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Straggler
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Message 262 of 318 (646339)
01-04-2012 10:36 AM
Reply to: Message 261 by purpledawn
01-04-2012 8:03 AM


Re: What is Religious Motivation?
PD writes:
IMO, this still really leaves God's killings out of the running because he isn't religious. He doesn't have a belief system he follows.
If God kills a bunch of people for having the temerity to not not believe in him or follow his doctrines surely this qualifies. No?

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Straggler
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Message 306 of 318 (646561)
01-05-2012 10:08 AM
Reply to: Message 301 by purpledawn
01-04-2012 7:27 PM


Re: What is Religious Motivation?
If killing people for disobeying or displeasing God doesn't constitute a religious killing then I am genuinely perplexed as to what does.
PD writes:
God saw how the humans behaved and he didn't like what he saw. He destroyed what he created. Show me where the religion is in that story.
Where isn't the relgion in that story?
If I were to kill a load of people because I thought they were acting in a way I thought God would dislike it would be a religious act. Obviously.
I don't see why God cutting out the middle man and doing the deed himself makes the act any less qualifying as a religious killing.
PD writes:
This thread isn't about whether God's actions in the stories were good, bad, fair, or unfair. It is about the motivation behind the act. Just because God did it or ordered it, doesn't mean the motivation was religious in every event. Show me the ones that actually involve a religious motivation.
Well if acting out the wishes of God isn't religious what is?
PD writes:
My focus is on the specific stories, not a generality.
OK. But the specific stories are all religious aren't they?

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Straggler
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Message 307 of 318 (646562)
01-05-2012 10:14 AM
Reply to: Message 264 by New Cat's Eye
01-04-2012 10:57 AM


Re: What is Religious Motivation?
CS writes:
But a more overarching god, who's will just be's done, shouldn't really count as having some religious motivation.
Are god willed miracles religious acts?
Seriously - I don't see how any act that comes about as the will of God can be disqualified as a religious act. It would seem to be innately religious practically by definition.

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