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Originally Posted by boxcar
...Besides, Mr. Pirate, what virtue is greater than love?
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Hmmm. Humility comes to mind.
Like everything, Love is relative. Love in terms of the Marquis de Saud doesn't seem all that different than the definition you insist is required by God. We must participate, we must reciprocate in kind, and failure to do so has horrific consequences.
While I understand that theism can be explained on the inherent human need to replace the Father figure as one outgrows childhood, it simply amazes me that it's often accompanied by such zealous views on how to practice it. Next thing you know, we'll be tossing homosexuals off the top of tall buildings.
I don't doubt your faith in your beliefs, or the reality of your experiences that got your there. My guess would be, as I've observed in the vast majority of born-again Believers, that significant stress was taking place in your life, and that triggered a chemical reaction in your brain that's left what I would describe as permanent scars. But that's just a guess, and my perception on things.
Far be it for me to insist that view be adopted by others.
