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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc" . Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() and no morals. No care. No love. No decency. Yep thats modern world. Well done | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() Rubbish! | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() Fantastic debate, we must do it again sometime ![]() | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask" Believing in something that has no supporting evidence makes people open to manipulation and conspiracy thinking, January the 6th in Washington springs to mind. There are lots of mutually incompatible religions, they can’t all be right, they can all be wrong. There is simply no justification for any belief in anything supernatural. | |||
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"Richard Dawkins is an atheist .. against all religions.. Does that mean he has no morals?" No. Of course not. | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() It's my opinion... | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask" As for children, I would never leave my children in the care of any religious institution. Come on, that’s just asking to be shot down. They are literally digging up children in Canada at the moment, killed by religion. | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() Oh... And true... For most people | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() Lol sure thing ![]() | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() Actually thats not true. Globally 63% of people say they have a faith or follow a religion. | |||
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"Nope....and certain toxic aims within religions should be outlawed" Teaching critical thinking and removing religious funding of and influence over schools would go along way there. | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() What’s not true? That religion was invented or that religions are all plagiarised from each other? Or that dinosaurs aren’t real? | |||
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"https://youtu.be/iouZYYzQEjU George Carlin tells it best..." Indeed he does! | |||
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"No religion? Surely that would mean less people dying, we can't have that now can we" No it wouldn't. People like to believe this but its not true. People will find another reason to fight. | |||
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"No religion? Surely that would mean less people dying, we can't have that now can we" . It would probably mean better education for women in the developing world. Better personal control of their fertility and fewer children which leads to a decrease in global poverty. | |||
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"No religion? Surely that would mean less people dying, we can't have that now can we No it wouldn't. People like to believe this but its not true. People will find another reason to fight." Exactly. Most of the biggest wars in the last couple of centuries haven’t been religious wars. | |||
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"No but you might need a beleif in something bigger than yourself." Yes. Without something greater than ourselves we are unrestrained predators. I’d like to think that was nature and the larger environment, the connected universal, but perhaps that’s too abstract to grasp ? ![]() | |||
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" What’s not true? That religion was invented or that religions are all plagiarised from each other? Or that dinosaurs aren’t real?" Dinosaurs aren't real?! ![]() | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() I meant most people would still know how to behave without it... Not that most aren't religious | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() Ohhh I see. Sorry I misunderstood. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask" Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? | |||
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"Religion was invented as a form of collective neurosis, it was used to explain things that science couldn’t at that time and is responsible for more wars than anything else! They also hadn’t discovered the existence of dinosaurs which is how you know it’s bollocks… no mention in any book and yet they existed.. awkward They’re also all plagiarised from each other. The problem you have now is that many religious people live their life believing in a higher power and behaving accordingly for that reason, take it away and people no longer have to answer to that higher power and their behaviour may reflect as such, no heaven, no hell, no sin, no need for forgiveness ![]() ![]() Guess we’ll never know | |||
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"No but you might need a beleif in something bigger than yourself. Yes. Without something greater than ourselves we are unrestrained predators. I’d like to think that was nature and the larger environment, the connected universal, but perhaps that’s too abstract to grasp ? ![]() humans being unrestrained predictors is garbage sold to us by religion, feudalism and capitalism. We are a collaborative species, just look at how well most of us would survive if attacked by a something as gnarly as a badger. We need each other to flourish and we need things that can be proven to guide us. Religion provides false motivations. