People frequently talk about certain groups being really "out there" ("wacky" or "strange" might be synonyms) in their beliefs. How do define an "out there" belief? What kinds of beliefs do you consider being "out there" and what makes them different from "normal" beliefs?
Please don't respond with "I accept all religions. I don't consider any belief to be wacky." If that is the case, the question really doesn't apply to you. Likewise, I don't need ten atheists telling me that all religious beliefs are wacky.
I'm not trying to show anyone that they are intolerant or anything like that. The fact is most people categorize beliefs in some way (even if we don't think it PC to do so), and I'm interested in how people draw the line. As an example, I was teaching a class in which students expressed that it was bizarre for anyone to think that God could be in a spaceship, yet they generally accepted God in a burning bush as quite normal (even if they didn't believe in it).
2007-07-26
07:20:43
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I'm looking for specifics. What do you find strange about scientology, wicca, LDS, etc? Just saying that a certain religion is strange really doesn't clarify anything. (and if you can't answer that, might you want to rethink why you're labeling those faiths as strange?)
2007-07-26
15:18:01 ·
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