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Monday, July 21, 2008 12:00 AM

Religion is poetry

The beauties of religion need to be saved from both the true believers and the trendy atheists, argues compelling religious scholar James Carse.
By Steve Paulson

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  • Monday, July 21, 2008 08:33 AM

    Semantic Games

    As a Bible-believing, Calvinistic, Postmillennial Christian, I, too, have no use for "religion." I hate "religion" because "religion" won't save anybody. In fact, "religion" doesn't really exist. It's an abstract category. Nobody actually practices "religion" any more than they eat "food" or play "sports." There's only one Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. He's real. And we will all stand before Him to give an account of our lives.

    No person eats "food". In fact, no "person" does anything. We don't live on a "planet". Why, nothing exists after all. Thanks for that.

    —Notorious P.A.T. Read Notorious P.A.T.'s other letters

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