Atheists & Agnostics

AlbertCat

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10. but I recognize the pull of thousands of years of history and tradition.

Tue May 12, 2015, 01:24 PM

May 2015

"culturally Christian" is just a subcategory for Western Civilization.

I'm starting to think in terms of , not Jewish, Christian, Muslim.... but just Abrahamic religion.

They are part of western culture.... but so is Greek mythology and Roman mythology not to mention the Babylonian, Sumerian etc etc etc ... Judaism!....which are all part of the late-comer Christianity.

So most "culturally Western" folks are also culturally Jewish, Ancient Greek and Roman and a whole lot of other things. Why does the Christianity get a special place? Because it's what's around you now? Because it's more recent? Cultures are complex. Why stop at one place?

Like Trotsky points out in post #3....

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Alana Massey: Taking Christ out of Christianity [View all] chervilant May 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot May 2015 #1

Indeed, habits are difficult to break. chervilant May 2015 #11

Thanks. This line cracked me up. onager May 2015 #2

LOL +1 n/t trotsky May 2015 #4

A mental version of waterboarding... chervilant May 2015 #13

My only objection to such a term... trotsky May 2015 #3

Actually, I think that many things in our culture are associated with Christianity. Curmudgeoness May 2015 #5

Oh certainly, but I'm thinking of things like democracy, civil rights, freedom of religion, etc. trotsky May 2015 #6

Our laws are NOT based on the Bible kiri May 2015 #7

I am thinking more of the laws on the books Curmudgeoness May 2015 #8

Yep, Thomas Jefferson researched that one... onager May 2015 #14

thank you. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #15

I can see myself becoming a "cultural Buddhist" Binkie The Clown May 2015 #9

but I recognize the pull of thousands of years of history and tradition. AlbertCat May 2015 #10

Some years ago, I had an interesting discussion with a fairly 'religious' friend chervilant May 2015 #12