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09-02-2015, 08:43 PM | #51 | ||
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The only really important part of my previous post is this: "People with irrational beliefs are prone to doing irrational things." Islam / Christianity / whatever . |
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09-02-2015, 08:46 PM | #52 | |||
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09-02-2015, 08:57 PM | #53 | ||
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I certainly don't think that religion is the root of all of the world's problems or that there would never again be any senseless massacre without religion... but I think it would certainly be a start. |
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09-02-2015, 10:16 PM | #54 | ||
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I think youre mistaking Christians for the monarchy |
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09-02-2015, 10:18 PM | #55 | ||
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09-02-2015, 10:19 PM | #56 | ||
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10-02-2015, 12:22 AM | #57 | ||
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He hasn't said anything that I particularly "hate", it's just that... None of the supernatural stuff in the Bible is actually true, Jesus wasn't the son of (or a human avatar of) a supreme being (God) because it's highly unlikely that such a being even exists. For a third time: strong, irrational belief can be warped and twisted to nefarious purpose. The specifics of the belief do not matter. The problem is the mindset that is able to believe it, and the level of control that can be taken by figures who wish to exploit it. |
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10-02-2015, 09:57 AM | #58 | |||
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Some people are good, some people are bad. That's the bottom line. Most people are not extremists, most people don't want to kill other people because they don't share their beliefs. It's an infinitesimally small percentage, just like it's an infinitesimally small percentage of non-religious people who are violent psychopaths. For every act of violence carried out by religious people, there will be at least one and probably many more acts of kindness and compassion. So I don't agree that by having no religion the world would be a better place. All you'd be doing is taking away people's legitimate right to worship in their own way because you yourself have no faith. |
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10-02-2015, 10:52 AM | #59 | ||
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I doubt that will actually happen. I think religion MIGHT eventually fade into relative obscurity... But it will sadly be a long after we're gone. So I won't even get to say "toljerso" |
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10-02-2015, 11:04 AM | #60 | |||
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10-02-2015, 11:27 AM | #61 | ||
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10-02-2015, 12:48 PM | #62 | |||
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You seem to tar all religions with the same brush. My religion doesn't recruit. I was never forced to do anything as a child instead I chose to got to school on Sundays to learn about my own religion and to study Hebrew. I am not alone. It seems hard for you to accept that people with religious beliefs aren't brainwashed just because you yourself don't understand it. I uphold your right to believe nothing and not be criticised. That surely should be a two-way street.
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10-02-2015, 01:15 PM | #63 | ||
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Either way, you seem to be suggesting that your experiences are uniform for your entire religion, which is demonstrably not true. There is plenty of fundamentalism and enforced religious practice within the Jewish faith, and in all faiths, just as I'm sure there are people with experiences similar to yours in all faiths. So... Yes, I am comfortable considering all religions under one heading for most purposes. The specifics of the belief system are largely irrelevant, and can mainly be summed up as "miscellaneous supernatural stuff". |
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10-02-2015, 01:16 PM | #64 | |||
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This is supposed to be a SERIOUS DEBATE thread where adult members maturely debate and discuss serious topics with truth, integrity and informed opinion. Politics, terrorism, and religion, are all very serious subjects which are currently creating increasingly widening schisms throughout the world, and spurious statements such as those above, unnecessarily cause offence and really have no place on a Serious Discussion thread – in my opinion. If we are to debate this very serious issue, then it is imperative that we do not start from deliberately false premises and do not continue with confused misconceptions - as is clearly the case in the above post. As for Barak Hussein Obama; the evidence that he is a Muslim in thought, word and deed, is preponderous, overwhelming, and irrefutable to any rational, impartial, and sane researcher.
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10-02-2015, 01:20 PM | #65 | ||
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atheists are far louder about screaming their beliefs in public places and in drumming it into their kids.........often the atheists we hear are aggressive and mocking. it makes one think if they had their way and destroyed Christs words would their words really lead us to a better place?
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10-02-2015, 01:21 PM | #66 | ||
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10-02-2015, 01:43 PM | #67 | |||
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Where in the bible does it say that?...
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10-02-2015, 01:57 PM | #68 | |||
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Would I have gone to school to learn about Judaism if my parents weren't Jewish...? I take it your own parents weren't exactly church goers and that's where you've picked up your blinkered ideas about faith. For the record, I am culturally and ethnically Jewish. |
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10-02-2015, 01:57 PM | #69 | |||
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Just under where it says "People with irrational beliefs are prone to doing irrational things."
Last edited by Livia; 10-02-2015 at 01:59 PM. |
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10-02-2015, 02:05 PM | #70 | ||
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Anyway, the second part is incorrect. My mum went to church regularly and my grandmother was a card-carrying God squadder. She was actual friends with the minister and he was constantly at her house - I'd have worried about them if I wasn't 99% certain that the minister was gay (not joking, very VERY camp man). I also went to church and Sunday School until I was 7 or 8. In fact, if I remember correctly, I realised that God isn't real whilst actually sat at a table at Sunday school. I was doing some sort of maze involving Jesus. It was obscure. |
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10-02-2015, 02:08 PM | #71 | |||
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It would be a fine thing if non-believers afforded people with faith the same courtesy. Last edited by Livia; 10-02-2015 at 02:09 PM. |
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10-02-2015, 03:19 PM | #72 | ||
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I think there's something inherently wrong with religion itself. Last edited by Toy Soldier; 10-02-2015 at 03:20 PM. |
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10-02-2015, 06:21 PM | #73 | |||
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What's more, Hussein Obama makes the same colossal error which you and others on this thread make, in being confused by just what Christianity is. Christianity is a religion specifically based upon the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as attested in The New Testament, and Jesus Christ was a pacifist who taught Love, Understanding, Tolerance, Charity and advocated peace and forgiveness. True Christians are those who put faith and trust in the New Testament and who believe in Jesus as ‘The Christ’ or Messiah, and who follow Christ’s teachings. Therefore true Christians who truly follow the teachings of Christ are also peace loving. NOWHERE in the New Testament is there any incitement for followers to go out and maim, kill, or subjugate other races, creeds or non-believers and I defy anyone on here to provide evidence to the contrary. Even the violence within the Old Testament is solely bound by historical context and specific only to the era in which the text was written, as distinct from the open-ended commands throughout the Quran which compel faithful Muslims to to go out and maim, kill, or subjugate other races, creeds or non-believers. These commands are not era specific, and have no predetermined time limit, so are as relevant and applicable for faithful Muslims today as they were to faithful Muslims in Muhammad's time. Which explains the demonic atrocities still being perpetrated in Allah's name after 1500 years. The above is only one difference between Islam and Christianity, but there are other very real differences, far too numerous to expound upon here. As for "better than" - whether we are specifically comparing the religions themselves, or their followers interpretation of The New Testament with the Quran, there really is no comparison, because the former is a religion based upon love, peace and tolerance, and the latter is one where 109 of its verses incite beheadings and dismemberment or other violence. I feel this may be the reason why we do not see faithful Christians holding one freshly-severed innocent's head after another, or witness them coolly moving through school classrooms executing innocent children, setting terrified teachers ablaze, or chanting "Jesus" while they shoot yet more innocent victims in cold blood.
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10-02-2015, 06:43 PM | #74 | |||
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Nice to see you posting, Kirk. I agree with a lot of what you're saying. As always.
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10-02-2015, 07:06 PM | #75 | |||
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What evidence would that be, besides his middle name which is apparently so necessary to include?
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