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on?" Can’t just concentrate on Islam, the Old Testament wasn’t exactly peaceful literature, the church was guilty of many atrocities back in the day | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on?" None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? Can’t just concentrate on Islam, the Old Testament wasn’t exactly peaceful literature, the church was guilty of many atrocities back in the day" To be fair that's his point I think. They are the more modern examples. The different religions (mostly from extremists) drive a lot of hate by trying to be "the one" it happened back then, and like it or not it still happens now. Wars may be fought for more selfish reasons but religion is still used as a symbol to stand behind in war, especially for USA. Wars would still happen regardless, people would still die regardless, but they would not be dieing for religious reasons. Religion is intertwined with a hell of a lot of society mostly through tradition. Which makes it the most successful long con in history. It is ever contradicting and no different than a glorified cult. Faith is one thing, religion is something else. Faith in religion is dangerous as shit, that is how you create zealots and extremists. Regardless of the religion. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. " ![]() | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. " The extremists actually know what’s in the books, that’s the difference. They follow the religion faithfully. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. " I mean, technically it is religion, it is extremist views of the Islamic faith, the q’aran is most certainly not peaceful literature and it’s followed to the letter by most | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. ![]() Nope, no difference. Religion created those extremists. Maybe they would have done the same without religion, but their faith in a religion is what encourages that extremism. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. The extremists actually know what’s in the books, that’s the difference. They follow the religion faithfully. " No they Don't! They follow their interpretation of it and only follow the narrative that suits them. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. ![]() I say this regardless of the religion - not just one specifically. There are extremists in all religions, and all religions give their extremism power. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. ![]() Theres a huge difference. The vast majority of people that follow any faith or moderate. And no faith does not encourage extremists at all! | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. The extremists actually know what’s in the books, that’s the difference. They follow the religion faithfully. No they Don't! They follow their interpretation of it and only follow the narrative that suits them. " Got any examples of things said by extremists that are not actually in their texts? | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. The extremists actually know what’s in the books, that’s the difference. They follow the religion faithfully. No they Don't! They follow their interpretation of it and only follow the narrative that suits them. Got any examples of things said by extremists that are not actually in their texts? " Yes because Like with anything you can quote certain bits and state them as fact but if you don't quote the rest of it when you don't have the context do you. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. ![]() Faith and religion are two different things. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask" What absolute shit. How many children have been abused Catholic Priests? Religion has been the cause of practically every war a d killed millions. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. " Clearly never been on Herrick or Telic......easy to comment from what you've read. I agree with the babybells though. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask What absolute shit. How many children have been abused Catholic Priests? Religion has been the cause of practically every war a d killed millions. " To be fair, it is less of a cause in modern wars. Modern wars (those started by the west) are mostly due to greed and power, however religion is always involved on some level. Back in the day though, religion ruled and was violent as shit. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. The extremists actually know what’s in the books, that’s the difference. They follow the religion faithfully. No they Don't! They follow their interpretation of it and only follow the narrative that suits them. Got any examples of things said by extremists that are not actually in their texts? Yes because Like with anything you can quote certain bits and state them as fact but if you don't quote the rest of it when you don't have the context do you. " So the stoning and genocide needs to be in context? What about eating shellfish? What about the position of women in society? What’s the context there? The bits that people ignore or “interpret” from the text are becase people know better than these supposedly perfect books. If people know better, what’s the point of any of it? | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask What absolute shit. How many children have been abused Catholic Priests? Religion has been the cause of practically every war a d killed millions. " And how children have been abused by people with no faith? And actually most wars are started by land disputes or for resources or power. | |||
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"I AM the True Messiah " You’re a very naughty boy! | |||
