KLA2 wrote:Mactep wrote:KLA2 wrote:Another reason I am not a Christian, or religious.
I will not argue that you should or should not be either, but did all those folks cooking the books keep you from being an accountant?
Valid question. Are you saying that lacking any ludicrous religious beliefs, people would do that Philippines stuff anyway, or blow themselves up in crowds of men, women and children from their own country and culture, or withhold medical treatment for their children, or all that other crazy stuff?
That wasn't really what I was thinking when I posted, but I imagine at least some of them would.
I guess my way of looking at it is, a typical religion has some sort of belief system. Should not the decision to adopt the religion depend on whether you think the belief system is true or not? I don't see how whether some of the people who hold these beliefs are doing crazy things should enter into it. (If the crazy things are
mandatory, that's another thing.) Some accountants are crooks, but that's not a reason not to become an accountant; some religious people are nuts, but I don't think that's a reason not to become religious.
If these people weren't doing crazy things, would you be more likely to adopt their beliefs? Anyone is free to do anything s/he likes, but it seems to me, the decision to be a Chrustian or not, ought to depend on whether you think the Christian doctrine is true or not, not whether Christians are doing nice things are bad things.
Should I avoid being an atheist, based on what a bunch of them did during the Cultural Revolution?
Just my $0.02 HKD. Exchange rates may vary :P