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Is it ignorant to believe to do good, because a god, or a tree, or an animal or one's own declared morality implores, or even commands one to do so when there is no reason to do good in the first place? Does the belief in a sky god really determine intelligence or does it simply define one's spirituality, and is a means to describe one's reason to be good. I think intent has a lot to do with how we define the value of a belief system. After thousands of years of diverse means of worship and beliefs, I'm not prepared to judge the intelligence of someone because of their spiritual convictions. Terrorists are neither spiritual nor believers in a faith. They simply use the parts of various interpretations of a religion as a means to justify their hatred and desire for control and power. That desire is certainly ignorant. Their version of their sky god is baseless.

<blockquote data-quote="Burnt State" data-source="post: 164505" data-attributes="member: 5332"><p>Is it ignorant to believe to do good, because a god, or a tree, or an animal or one&#039;s own declared morality implores, or even commands one to do so when there is no reason to do good in the first place? Does the belief in a sky god really determine intelligence or does it simply define one&#039;s spirituality, and is a means to describe one&#039;s reason to be good. I think intent has a lot to do with how we define the value of a belief system.&nbsp; After thousands of years of diverse means of worship and beliefs, I&#039;m not prepared to judge the intelligence of someone because of their spiritual convictions. Terrorists are neither spiritual nor believers in a faith. They simply use the parts of various interpretations of a religion as a means to justify their hatred and desire for control and power. That desire is certainly ignorant. Their version of their sky god is baseless.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Burnt State, post: 164505, member: 5332"] Is it ignorant to believe to do good, because a god, or a tree, or an animal or one's own declared morality implores, or even commands one to do so when there is no reason to do good in the first place? Does the belief in a sky god really determine intelligence or does it simply define one's spirituality, and is a means to describe one's reason to be good. I think intent has a lot to do with how we define the value of a belief system. After thousands of years of diverse means of worship and beliefs, I'm not prepared to judge the intelligence of someone because of their spiritual convictions. Terrorists are neither spiritual nor believers in a faith. They simply use the parts of various interpretations of a religion as a means to justify their hatred and desire for control and power. That desire is certainly ignorant. Their version of their sky god is baseless. [/QUOTE]

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