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German.Bergheim
The Pope is catholic and as a evangelischer Protestant I do not accept him as my authority.
I told several times here that the “Spirit” is not a God
And I have never spoken about Buddhism
One crucial difference between Islam and Christianity is the approach and I can see, that this causes inconvenience.
In Christianity and I speak for my behalf the approach is human-oriented. We do not deny that there is a God, on the other hand there is no prove. But it is convenient to pretend there is a God and I can accept that. This following it depends on everybody’s personal attitude and opinion, what to think. Several people think of God as an absolute Creator, ok, why not and some people do admit doubts or they accept questions and are open to discuss essential questions.Christianity demands strong and responsible characters that can bear criticism, that can cope with it, that are aware of criticism and humans’ failure.
Christianity in my belief is human-made and therefore religion is for humankind, not the other way round that religion is for a God. Christianity does not dictate any opinion or belief. The Christianity puts humankind in centre of our handling and dealing with problems. Christianity demands responsibility and maturity. I know this is too squishy for many people, but this is the origin for discussion, for thinking. Discussion and thinking depends on the humans in their surroundings in their time. This is requested. Thus the discussion should always centre about the humans and their problems. Christianity does not want blind followers, Christianity needs mature people who admit doubts, questions and discussions, criticism and failure.
Following this you will seldom see me quoting from the Bible, because it is a pattern of how it could have been, but not how it must have been. In my eyes it is the same with the Koran. Many people argue with words or quotations of their Bible or Koran and I can accept it. But all you would quote mustnot be a prove, it can be or it is your belief.
See clearly the difference, elevating the Bible or the Koran as a book from God, that is your belief but there is not any proof in it nor for it. To read and understand the Bible or Koran is interpretation and that is quite fine. As said before there is no proof.
So if you want to call me an agnostic human, you might be right a little. But religion is not only believing in God religion in my eyes is about humans, about their life together and their problems and success. And this is the point where religion comes in the matter. To live together with other people, to arrange with other people, to accept them, to tolerate them, to respect them, to cope with them. For this rules are compulsory. I can accept that rules are religion-based, but not religion-centered.
Education and surroundigns associated with culture, mentality this creates your approach to religion and values. These conditions let you evaluate the values, wether they be religious or not, but they have to correspond with human rights and needs.
It is too private to mention it here in detail, but there were situations in my life when I behaved more a religious person than that persons, that call themselves Christians or Muslems.
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