Wednesday, February 13, 2008

I read a letter to the editor in Variety magazine defending our rights to religious freedom. The writer brought up other religious beliefs including:

  • Eve came from Adam's rib
  • Red Sea parted for the children of Israel
  • God spoke to Moses from a burning bush
  • Jonah lived in a whale
  • Christ rose from the dead & walked on water
  • Eating Christ's flesh and blood is a good thing
  • Angel Moroni descended into upstate New York to show Joseph Smith the buried golden tables

  • and then there is the one about all the virgins in heaven
  • and sitting for long hours brings enlightenment
  • and coming back in the next life as a different life form
  • and not being able to open an umbrella on the Sabbath
  • and poking totems with sharp objects creates effects in the real world
  • and the well known man-is-only-a-body theory from the psychiatrist's sacred tomes
Personally I think the world would be a better place if everyone spent time on spiritual matters. What a rich and full experience to have a conversation based on beliefs and ideas. And that would be a very high toned conversation.

Take a look at this Chart of Human Evaluation checking Column 10 Speech: Talks-Speech: Listens. You can see what kind of communication you can expect from different types of people.