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In response to message posted by cmac29ca:As religious and spiritual people it is even worse when we allow our various faiths to be abused for such purposes wouldn't you agree? But it happens because too many folks buy into their religion's party line and actually believe that their way is the only right way to understand and connect with God
Perhaps. Personally, I believe such abuse (from the inside) happens when adherents to a faith only know their party line and not the actual tenets of the faith itself, or, conversely, seek to uphold the party line above the tenets of the faith.
From the outside, such abuse happens when folks who do not have a proper knowledge of the tenets of the faith criticize them nonetheless, usually on the basis of hearsay and the critics' party line.
I agree with you then, that we must not allow our faith to be abused; neither from the inside nor from the outside.
-- posted by Zanzi
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