It is. Religion isn't something you get to pick and choose when you want to submit to it. If you don't like that tenet, don't submit to it. Its all or nothing. I don't waver on that, nor will I.
Again, disagree. If religion was that rigid, there wouldn't be anything about forgiveness - because straying from strict adherence would have meant failure and an immediate casting out. But that doesn't happen; all faiths essentially ask you to do your best, and guide you when you slip up.
That said, religion has always adapted as society's needs and culture have changed, or upon new discoveries - just like language, just like science.
Music isn't religion. Poor metaphor
So you say.
Which is precisely why you don't need to believe in "the trinity" and whole other host of irrational shyt to be religious
I have a problem with the means as well as the ends.
While that's your business, it's a pointlessly stubborn position to take, and no more productive than someone dogmatically insisting on a rigid religious path to becoming a better person. You're essentially arguing that 2+2 is better than 3+1.
It's completely irrational to have a problem with the cause if the result (in this case having a pro-black agenda) is exactly the same as the decisions you made to arrive at the same agenda. The atheist you cited that worked alongside MLK knew that on some level.
