I've read about many religions and/or theistic ideas from our current world views: Taoism, pantheism, Buddism, Christianity, Judaism and more. I find all of these religions interesting, yet no matter how many I read about and am informed about my religion reins true to me. This could be stubbornness. Yet, I do not claim that any of them may not be true. When I educate myself on a new religion I think to myself, "that might be true." The thing is that we do not know and people argue over which is right. The YEC is afraid that if these Christians are taught evolution that they will lose their faith in God. Yet, if they lose faith that easily they probably weren't that committed to that faith in the first place.
We talked about pantheism in class on Wednesday (the "God is the universe" one) and it really intrigued me. It makes a lot of sense from a theistic and evolution point of view because there is always the question of how the first piece of material that made the world got there. That religion is very interesting, I like that idea, that may be the truth, yet I feel like mine makes the most sense. I feel that way about most religions.
Question: Do you think admitting that another person's religion may be correct, yet standing true to your own is ideal way to respecting other religions? Are there other idealistic factors?
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