Re: Learning from the Mennonites

Posted by Ibn Ghassan on
URL: http://mikraite.559.s1.nabble.com/Learning-from-the-Mennonites-tp1884p1910.html

“I don't think that being in religious error makes one immoral.”
Morality and ethics came out of religion...and religion is a “pathway” towards the higher goal, what pathway you choose will determine your ultimate destination especially on a civilizational level. The Japanese have an exceptional discipline and a highly dedicated attitude towards social progress, Shintoism came out of Buddhism and is a variant of it, to say that they are the most moral people is an aberration especially if you talk to people in China or Korea or the island communities in South-East Asia who refuse to emulate or copy any of the Japanese culture/social achievements. Japan has some of the highest suicide rates, some of the lowest birth rates as well as a tendency to keep glorifying their nation as an epitome of superiority even after suffering from a demographic decline that is unprecedented in history.

One can learn from anywhere but the most important thing is to unlearn the wrong things that we have learnt.

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> On Nov 25, 2018, at 9:33 PM, fschmidt [via Mikraite] <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I don't think that being in religious error makes one immoral.