Just like everything else in the world, there are those that claim to be something but do not follow
the actual teachings of that religion.
We can see more specifically how religiously informed perspectives have fared in the university if we look briefly at the development of
the actual teaching of religion in twentieth - century university curricula.
Not exact matches
Whether that means not participating in an organized
religion but still studying its
teachings, proposing a new mathematical theory to explain the origin
of the universe that can't easily be tested experimentally, taking the notion
of a personal God and trying to have an
actual personal, and not a corporate, herd - instinct, everyone - else - is - doing - it, relationship?
The meaning
of scripture can be twisted to serve the purposes
of men so we must do everything that we can to ensure that the «Good Words» that are
taught are the
actual words
of Yehoshua rather than the selected words
of Paul and the Old Testament that form the basis
of discrimination against women, racial minorities, homosexuals, and «different»
religions (including atheism).
This is the same as the religious overgrowth
of the
actual Yogic
teachings of India into the
religion of Hinduism.
Statistically, if there even is a god, it is far more likely that one
of faith has chosen (or been
taught without the benefit
of making an
actual personal choice) the wrong god to believe in or the wrong set
of tenets ascribed to that particular god or that the one true
religion has either gone extinct or hasn't been formulated yet.