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What? Elaborate please. I'm not following?
From a mere Christian perspective, sure! If religiosity is a state of being religious, that can refer to any religion. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Bahai, and on and on.
I defined what I understood "religiosity" to mean in the OP.
If you meant me with that, then know I said belief in God and the afterlife. Whether christian, muslim, jewish, pagan, or something else, they're superior to those who don't believe.
Life is 80 years, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter, and very limited. The afterlife is eternal, and way less limited.
I think my position is summed up by the advice I have already given to my grandson. That there are no pearly gates or 72 virgins waiting for you. There is no reincarnation. All religions have an afterlife because it's human nature to try to avoid oblivion (and some will think themselves superior if they believe they can). It scares a lot of people. But you don't get a second chance to live a worthwhile life. So make the best of this one, treat others as you would wish to be treated, do your best to limit your mistakes and learn from those you make.
Not specifically directed at you … Now, your qualification above is interesting. So, what is the difference between someone who believes in a false deity and an atheist when they engage in warfare? One rejects the idea in belief in any deity but believes in the here and now with man being the central focus of their existence, or someone who believes in a false, inferior deity that YAHWEH himself despises and that cannot help but offer anything but false hope?
That is good advice, and it should be heeded/listened to regardless. But somewhere between there can't be/isn't any kind of God or afterlife, and it being human nature to believe there is, is the real truth, and it's what I'm after.
Why? The advice stands whether there is an afterlife or not. Make the most of your time here. Learn by your mistakes. Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Live your life well. It will be the only one that you get. You don't get a second chance to live it.
I did mean about making the most out of this life you know. Not his necessarily telling his grandson this is the only one there is, instead of allowing him to fully explore and come to those conclusions himself (if he does) etc. But they're also his grandchildren, and his family, and not mine, so he can tell them whatever he wants, etc.
Even under our vews, there is a great deal of importance placed upon this life, since it does in a way determine your afterlife, so you want to get the most out of it that you can, and do it well and right, or as right as you can, etc. That's what I'm agreeing with, etc.
