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27-10-2013, 02:57 PM | #26 | |||
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We are all animals but humans are the only animals who take more than they need.
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27-10-2013, 02:58 PM | #27 | |||
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It's really not. You can dispute a church's role in shaping and structuring societies and civilisations versus the comparative harm they have wrought but any usefulness that the major world religions may have had in the past has long evaporated.
I'm hardly atheist by any stretch of the imagination but apart from a new spiritual order I would much rather a world ran by atheists. Organized religion in it's current guise is an antiquated blight on consciousness. Systems of societal control and nothing more. |
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27-10-2013, 03:02 PM | #28 | |||
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27-10-2013, 03:02 PM | #29 | ||
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I just mean it's important it exists in some form |
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27-10-2013, 03:04 PM | #30 | |||
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Fair enough. I'm of the opinion that heavy dogmas, big books, special outfits and stained glass windows distract people from actual instinctual spirituality though.
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27-10-2013, 03:06 PM | #31 | |||
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Civilisations existed in harmony prior to religion, theres no reason to believe the emergence of religion made anything better..
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27-10-2013, 03:06 PM | #32 | |||
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If anyone needs a fine example of both sides of the coin regarding are we civilised I watched a video on youtube about a group of monkeys who lived indoors under captivity for 30 years being released into a much larger outdoor reservation.
Seeing the look of astonishment on their faces as the door slid open and sunlight hit them for the first time nearly brought a tear to my eye. How can a rational human being lack the compassion to keep an animal caged up like that is beyond me. |
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27-10-2013, 03:07 PM | #33 | |||
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Spend some time on a site called http://www.worldstarhiphop.com/videos/ and you will truly lose all faith in "civilized society".
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27-10-2013, 03:08 PM | #34 | |||
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Personally I wouldn't shed a tear if all organised religion followed the Dodo into extinction but fair play Salman. |
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27-10-2013, 03:08 PM | #35 | |||
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Hallelujah!! agree 100%
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27-10-2013, 03:09 PM | #36 | |||
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no. there will always be religious extremists who believe there is no other way.
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27-10-2013, 03:16 PM | #37 | |||
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Let's be fair here though, our attitude towards chosen faiths isn't the only thing that stops us from achieving social parity.
Attitude towards other human beings Attitudes towards other sentient beings And Attitudes to towards the planet Are all major sticking points still. All we as humans seem to be good at is inventing better ways to kill each other. |
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27-10-2013, 03:46 PM | #38 | ||
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or something like that. Ugh I cba to think don't put me on the spot I know what I said Last edited by Me. I Am Salman; 27-10-2013 at 03:48 PM. |
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27-10-2013, 03:50 PM | #39 | |||
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27-10-2013, 03:59 PM | #40 | |||
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..I believe that people are intrinsically good, but there are ‘bad’ people, of course... there is good and bad in most things but if there wasn’t so much good, far more than there is 'bad or evil’ then the world would be a much worse place than it is..so far as religion goes, I’m not personally religious through choice but I was brought up in a faith.. and I know many, many ‘good christian’ people...people whose faith makes them better people and gives them strength to cope with what they need to when life sucks a bit and also gives them the understanding of compassion for others and less self absorbed... so for some people, many people I would say that religion is good and positive...we all need something to ‘believe in’ , whether it be our families, friends, faith etc....there are of course extremists and those extremists are what causes ‘the bad/evil etc’ not the religion itself imo....
..a quote I love is from a Dali Lama.... “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”... |
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27-10-2013, 06:00 PM | #41 | |||
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"the exiled Tibetan leader said at a press conference yesterday in San Francisco. "From a Buddhist point of view, men-to-men and women-to-women is generally considered sexual misconduct." "The Dalai Lama said the same Buddhist scripture that advises against gay and lesbian sex also urges heterosexuals to refrain from oral sex, anal sex and masturbation. "Even with your own wife, using one's mouth or the other hole is sexual misconduct," he said. "Using one's hand, that is sexual misconduct." So it sounds like Buddhists are just like Christians in their beliefs about homosexuality. That's not a good thing. Basically a "hate the sin, love the sinner" type of mentality. They are basically against any sex that is not a man and a woman having vaginal intercourse for procreation.
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27-10-2013, 06:16 PM | #42 | |||
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A religion of kindness.....unless your gay.
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27-10-2013, 06:18 PM | #43 | |||
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Organised religion can and does provide a grounding for people, and can also be at the center of a community of people who without it would have nothing. What I don't understand is why Atheists feel the need to get on their high horses and exclaim from the mountain tops 'there is no God, you dip****s' deal with it! Religion is far, far more than that.
Atheists mind your own damn business. |
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27-10-2013, 06:25 PM | #44 | |||
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27-10-2013, 06:26 PM | #45 | |||
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There is a difference between stating your opinion and belittling people who have these beliefs. Its not hurting you if people want Religion to be part of their lives. Mind your own business.
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27-10-2013, 06:26 PM | #46 | |||
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27-10-2013, 06:27 PM | #47 | |||
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If my opinion belittles you so be it it is my opinion, it is representative of me only.
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27-10-2013, 06:28 PM | #48 | |||
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I wasnt directly referring to you, i've barely skimmed this thread. I've just seen a few people belittling people for being Religious. That is not expressing your opinion. At least not in an intelligent way.
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27-10-2013, 06:29 PM | #49 | |||
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Yes I copied and pasted the last bit as it goes
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27-10-2013, 07:45 PM | #50 | |||
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