01-09-2018, 01:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-09-2018, 01:43 PM by Henry of green.)
(01-08-2018, 09:58 AM)Gretel Hanselsister Wrote: Since most of you agree to stay off-topic, let me add my two cents here. First: I consider myself an upright catholic.
Which religion is the best, is it even better to have no religion at all? I am a huge fan of the Ring Parable out of “Nathan the Wise”, do you know it? The Muslim Sultan askes his Jewish advisor Nathan which religion was the best. This is a trap, of course. So Nathan anwers with the Ring Parable. Let me quote Wikipedia:
Quote:Ring Parable
The centerpiece of the work is the "Ring Parable", narrated by Nathan when asked by Saladin which religion is true: an heirloom ring with the magical ability to render its owner pleasing in the eyes of God and mankind had been passed from father to the son he loved most. When it came to a father of three sons whom he loved equally, he promised it (in "pious weakness") to each of them. Looking for a way to keep his promise, he had two replicas made, which were indistinguishable from the original, and gave on his deathbed a ring to each of them.[1]
The brothers quarreled over who owned the real ring. A wise judge admonished them that it was impossible to tell at that time – that it even could not be discounted that all three rings were replicas, the original one having been lost at some point in the past; that to find out whether one of them had the real ring it was up to them to live in such a way that their ring's powers could prove true, to live a life that is pleasant in the eyes of God and mankind rather than expecting the ring's miraculous powers to do so. Nathan compares this to religion, saying that each of us lives by the religion we have learned from those we respect.
You see: it’s not the religion, it is what you make of it. Look at the results and if the believers are happier than the others. And, for the atheists, let me add a fourth son, maybe a foundling, who didn’t get a ring, how pleasant does he live in the eyes of mankind?
I think there is good and evil in every religion and without religion as well. You can source nearly every kind of behavior in every holy book if you search hard enough. You have the right religion (or non-religion) if it makes your live happy and helps you making other people’s lives happier as well.
When Jesus says “Love your enemies!”, this goes further than “love the atheists who doesn’t bother you!” by far, don’t you think? Let us just get along. Tolerance for the win! You can see it throughout history: a tolerant society is the best for all citizens.
I wouldn’t have a problem with religion in public places at all. Let us decorate for Christmas, for Hanukkah, for Prophet’s birthday, you name it, as well as for non-religious holidays, it only makes the cities more colorful and less boring, adds occasions to celebrate together and strengthens diverse communities. But I am no American, so this is not my business.
Something on-topic at the end: for me, Wesen are humans. Humans with a strong temperament, and sometimes it carries the person away. Monroe keeps his Blutbad at the leash with his strong self-discipline. So I see no difference, both Kehrseite and Wesen are (or are not) subject to the law of God.
I also consider Wesens as humans as well because even some of the vilest wesen on show have mostly human characteristics but with a primal impulse that luckily most regular humans don’t seem to possess. They are also human for the majority of thier lifetime, they actually usually only woge as a defense meganism when they are in danger or stress. Also most wesen children seem to grow up as normal humans and only start woging when they teenagers ,this would would suggest they are far more human than animal. Hexenbiest especially I just consider normal humans with magical abilities beacuse even in thier woged form they are just a decaying human.