Comments on: LOL RELIGION http://mrcivillibertarian.co.uk/316/lol-religion/ Rants and musings from the Libertarian Left. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:01:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ettore Grillo http://mrcivillibertarian.co.uk/316/lol-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-609 Ettore Grillo Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:32:21 +0000 http://mrcivillibertarian.co.uk/316/lol-religion/#comment-609 The individual is a whole. You cannot separate the religious Blair from the political man. Some people think the religion must be apply only inside the churches, inside the temples. Personally I am always the same, inside and outside the church. Peace does not mean to say always yes, nevertheless it cannot be imposed.The peace is only a private affair. If you have peace inside your heart, only then you can spread it all over. But if your mind or soul is tossed by conflicts, never you can bring peace to the others, as you cannot give what you don't have got. The book I have recently written may help in this direction and I want to draw it to your attention. The title is "Travels of the mind" and it is available at www.stategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TravelsOfTheMind.html If you have any question I am most willing to discuss about this topic. Ettore Grillo The individual is a whole. You cannot separate the religious Blair from the political man. Some people think the religion must be apply only inside the churches, inside the temples. Personally I am always the same, inside and outside the church. Peace does not mean to say always yes, nevertheless it cannot be imposed.The peace is only a private affair. If you have peace inside your heart, only then you can spread it all over. But if your mind or soul is tossed by conflicts, never you can bring peace to the others, as you cannot give what you don’t have got.
The book I have recently written may help in this direction and I want to draw it to your attention. The title is “Travels of the mind” and it is available at http://www.stategicpublishinggroup.com/title/TravelsOfTheMind.html
If you have any question I am most willing to discuss about this topic.
Ettore Grillo

]]> By: sconzey http://mrcivillibertarian.co.uk/316/lol-religion/comment-page-1/#comment-355 sconzey Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:38:05 +0000 http://mrcivillibertarian.co.uk/316/lol-religion/#comment-355 I think what annoys me most -- as a Christian -- about that last post is that he <b>didn't</b>. I'm all for divine inspiration causing people to commit great acts of Random Altruism, but let's look at the contrast here. God asked Mother Teresa to go help the poor of Calcutta. She did. God asks George Bush to go fight the terrorists in Afgahnistan, and he orders others to do it. Not exactly the same thing. I like to think maybe if George Bush had personally fought the terrorists himself, maybe he wouldn't have taken such a literal interpretation of "fight." I think what annoys me most — as a Christian — about that last post is that he didn’t. I’m all for divine inspiration causing people to commit great acts of Random Altruism, but let’s look at the contrast here.

God asked Mother Teresa to go help the poor of Calcutta. She did.

God asks George Bush to go fight the terrorists in Afgahnistan, and he orders others to do it.

Not exactly the same thing. I like to think maybe if George Bush had personally fought the terrorists himself, maybe he wouldn’t have taken such a literal interpretation of “fight.”

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