping God not only through prayers, but also through our actions and commitments, that organized religion has become something of a joke in our society today (yet, it is still a powerful political tool). Mentioning the Pope, he makes the distinction between the fight that we should be waging and the one that many religious people want to wage: he thinks the battleground should be between faith and atheism, rather than between faith and faith (as demonstrated by Judaism vs. Islam). I agree with him. But is it possible that we might not get the chance to fight the good fight, as many Americans and others around the world are turning more to a common, false 'spirituality' and turning against the religion of their ancestors? I think we should consider this possibility too. This is not one of belief vs. disbelief, but rather belief vs. pseudo-belief Well the interesting thing which you didn’t mention but nonetheless deserves our attention is this: “in church or other house of worship (2.5).” Wow. Only 2.5 percent find God in his own house…I think that speaks a lot about the current state of organized religion today. Americans have largely rejected it as Anna, in the above post, pointed out, because accepting organized religion necessitates accepting its precepts and rituals. Sadly, I think most people have become too lazy or downplay the importance of worshipping God not only through prayers, but also through our actions and commitments, that organized religion has become something of a joke in our society today (yet, it is still a powerful political tool). Mentioning the Pope, he makes the distinction between the fight that we should be waging and the one that many religious people want to wage: he thinks the battleground should be between faith and atheism, rather than between faith and faith (as demonstrated by Judaism vs. Islam). I agree with him. But is it possible that we might not get the chance to fight the good fight, as many Americans and others around the world are turning more to a common, false ’spirituality’ and turning against the religion of their ancestors? I think we should consider this possibility too. This is not one of belief vs. disbelief, but rather belief vs. pseudo-belief

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