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"Richard Dawkins is an atheist .. against all religions.. Does that mean he has no morals?" Let's leave his morals out of this. I've heard stories about the guy. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask What absolute shit. How many children have been abused Catholic Priests? Religion has been the cause of practically every war a d killed millions. And how children have been abused by people with no faith? And actually most wars are started by land disputes or for resources or power. " I can only think of one instance where a secular organisation was accused of taking advantage of people, it was Oxfam in Venezuela. There were no children involved as far as I know. The scouts are quasi religious so we can’t count them and even there, the numbers are way smaller than the churches contribution. Religion is used by those in power, it’s used to distract the people and to justify wars over resources or power. It’s used to convince the fighting forces that death is not the end, how many of the men walking into machine gun fire would have done it without religion? It won’t be all of them but it will be a good percentage. It’s also used to “divide and rule”, it’s a tool of those who want to control the people. Worst of all, there isn’t a shred of evidence that there is anything supernatural at all. All religion is totally made up. The god of Christianity has no more credibility that Zeus or Odin. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? Can’t just concentrate on Islam, the Old Testament wasn’t exactly peaceful literature, the church was guilty of many atrocities back in the day" Absolutely right, hence the 'need I go on?' comment. Was just picking up on a couple of examples, that's all | |||
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"What funny is a about religion in my experience. Under extreme combat I heard atheists praying. God get me out of this. Just thought it was strange and counter intuitive." That’s not a prayer it’s a figure of speech. I frequently say “oh my god”, it doesn’t mean I have a god. Those of us raised in the UK are steeped in it, we hardly notice. There is an old phrase from the US marines, “there are no atheists in foxholes” it’s just culture. | |||
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"What funny is a about religion in my experience. Under extreme combat I heard atheists praying. God get me out of this. Just thought it was strange and counter intuitive. That’s not a prayer it’s a figure of speech. I frequently say “oh my god”, it doesn’t mean I have a god. Those of us raised in the UK are steeped in it, we hardly notice. There is an old phrase from the US marines, “there are no atheists in foxholes” it’s just culture. " I was a combat flight medic. When people are severely injured and still talking. God and family 2 things on their minds. Doesn't matter what religion their dog tags say. They looking for hope in a hopeless outcome. Knocking on deaths door changes people's minds real quick. They go from athiest to this is my last chance . | |||
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"There’s only been one war in 100 years that didn’t have some kind of religious undertones, what do we mean it for, but I understand it helps some people through hard times " Looking at dead people's dog tags proclaiming they are atheists. When during the golden hour they praying for survival. It's confusing in human nature. Last hopes. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc. Total nonsense. Millions people have benifited from the care of others in name of our lord. Especially children. Religion has killed no one. Just humans hiding behind thier false mask Religion not killed anyone eh? 911 Al Quaeda following their own religious beliefs ISIS Need I go on? None of that was religion but extremists, very big difference. ![]() Of course it is ![]() | |||
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"A lot of people blaming wars on religion. If we get rid of religion, we'll just find something else to fight about, borders, skin colour etc. " Religion is used to get people to go to war. It’s a justification not a cause. War is about power, religion is an expression of power. | |||
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"What funny is a about religion in my experience. Under extreme combat I heard atheists praying. God get me out of this. Just thought it was strange and counter intuitive. That’s not a prayer it’s a figure of speech. I frequently say “oh my god”, it doesn’t mean I have a god. Those of us raised in the UK are steeped in it, we hardly notice. There is an old phrase from the US marines, “there are no atheists in foxholes” it’s just culture. I was a combat flight medic. When people are severely injured and still talking. God and family 2 things on their minds. Doesn't matter what religion their dog tags say. They looking for hope in a hopeless outcome. Knocking on deaths door changes people's minds real quick. They go from athiest to this is my last chance ." That’s still culture. We are all raised with it all around. I never mentioned god or Jesus to my kids but they came home from thier first day at school with a new song “Jesus love is wonderful “ it’s indoctrinated into all of us and we can little or no control of it. | |||
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"What funny is a about religion in my experience. Under extreme combat I heard atheists praying. God get me out of this. Just thought it was strange and counter intuitive. That’s not a prayer it’s a figure of speech. I frequently say “oh my god”, it doesn’t mean I have a god. Those of us raised in the UK are steeped in it, we hardly notice. There is an old phrase from the US marines, “there are no atheists in foxholes” it’s just culture. I was a combat flight medic. When people are severely injured and still talking. God and family 2 things on their minds. Doesn't matter what religion their dog tags say. They looking for hope in a hopeless outcome. Knocking on deaths door changes people's minds real quick. They go from athiest to this is my last chance . That’s still culture. We are all raised with it all around. I never mentioned god or Jesus to my kids but they came home from thier first day at school with a new song “Jesus love is wonderful “ it’s indoctrinated into all of us and we can little or no control of it." And yet it's not just Jesus is it. Alot of cultures have their own diety. Watched plenty of people die. Different religions. All focused on 1 thing in finality. Thier god giving hope. Islam christians Buddha's and athiest. So to say as a society religion does not matter is wierd to me. People dying do not say is my hope socially acceptable.They look for last chance hope in their last breaths. So if religion does not matter in those last seconds of life. They would not be begging for it. | |||
