Re: Define Religion?
Joanne Healy (joanneh@ccmail.idp.edu.au)
Wed Jan 07 21:09:36 1998
Tony,
To me it sounds like you said the right thing... Here in Oz,
our Promise has actually been changed from "To do my duty to
God" to "To do my duty to my God". I think the general
feeling is that you should believe in a God or sorts, whether
or not you have defined it any further than that...
However, I'm unfamiliar with what y'all do over there...
YIS
Joanne Healy
Assistant Venturer Leader
North Kambah Nudgee Venturers
(Canberra, Australia - the nation's capital)
joanneh@ccmail.idp.edu.au
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Subject: Define Religion?
Author: explorer-net@scouter.com at INTERNET
Date: 7/1/98 8:55 PM
I recieved an email the other day that recieved this:
-----SNIP SNIP-----
I would love to join, pending the clarification of one thing, your definition
of religion in your code...I am not an athiest or even agnostic,
but I also do not consider myself part of any particular church either.
------SNIP SNIP------
Stumped me. What is our definition of religion? We mention God, and state
that we have to be faithful in our Religious duties, but what does that mean?
If an agnostic doesn't believe, isn't he/she being faithful in their religious
duties? (They ARE fulfilling the obligations of thier chosen religion)
I told him to come to a meeting and decide for himself; and mentioned that the
application states that he/she would have to sign stating that they would do
their best to live by the Explorer Code, but the definition would have to be in
their heart, not mine.
What would you do, what should I have done?
Tony
Check out 2 Great Web sites:
Explorer Post 2868: HTTP://bsaawac.fwi.com/Post2868
Anthony Wayne Area Council: HTTP://BSAAWAC.FWI.COM
And To view the photo of the person originating this email:
http://bsaawac.fwi.com/Post2868/Bios.htm
Lemme know what you think!
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