Freedom of Religion = Freedom to Choose

'Pacifistcode:'

"This idealistic blog is not only confusing but threatening my imagination of what the so-called professors of religious-coaches making us to believe. Am afraid this is not only endangering but also condemning God's divine laws."

I know you're afraid. But who taught you that fear?

God?

Or someone who wanted to keep you in a 'sheepfold?' Tell you to be too afraid to do anything but nod passively when they tell you what to do, what to believe, who to exploit or ignore, lest you might get treated like they treat 'gays?'

Tell you 'the world will end if everyone isn't straight or pretending to be or scapegoating everyone else.'

Tell you the world... And 'God' are *as small as they?*

These fears are just a fence. An excuse. And fences and excuses are things made my men, not Gods.

Who told you your 'God' wouldn't be with you if you didn't 'fear' as you do?

Rohitcuny:

"It seems reasonable to say that if many religions disagree then at most one can be right."

Only if you posit a very small and curiously human-preoccupied universe.

Never mind multiverse.

Maybe, just maybe, it's the height of *arrogance* to presume that a few humans are capable of circumscribing Ultimate Truth, to the exclusion of all else.

The way you speak of your God, he's too small and shares too much of your preoccupation with the contents of my undies to be anywhere near 'ultimate Truth.'

Prof. Lamb's openness to religious difference is only matched by his breadth of understanding of human nature. I was a student of his many years ago and still continue to drawn and the knowledge and wisdom he imparted to be at that time. I hope he keeps up sharing like this for a long time.

As an artist, my creations are precious to me, protected, loved, each one unique. I accept each one equally. So it can only be with God. So with 6 billion people roaming the Earth, I beleive God has at least 6 billion ways to relate to His holy creations. This leaves room for up to 6 billion different religions, as each of us has the possibility to relate differently, uniquely, than any other human. It is a blessing that "birds of a feather flock together", and that God has created some of us with like minds and hearts, so that we can gather together and share similar perspectives on God and the Universe. So, we've shaved it down to maybe tens of thousands of flocks. Some of those flocsk accept homosexuals, some do not. Alleluia!

Dear Prof. Lamb, I just read the article about you, Trouble in Paradise. My deepest sympathies for the hell you have gone through.

It seems reasonable to say that if many religions disagree then at most one can be right. And it makes no sense to speak about "choosing" a wrong religion any more than it makes sense to choose the wrong theory of gravitation. Truth trumps choice.

The difficulty with Christianity (which most here practice) is that over history, it has shown little interest in finding out what the truth is. Following Christianity is like following a man in the dark when he has not even bothered to turn on his flashlight. People have been executed, even tortured for being skeptical about the "official" version of Christian religious truth. A religion with such an attitude is not likely to find out what God actually wants - they are more likely to burn at the stake someone (like Saint Joan) who took God seriously.

Jesus of course was an inspired man - who never claimed to BE God. But Christianity has deified him, and completely ignored the things which he actually said. Official Christianity has little connection with Jesus. Christians pray to Jesus, but they do not listen to him.

By comparison, your religion, Hinduism is much more open and has taken a more investigative attitude. Hinduism has not had the habit of "burning heretics at the stake." But Hinduism, perhaps because of its tolerance towards many views, has been chaotic. If you meet two Hindus, they will not fight with each other, but if you ask them you will find that they believe different things. To the question, "What do Hindus believe?" there is no clear answer.

I would suggest the attitude which the psychologist and philosopher Willian James had. "What is religious truth? What is religious experience?"

Let us ask these questions honestly, without bashing those who disagree with us, but also without pretending that "anything goes" is the right attitude in religion.

Perhaps the truth or at least amity will emerge if Christians, Hindus, Buddhists and others get together, speak to each other with tolerance, and honestly ask what the truth is.

This idealistic blog is not only confusing but threatening my imagination of what the so-called professors of religious-coaches making us to believe. Am afraid this is not only endangering but also condemning God's divine laws.

For God shake religion is not a human creation it is a mandate of God, human beings don't create religions instead they practice it, and only God can. Obviously it is paradoxical in your blog, now lets put it this way. Gay or homosexuality is not a natural way of life, its clearly inhumane, this you cannot tell me does not threaten the well beings of religions and its people. You want to tell me its right to practice gay life to the highest ranks of religions, nah!