09 Feb '15 05:04>
Written by a Christian on another thread: "Options in the Wilderness of Planet Earth: a) Fall in line with your peers; b) Seek to emulate some mentor; c) Follow Christ."
This strikes me as an extremely jaundiced and restricted take on the human condition, and yet it is not uncommon among religionists ~ I can think of a few Muslim friends who have said something similar over the years, with a tweak to the Christ bit.
Does a person with a pessimistic and truncated world view like this become attracted to a religious creed that then seems to stoke it and vindicate it, or does the adoption or adherence to a religious creed alter a person so that they become pessimistic and begin subscribing to a severely limited perception of fellow humans?
This strikes me as an extremely jaundiced and restricted take on the human condition, and yet it is not uncommon among religionists ~ I can think of a few Muslim friends who have said something similar over the years, with a tweak to the Christ bit.
Does a person with a pessimistic and truncated world view like this become attracted to a religious creed that then seems to stoke it and vindicate it, or does the adoption or adherence to a religious creed alter a person so that they become pessimistic and begin subscribing to a severely limited perception of fellow humans?