Is dogma a disqualifier for legitimate answers? If so should not all sides be bound to avoid dogma? Why?
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No, because some questions go directly to beliefs.  Why should someone have to leave their beliefs at the door.  It immpossible
556355
It's not contradictory. It refers to the net effect of a choice.  You create a contradiction if you reject the statement; it would imply that it is right to cause a terrible result by omitting to act in a way that has minor bad consequences.  How can observance of small virtue justify allowing a great evil?
839549
See, that's the point... all of the answers are provided for them.  There is no reason to think.  Do you really believe that people who use logic would fall for all this religious crap?
183129
In the open section? Oh, no. None of that. In the Religion and Spirituality section? Sure, that's perfectly fine. So many people define themselves by their belief, that any answer they give is going to be tinged with it. As long as it's in the proper place, I see no problems with it.
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From a non-believer:\n \nGood luck with that. Deism has the advantage that it can formulate proposals on the issues of universal reality, while at the same time dispensing with the absurdities of the writings of primitives. In that sense it's like "essential" theology. Neither "scripture" nor dogma can gain much of a toehold against it. That many of the American "founding fathers" subscribed to it should sound a word of caution to those who think it's some lightweight notion.
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I love it when people resort to ad hominem attacks because they can't conceal their disdain for an entire group of people long enough to ask a question based on more than empty generalizations.\n\n\n\nWere you asking a real question or were you just ranting?
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It doesn't matter. It is a meaningless question (yes, like "What is the sound of one hand clapping?") intended to help students realize that reason, thought, and analysis are not the answer.\n\nPeople concentrate too much on dogma, and philosophical concepts.\n\nSimply live.\n\nBe in the world, but not of it.\n\nIdeology, philosophy, and dogma are not the answer to awareness, growth and becoming.\n\nHope this helps.
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It's frustrating.  I think we could do some good if we could take the "to the death" element out of it.\n\nWhat I know from mediation is that you have to have some neutral ground and some successes to build on when trying to bring reasonableness to two opposing sides.\n\nI'm not sure what that neutral ground would be.\n\nWhen I came to this section, I thought I would be answering and asking questions about difficult passages in the Bible.  And there are some.\n\nWhat I find most is that people throw out challenges and pick the answer that most horribly slams the opposition.\n\nI have learned things from some of the responses I've read, and even from having to think of responses to some difficult questions.\n\nEven if the asker could care less what I think, I've had to think it out.\n\nI think it can be dangerous and discouraging to those who are young and conflicted.  I see kids on here who are trying to stand up for their beliefs and being ridiculed for it.  I really hate that for their sakes. \n\nThis may be one of those subjects we have to agree to disagree about.  I have reasons for my beliefs and I believe that atheists have reasons for theirs as well.  We have some serious irreconcilable differences. Doesn't mean I don't like them, or we couldn't talk civilly, as far as I'm concerned, about other things.\n\nI hope you find the answers you seek.
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I doubt it, seeing as there is no absolute solution that can be verified. In the future I don't see us discovering a true and completely validated "meaning of life"; in my opinion the questions regarding the meaning of life won't stop due to the inadequacy of the answers that we will obtain.
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That's the million dollar question isn't it.  In my experience, the people who don't have logical issues with their beliefs are believing in certain abstract aspects of the religion.  if you take any given part literally, your beliefs will come under attack all the time, because of different interpretations of that aspect.
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I don't think anything should be done.\n\nThere are many people on this site with diametrically opposed points of view.\n\nAS long as the guidelines are adhered to, you are just going to have to suck it up.\n\nIf you can't take the heat, stay out of the kitchen!\n\n\n....................................................................................\n\nAddition.\n\nTaboo buster is stating that ALL religions are stupid. By the way he structured his question, I can see how someone might think that he hates only the Jews.\n\nI don't agree with the reasoning that he used to come to his conclusion, but by the interaction of the different viewpoints here on this forum, people might be able to see things from a different perspective and come to a different conclusion.\n\nUnder usage rules #No 4, it states that we can't report a person just because we don't agree with them.
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I think that some questions stir something inside of us.Some questions are controversial,while others are not.Some questions are easily answered while others are answered by text book explanations.Hmmmm I wonder how many answers this question will get?
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Not all the categories are like that. I have asked many questions about science, law, history, etc and gotten lots of good information.\nBut, as the others pointed out, this is the religious forum. And for every religious zealot, there is another atheistic zealot ready to pounce on them. It goes back and forth.\nI come here for the few honest questions that get posed. And sometimes I'm able to give helpful answers or advice. But I have to admit, I do get sucked into answering the stupid questions along the way.\nIs there some kind of "Yahoo Answerer Anonymous"?
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Well, it's not a bad idea, but do you really only want to elicit responses from people who think and believe exactly as you do?  I know the ignorant answers are annoying, but I actually enjoy reading different points of view from other cultures.  I like to learn from them.  Even when they are being vehement and fanatical I find that I can learn something about their culture and beliefs.  And what category would you put someone like me, who identifies with no specific religion.  I just follow my own spiritual path, made up of beliefs from several religions, new age spirituality and my own gut.
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I´m rather sure you could be rather disappointed by an answer as there would be several clear "No" contained in it.\nAre you prepared to receive such an answer ?
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This question is vague and ambiguous, overly broad and unduly burdensome. The question contains a false, misleading or question begging presuposition, the question assumes facts not in evidence, the question seeks information that is not relevant and is not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence, the question is incomprehensible. \n\nThere are many others that couls apply, generally any objection that could be used in trial if the same question is asked.
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I do agree that fundamentalists and extremists exist in ALL groups---christians, atheists, muslims, etc. ALL groups. No groups are exempt from such dogmatic attitudes.  I don't trust the extremeists and fundamentalists of the liberals, nor do I trust the extemists of the other end of the spectrum.