re: #242 Buck

I explain that a large (multi millions) organized religion that is respected in the world, and has been practising the same tradition for the same reasons over thousands of years has credibility and standing.

No, Buck. The question is “Do large organized religions that have been practicing the same tradition for the same reasons over thousands of years have credibility and standing?”

What you’re doing is asserting that a long-standing religious practice has credibility because the religion is long-established and large. I’m asking you to support that contention. You’re merely repeating it.

You can’t prove credibilty by stating they have credibilty.

Please give an actual answer. Why is being large and long-standing any sign of being credible?

For example, Orthodox Judaism and Catholicism have both been intolerant of homosexuals for their entire existence— though there’s some heartening change in Orthodox Judaism now.