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in article , Tinkerntom
at wrote on 3/19/05 9:22 PM:

BCITORGB wrote:
Tink opines:
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So we can still look forward to our little chats, about boats and
faith. I prefer the personal approach, to enjoying life. A website
just seems a little cold and impersonal. That is sort of like fixing
something with a ten pound sledge, that needed a more delicate touch!
I
hope some of you can appreciate my more delicate touch, I only use a
five pound sledge!
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I'm confused. What are you trying to say?

frtzw906

It's like this, I appreciate our conversations. The stimulation is
good, and it forces me to consider some issues and how my faith applies
to them in the market place of life. Not that you necessarily get me to
change my mind, or vice versus. But I have to freshen up my faith and
the expression of it. I hope that it has been stimulating to you as
well.

Rest assured that this is one of the main differences I feel between
what I am saying, and what is usually passed off as religion (visa-vis
Ron's approach), and which I believe KMAN and others have such a
viseral reaction too.

First off, it is "visceral." Secondly, my "reaction" to religion is not
visceral, but rather based on obvservation and reasoned conclusions about
the functioning of religious belief systems and their real world impact on
human beings.

A very standard dictionary definition of religion is:

"Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as
creator and governor of the universe; a personal or institutionalized system
grounded in such belief and worship."

It seems to me that your god blather fits this definition rather perfectly,
Tinkerntom. So I'm not sure why you think your religious belief system is
somehow disctinct from "what is usually passed off as religion."