The Whys of Evolution

Hello? Beg pardon?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I think that is a mistaken assumption on both sides of the aisle. I imagine that you've seen it here quite often.But there is nothing in religion that requires unquestioned belief. In fact, a belief that is unquestioned, unchallenged, untested or tempered is a pretty weak belief. This is one reason so many people seem to get upset when their beliefs are challenged.I agree that many time religious beliefs are taught and religious leaders use the tactic of "Unquestion" as an easy cop-out. But that's all it is. Accepting Dogma, whether it's religious, political, cultural or philosophical is easy. Critically examining those beliefs, testing and tempering them is work, hard, often unpleasant, work.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

I've only run into a few teachers that would fit your description. Actually, my experience was nearly 180 ^o from what you describe. Even today, many years after the fact, I still wonder exactly what two of the most influential Masters I studied under really believed. Their main goal was to challenge whatever you believed, to force you to examine, refine, temper and test what YOU believed rather than accept what they believed.Woe be unto any student who simply adopted what was percieved as the Master's belief.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion