Religious Moderates

At fault as much as religious extremists...if not more so.

A misunderstanding, misinterpretation, unschooled or laissez-faire knowledge of scriptural text handed down by a god is as much, if not more so, a failing as those who interpret it literally. Horrific as it may seem I would wager that extreme fundamentalist have a much better grasp on scripture than their liberal counterparts.

You heard me right. I said: Liberal. As in "take liberty" with the holy scripture, pick and choose what fits your societal outlook.

Religious moderates are far less educated or far more liberated from their religious scripture than their fanatical counterparts. Why? Because fundamentalists take the entirety of scripture as truth...as it was meant to be taken. Shame on those who seek to re-interpret it.

Moderates are more likely to pick and choose from scripture. This in itself compromises both their "faith" and their inherent humanism. I implore religious moderates to fully (or at least thoroughly examine) their humanist social world view. Certainly it may compromise their faith in ways not entirely detrimental to their religious beliefs. This very act may broaden their definition of humanism and how their faith fits within its framework.

There's NO fork in the road here. Sure, I fault all religious "faithfuls", but that's just me and not all non-believers.

I would like to live harmoniously and stamp out those aspects of society that harbor violence as a means to an end of so-called sin and offenses against a god. Do religious moderates?

Most religious moderates don't "know" their scripture and many fundamentalists and extremists surely fault them for this. Most religious moderates probably can't remember the Ten Commandments, a passage from the Koran or any of the various Hindu and Buddhist text. Such is their distance from true indoctrination. Yet I fault religious moderates because they don't see that the extreme aspects of their particular religion are in all actuality the truest form.

Religious moderation? What does that mean? Moderating religion on a personal level! Damn! I am so glad I myself don't have to deal with THAT crap!

Moderating your religion compromises your faith in religious scripture. If you truly believe in the god of whatever scripture you adhere to then you are doing a vastly greater disservice to your faith than you know.