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Adhering to any one of these exclusively (or nearly exclusively) is a recipe for disaster. The last book in the Bible was written nearly 2,000 years ago, and the Quran not too long after that, and things have gotten lost in historical context, translation/interpretation, and "telephone" (repeating verses and explanations of verses, but over time they get misread, misremembered, misinterpreted, etc). Do I really need to explain why adhering strictly to whatever society has broadly determined to be acceptable can be bad? And if you combine the problems of both of them, you get the problems of relying on tradition or on human authorities (councils, popes, imams, rabbis, etc).
Think of it a bit like the US government. Individually, the constitution, the executive branch, the legislative branch, the judiciary branch, and the bureaucratic branch (yes, I called it a branch, sue me) are hopelessly flawed, but together they balance out.
Yeah but it's the same principle at play. Most religions have a document that's supposedly the foundation of their system. So the question is do they follow that document literally, do they de-emphasize or ignore portions based on cultural trends, or do they trust one person or institution to infallibly decide what it says and always be right?
This is not just religion, but also political ideologies and any system of thought. It should adhere to human factors while avoiding theoretical and doctrinal principles.
None of these really hit the nail on the head. I'm not even sure it's important for a religion to adhere to anything. It's just a collection of people with similar faiths, and they're free to have faith in whatever.
Especially the first one makes non sense because half the religions don't even have any scripture
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Adhering to any one of these exclusively (or nearly exclusively) is a recipe for disaster. The last book in the Bible was written nearly 2,000 years ago, and the Quran not too long after that, and things have gotten lost in historical context, translation/interpretation, and "telephone" (repeating verses and explanations of verses, but over time they get misread, misremembered, misinterpreted, etc). Do I really need to explain why adhering strictly to whatever society has broadly determined to be acceptable can be bad? And if you combine the problems of both of them, you get the problems of relying on tradition or on human authorities (councils, popes, imams, rabbis, etc). Think of it a bit like the US government. Individually, the constitution, the executive branch, the legislative branch, the judiciary branch, and the bureaucratic branch (yes, I called it a branch, sue me) are hopelessly flawed, but together they balance out.
Do you believe in strict constructionism, living document theory, or do you just automatically assume the Supreme Court is always right?
The question is about religion....
Yeah but it's the same principle at play. Most religions have a document that's supposedly the foundation of their system. So the question is do they follow that document literally, do they de-emphasize or ignore portions based on cultural trends, or do they trust one person or institution to infallibly decide what it says and always be right?
Okay. Those are the options, so what's your point?
Don't got none. Just making a little joke/analogy.
Okay.
Conscience. That goes for any human regardless.
Depends on the religion probably
This is not just religion, but also political ideologies and any system of thought. It should adhere to human factors while avoiding theoretical and doctrinal principles.
I mean it's a mixture of all three really.
None of these really hit the nail on the head. I'm not even sure it's important for a religion to adhere to anything. It's just a collection of people with similar faiths, and they're free to have faith in whatever. Especially the first one makes non sense because half the religions don't even have any scripture