PureX
Well-known member
I happened upon this comment on Facebook, today, from someone I don't know, but thought it both insightful and true … and apropos to some members of TOL.
I think this fellow makes a significant observation. And I have seen examples of this obsession with religion often here on TOL: it is reported in the news that some famous person has died, and immediately a debate begins about whether or not they went to hell. Someone asks a question about some contemporary political event or issue, and immediately receives a slew of Bible quotes. Someone asks a question involving physical or mental health, and immediately receives a slew of Bible quotes. And so on, as though the Bible were the only book ever written, containing the only information any person would ever need to resolve any possible problem they could ever possibly have.
It is quite absurd, and quite insane. And I don't recall anyone ever bringing it up, before. So I am.
Let the Bible quotes begin! :chuckle:
"The reason religious fundamentalists have so much trouble understanding separation of church and state is simple: they cannot separate secular and religious activities in their own lives.
Whereas a religious moderate understands that church is a religious activity while football (for example) is not, the religious fundamentalist makes no such distinction. For him, every waking activity from dawn till dusk is religious.
I even knew a religious fundamentalist once who said he would lay hands on his car and ask for God's protection to make it run better.
This is a fine example of a person who does not know how to separate the secular (auto maintenance) from the religious. Personally, I think it makes more sense to stick to a regular preventive automotive maintenance schedule, but that's just because I'm not insane. If you ever spend real time with a really hard-core religious fundamentalists, you'll pick up on this right away: there is no religious downtime for them. There is no part of their lives where they put down the Bible and act like everyone else. If someone cannot understand separation of secular and religious activities in his own personal life, how could he ever understand it in politics?" -Michael Wong
I think this fellow makes a significant observation. And I have seen examples of this obsession with religion often here on TOL: it is reported in the news that some famous person has died, and immediately a debate begins about whether or not they went to hell. Someone asks a question about some contemporary political event or issue, and immediately receives a slew of Bible quotes. Someone asks a question involving physical or mental health, and immediately receives a slew of Bible quotes. And so on, as though the Bible were the only book ever written, containing the only information any person would ever need to resolve any possible problem they could ever possibly have.
It is quite absurd, and quite insane. And I don't recall anyone ever bringing it up, before. So I am.
Let the Bible quotes begin! :chuckle: