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SoLiDUS · 05-14-2003, 05:11 PM

[quote:48932]The one thing more annoying than a fundamentalist telling you what you should believe is a anti-religion person telling you what you shouldnt believe. Your religious belief, or lack thereof, are your business and no one elses.[/quote:48932]

Your business and no one elses, until you start shoving it down people's
throats. Otherwise, I agree.

[quote:48932]As someone said earlier, religion is based on faith, but still rooted in history and fact. Jesus lived, mohammed lived, buddha lived. This is fact. Were they prohets, messhiahs, God incarnate? Or were they just charimatic fanatics? That is where the faith part comes in. You can say science explains our world, but i am not always so sure. I firmly believe in evolution, but I aint buying the big bang theory.[/quote:48932]

What's so special about the big bang that makes you doubt it ? If a being
can come into existence out of a void, so can the Universe. Similarly, if he
always existed, why couldn't our world ? Personally, I don't like the idea that
a house could build itself, that is, without intellect... but the problem works
both ways...

[quote:48932]I always find it amusing when people say that religion is a tool to control the simple minded. That is such a simple response to a very complex human behavior. Religion has had its bad times and corruption, but it is run by man, and man is an imperfect being. You dont need to read the bible or even believe in it, but you should respect it. It is, afterall, the best selling and most influential piece of literature ever printed.[/quote:48932]

Complex human behavior ? Simple, actually: fear. Fear of the unknown.
Some very clever individuals made the link between fear and everything
unknown and used this to control the populace: you'd better listen to us
or you will spend ETERNITY in TORMENT while others (the kicker) bask in
God's love FOREVER in BLISS. After hearing it a dozen times all sunday,
for years and from a very early age, it sticks. You do as you're told. Also,
just because a piece of litterature is a best-seller doesn't automatically
make it good: this goes for influencial as well. Don't forget that hundreds
of years of shoving Christianity down people's throats everywhere on the
planet might have something to do with that.

[quote:48932]As far as the death question goes, who knows? All you can do is prepare yourself for it the best way you know how. When you die, you will know (or cease to know anything). Religion, if nothing else, is a way to put your mind at ease for when you face the unknown.[/quote:48932]

If it helps them cope with a natural physical mechanism, all the better
unless they piss me off biggrin:

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SoLiDUS is Offline Senior Member Posts: 5,158 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gatineau, Qc, Canada	05-14-2003, 05:11 PM [quote:48932]The one thing more annoying than a fundamentalist telling you what you should believe is a anti-religion person telling you what you shouldnt believe. Your religious belief, or lack thereof, are your business and no one elses.[/quote:48932] Your business and no one elses, until you start shoving it down people's throats. Otherwise, I agree. [quote:48932]As someone said earlier, religion is based on faith, but still rooted in history and fact. Jesus lived, mohammed lived, buddha lived. This is fact. Were they prohets, messhiahs, God incarnate? Or were they just charimatic fanatics? That is where the faith part comes in. You can say science explains our world, but i am not always so sure. I firmly believe in evolution, but I aint buying the big bang theory.[/quote:48932] What's so special about the big bang that makes you doubt it ? If a being can come into existence out of a void, so can the Universe. Similarly, if he always existed, why couldn't our world ? Personally, I don't like the idea that a house could build itself, that is, without intellect... but the problem works both ways... [quote:48932]I always find it amusing when people say that religion is a tool to control the simple minded. That is such a simple response to a very complex human behavior. Religion has had its bad times and corruption, but it is run by man, and man is an imperfect being. You dont need to read the bible or even believe in it, but you should respect it. It is, afterall, the best selling and most influential piece of literature ever printed.[/quote:48932] Complex human behavior ? Simple, actually: fear. Fear of the unknown. Some very clever individuals made the link between fear and everything unknown and used this to control the populace: you'd better listen to us or you will spend ETERNITY in TORMENT while others (the kicker) bask in God's love FOREVER in BLISS. After hearing it a dozen times all sunday, for years and from a very early age, it sticks. You do as you're told. Also, just because a piece of litterature is a best-seller doesn't automatically make it good: this goes for influencial as well. Don't forget that hundreds of years of shoving Christianity down people's throats everywhere on the planet might have something to do with that. [quote:48932]As far as the death question goes, who knows? All you can do is prepare yourself for it the best way you know how. When you die, you will know (or cease to know anything). Religion, if nothing else, is a way to put your mind at ease for when you face the unknown.[/quote:48932] If it helps them cope with a natural physical mechanism, all the better unless they piss me off biggrin: