Out of body religious experiences

[TomOfSweden]

Wolfscout and tessa, such wonderful points, thank you.

Tom,

I am sorry to jump on the bandwagon here but it sounds like the scientist is making the same assumptions and jumping to conclusions that SOME of the Christian right is. I know many religious people who are intelligent and tolerant of all beliefs. And they do not condemn me for mine.

And how is it different to say "Evolution does not exist because it isn't in the Bible." as to say, "How can Supernatural events take place when it is not in this Chemistry book, or physics Book, or whatever"

I see your point. That would be a fundamental atheist. But it becomes confusing since that's also denying science.

Faith is important to everybody. And I would say tolerance is important to the world and universe as a whole.

I'm not particularly tolerant. I think tolerance is important, but I don't tolerate making exceptions for people who should know better. I'm not cultural relativist. To take an extreme example, I will never tolerate female circumcision, no matter how much it's part of their religion. I would never make stupid ass appeasements just to make some religion happy. The most important thing is to be pragmatic at all times. Traditions and practices that don't work in any given situation should be dropped. No matter what Jesus said. If everybody has to go out of their way to make some religious dude happy, it's obviously gone too far.

If I'm to pigeon hole myself I'd call myself a "militant liberal".