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HisWillness wrote: I think

Submitted by JanCham on May 2, 2008 - 9:27pm.

HisWillness wrote:

 I think the difference there (between your proposition and Scientology) would be that you seem to want to reduce the jargon in discourse, as opposed to adding to it (which has the effect of increasing the mysticism and prestige). I agree. I think transparency would clear up a lot of things. "Sin", for instance, is ill-defined, but very powerful as a concept. It seems to universally carry people into suffering. People behave exactly the same, with the exception they wallow more in their perceived errors. That's pretty sad.

 

Certainly, I think sin could be a whole other topic on it's own.  The word sin has to be one of the worst words we could ever, as atheists and agnostics, continue to use.  I think morality should be justified only by it's usefulness, not by some kind of abstract substance you have to wash off your skin with the blood of Christ or the Holy Sauce of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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