When I read the line "Paul DOES point out that, to be completely fair, his existence doesn't really disprove ALL religion -- just all the Abrahamic faiths . . . " I was already yelping "WHAT? Wait a minute!" before I got to your next comment.
So... What you said.
In my first grade religion class (at Saint Patrick's Elementary School, back in the early 50s), Sister Mary Anne felt entirely comfortable leading a discussion of the possibility that G-d also created life on other planets, and that maybe on one or more of them the intelligent life forms had never gotten themselves into a situation where they needed a Redeemer. And Sister Mary Anne was definitely not a rebel or an unusually free-thinking member of our religious community. If Paul had shown up on Sister Mary Anne's doorstep, she'd probably have invited him in for cookies and a cozy theological discussion. Lost her faith? Not so much.
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Date: 2011-03-21 03:59 am (UTC)So... What you said.
In my first grade religion class (at Saint Patrick's Elementary School, back in the early 50s), Sister Mary Anne felt entirely comfortable leading a discussion of the possibility that G-d also created life on other planets, and that maybe on one or more of them the intelligent life forms had never gotten themselves into a situation where they needed a Redeemer. And Sister Mary Anne was definitely not a rebel or an unusually free-thinking member of our religious community. If Paul had shown up on Sister Mary Anne's doorstep, she'd probably have invited him in for cookies and a cozy theological discussion. Lost her faith? Not so much.