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"Actually religiosity has been proven to have a positive effect on mental health. So yes might help to survive some that way. ![]() It does had athiests pull thru and become very religious. It's is a strange phenomenon. | |||
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"What funny is a about religion in my experience. Under extreme combat I heard atheists praying. God get me out of this. Just thought it was strange and counter intuitive. That’s not a prayer it’s a figure of speech. I frequently say “oh my god”, it doesn’t mean I have a god. Those of us raised in the UK are steeped in it, we hardly notice. There is an old phrase from the US marines, “there are no atheists in foxholes” it’s just culture. I was a combat flight medic. When people are severely injured and still talking. God and family 2 things on their minds. Doesn't matter what religion their dog tags say. They looking for hope in a hopeless outcome. Knocking on deaths door changes people's minds real quick. They go from athiest to this is my last chance . That’s still culture. We are all raised with it all around. I never mentioned god or Jesus to my kids but they came home from thier first day at school with a new song “Jesus love is wonderful “ it’s indoctrinated into all of us and we can little or no control of it. And yet it's not just Jesus is it. Alot of cultures have their own diety. Watched plenty of people die. Different religions. All focused on 1 thing in finality. Thier god giving hope. Islam christians Buddha's and athiest. So to say as a society religion does not matter is wierd to me. People dying do not say is my hope socially acceptable.They look for last chance hope in their last breaths. So if religion does not matter in those last seconds of life. They would not be begging for it." Anyone raised in an atheist society? The US is way more hyped about religion than here in the UK and we are pretty bad on a European scale. It’s just not credible to suggest that a dying person is going to ignore all those cultural queues and stick with somthimg they have come to through careful consideration. | |||
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"No. The thousands of religions spawned from when we were scared, possibly living alongside other species of humans though didn’t understand the world as we do now, have served many purposes. In their most latter incarnations, they served as useful tools for the rich and powerful to control the masses. Inventing a God in the sky that is forever watching you - CCTV thousands of years early ![]() And the human condition when all hope is lost and they know it. Still pray for a miracle. So to say religion does not have a impact at a personal level is redundant when you are looking for that miracle.No matter the belief. | |||
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"No. The thousands of religions spawned from when we were scared, possibly living alongside other species of humans though didn’t understand the world as we do now, have served many purposes. In their most latter incarnations, they served as useful tools for the rich and powerful to control the masses. Inventing a God in the sky that is forever watching you - CCTV thousands of years early ![]() Rubbish. Prayer is cultural, miracles as a concept are based on culture. I’ve said this earlier in the thread, religions are not compatible with each other, they can’t all be right but they can all be wrong. There is no evidence of anything supernatural, everything that used to be attributed to a some sort of magic has been discovered to be not magic. | |||
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"No. The thousands of religions spawned from when we were scared, possibly living alongside other species of humans though didn’t understand the world as we do now, have served many purposes. In their most latter incarnations, they served as useful tools for the rich and powerful to control the masses. Inventing a God in the sky that is forever watching you - CCTV thousands of years early ![]() I did not say that | |||
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"Been there religion does matter when all hope is lost.I am not a religious person. The mentally of those thoughts sometimes help people pull through in dire situations. So I witnesses this 100%. The question is what religion is the right one. Society dictates what you believe. Hope dictates your mental fortitude to survive." But it’s a lie, none or it is true. Even if there was a god, it’s not Allah and it’s not Yahweh, they are made up. It’s not Ganesh or Odin or Thor either. Hope from a lie is just grim. It how watching England play internationally normally feels… the only life we know we have is this one. Let’s stop pretending this is a test for something else. | |||
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"No. The thousands of religions spawned from when we were scared, possibly living alongside other species of humans though didn’t understand the world as we do now, have served many purposes. In their most latter incarnations, they served as useful tools for the rich and powerful to control the masses. Inventing a God in the sky that is forever watching you - CCTV thousands of years early ![]() Just trying to being a validity to a concept that in itself is mind boggling. Science can not explain. I had DOA yet lived but during the flight they prayed me holding their hands with them. It's a strange phenomenon. | |||
