Thread: The existence of God
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Old 05-04-2009, 20:13   #558
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Re: The existence of God
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Originally Posted by Russ
With sects like Catholicism you have a point, because you're not really given much of a choice. My own view is if a religion is chosen for you then you are prone to apathy. I was born and raised a Catholic but I had no say in it and a few weeks after my 18th birthday I walked away from it.
Thanks for the response Russ, from what you've said above I can understand the thought behind that insofar that you made a conscious choice to choose the religion you felt was right.
As you know though there are religions in the world that don't allow this, its even backed up by the death penalty, I know without even asking that you wouldn't agree with that, obviously but tieing somebody into a belief system they were born into seems to me more like a case of state controlled terror.
Surely the best system is the one you explained above whereby as an adult you are free to choose what religion, if any you want to follow.

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Really? Aww, back to voodoo for me then.

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