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Old 07-10-2013, 10:46 AM   #36
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Re: Religion....No Competition.

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Christopher Li wrote: View Post
My point was not to argue over which of the ever-changing interpretations of scripture are "correct", but to point out that a single example (and I'm not even sure that you're not misunderstanding where they're coming from) can hardly characterize a religion as "inclusive", "exclusive, or anything else. Especially in Japan, where there is little uniformity of belief or practice.

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Chris
I understood your point and I know you were not trying to argue from Biblical exegesis the merit of snake handling. My response to Graham was to argue that if by "inclusive" we mean all accepting without judgement of the ethical and spiritual merit of such beliefs or practises then this is a cause for concern. To place the teachings of Christianity or any other major religion on a par with snake worship or similar forms of superstition is wrong in my opinion. I was not trying to argue from one example that Japanese religion was inclusive, exclusive or other.

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