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"No, but we need a good education system that teaches critical thinking, respect and compassion, not just how to be a good little employee. " Yes! This | |||
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"I sometimes wonder how many people stay "religious" simply because they fear the consequences of turning their backs on it, either spiritually or physically." That’s called Pascal’s wager. My grandmother went to her grave unable to believe that I didn’t believe in god. I don’t think she was frightened, she had just accepted what she was told her entire life, by her parents, school and on. She had brought up her own children to think the same. She was totally convinced it was the truth. | |||
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"No. The thousands of religions spawned from when we were scared, possibly living alongside other species of humans though didn’t understand the world as we do now, have served many purposes. In their most latter incarnations, they served as useful tools for the rich and powerful to control the masses. Inventing a God in the sky that is forever watching you - CCTV thousands of years early ![]() When it does get figured out, it won’t be god… science is progressing, it can’t answer everything but the gaps are getting smaller. Those gaps are not god. | |||
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"I sometimes wonder how many people stay "religious" simply because they fear the consequences of turning their backs on it, either spiritually or physically." Yes I wonder this too. | |||
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"Actually religiosity has been proven to have a positive effect on mental health. So yes might help to survive some that way. ![]() Prayer has been demonstrated to reduce survival rates in sick people who know they are being prayed for. In people who don’t know it makes no difference… | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish." The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience." Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none" Correct answer ![]() | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? " Depending on your definition of god, 9 basic types, up to 12000 individuals. | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion." But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Depending on your definition of god, 9 basic types, up to 12000 individuals." Thank you Wikipedia. But how many can actually be demonstrated to have ever existed. None | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst." But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe?" If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. " Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. " Do you believe in luck, fate, karma, love or hope? These things are all intangible yet most of humanity believe in at least one of them - do you consider those lies too? | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie!" So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven." Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. " I won’t be basing my life on them either. If something is not demonstrated to be true, why would you believe it? | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() Then why people beg when the all hope is lost ? Some get that miracle some do not athiests and different religions. Same trauma to the body yet they pray for hope. Some make it some do not. My science applied is the same in all situations. Is it something else deciding or just luck. But l yet luck can be believed in but not religion. Never had someone asking for luck in that twilight of life. | |||
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"Everyone is entitled to believe in whatever they feel. Personal I believe and its gives me strength and hope. I'm an irish Catholic though. Lol x " My family is Irish Catholic. There is a massive imbalance of power when an organisation has hold of your entire family and the state (not to the extent it used to thankfully). Which is why I’m so passionate about it. People are not free to believe what they want to, the family tells them what to believe and the state hammers it in at school, and on TV and in almost everything you do. Some people look around and think about it but some don’t. I mean why would you bother going against it when asking questions can end up with not being able to speak to your family or the community? We are lucky to live in a time when we can question it. | |||
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"religion has caused more problems in the world than its stopped imo. Killing people in the name of religion doesnt wash with me, and the uk is just as guilty, just look at the holy wars and crusades etc" People talk about religion this, and racism that. Religion literally started racism from the days of the crusades etc, and is still responsible for much blood shed today | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. I won’t be basing my life on them either. If something is not demonstrated to be true, why would you believe it? " I wouldn't necessarily but I wouldn't call it a lie either. | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work." Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() We have no Idea! How do you know that prayer hasn't resulted in someone not needing an amputation? | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. I won’t be basing my life on them either. If something is not demonstrated to be true, why would you believe it? I wouldn't necessarily but I wouldn't call it a lie either. " If someone asserts something to be the truth when it can’t be demonstrated to be true, that is a lie | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. " Huh? I think you misread my statement | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. I won’t be basing my life on them either. If something is not demonstrated to be true, why would you believe it? I wouldn't necessarily but I wouldn't call it a lie either. If someone asserts something to be the truth when it can’t be demonstrated to be true, that is a lie" Think you will actually find the definition of a lie is something that has been proven to be false. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() Dustoff no arm missing legs from knees down from a IED. This patient prayed the whole flight asking to live. Blood loss crashed twice on me. 3 prosthetics later he is alive so is it luck or religion ? | |||
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"Religion has done a lot of good, it's done a lot of bad - I think humanity could survive without it, but, with it gone, I have the feeling that the good side may suffer where the bad side may flourish. The major religions are pretty terrible. You have to ignore one hell of a lot of nasty stuff to find anything good in any of them. People already know what is good better than religions. That’s why we generally ignore the commands to put our children to death for disobedience. Ever been in the Sistine Chapel, or sat in the RAH listening to Handel's Messiah? Religion has inspired great art, music, poetry, charities like The Samaritans, Salvation Army etc. As I said in my post, I feel that if religion were abolished somehow, we would lose the inspiration for some good, whilst embracing the bad. People say that religion causes wars, it doesn't. It can cause violence, but then so can football and skin colour. Wars are fought over money, land and power. I think humanity would be the poorer for never having had religion. But it’s all lies and if we study it for 15 minutes we know it’s all lies. Worse than that it’s used to justify and cover up the wars that are really for power. It’s the very worst part of humanity. Hands down, the worst. But you don't know it's all lies. You believe it to be all lies. Why is your belief any more or less correct than those who do believe? If it can’t be demonstrated to be true and it is asserted as the truth, it’s a lie. Thats not true at all. I can't prove that my favourite colour is green but it certainly doesn't mean its a lie! So your assertion that your favourite colour is green could be evaluated through experiment. The existence of god is an assertion that is given as truth and cannot be proven. Lots of things can't be proven but you also can't prove it isn't true. I won’t be basing my life on them either. If something is not demonstrated to be true, why would you believe it? I wouldn't necessarily but I wouldn't call it a lie either. If someone asserts something to be the truth when it can’t be demonstrated to be true, that is a lie Think you will actually find the definition of a lie is something that has been proven to be false. " If you Google that you will find lots of definitions. I still think my definition holds, if someone asserts something to be true that they can not verify to be true, they are deceiving you and that is pretty much in all the definitions of a lie. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() Than what science ? He crashed I called it . Pulse comes back . Twice in flight same thing. Yet people with lighter traumatic injuries. DOA. Same scientific point of care 1 prays harder then the other. Same golden hour. It's just a strange phenomenon to me who is right who is wrong. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() Not everything has to have an explanation... Shit happens | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() Just like coronavirus than. Shit happens pray and let people live their lives or not. | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement " “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() What?! ![]() | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. " He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() We know exactly how many amputated limbs have regrown through prayer. Zero. | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will" Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() To be fair. I bet Eve was a right hottie | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() Now that’s a much better story! | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() She really was... But now she is in a gay relationship with a hot demon ![]() | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() Isn't it! ![]() | |||
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"No but I'd say we definitely require some sort of faith, and spirituality otherwise we are just empty vassles for the devils work. Lol, read the bible and come back to me… it’s not a good book. Huh? I think you misread my statement “The devils work”… the devil is a Christian invention, from the bible. It’s repeated in Islamic texts but it come from the bible. He was originally gods favourite Angel. But when Adam and Eve came along he got envious for their free will Then he boinked Eve... Came to Earth, fell in love and now he's God as his dad retired! ![]() ![]() Good work Eve! | |||
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"Here's a question, how many gods are there? Easy, none Correct answer ![]() We also know how many amputated limbs have regrown without prayer. Zero. Religion isn't about magic tricks, it's not about bibles or Korans, it's about the faith of the individual and how the individual chooses to follow it is the important thing. | |||
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