Originally Posted by sup-rbeast
And 75% of all statices given on forms are made up
IMHO Power and/or greed is reason for most world conflicts both global and local that being said I will not disagree that religan has been used by those in power over the centures to further a person/groups agenda but IMHO I do not think that you can blame that on religion which may not have been the root of the conflict
Counts and Trumpett - Why is it losing your faith outright? You can have faith in other things, yourself, maybe in other Gods if you want. It was Nietzsche I think, who said that faith was not wanting to believe what is true. - I think a lot of "faith" is blind faith. There's plenty of God's and plenty believing in them before the Christian God. Btw Frost is one favorites, but he has other quotes too..
"Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me." - Frost
Suprbeast hit the nail right on the head. Just because you believe in Christianity doesn't mean you have morals or the opposite. The 85% of the prison population who believe in Christianity would hold that to be true or the Atheist nations who have the lowest murder and teen pregnancy rates would hold that to be true also. 2/3's of the world isn't Christian, that doesn't mean they aren't smart or have no morals.
"Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have not advanced one inch towards uniformity." Thomas Jefferson
Crackersneckian - I think Christianity and religion get in the way of rationalization most of the time, I've said that a million times. Its not like I wasn't brought up in it or don't know what it is, it's that reason why I don't think any of it is true. I do love Jesus btw. I don't really believe in God, that doesn't mean I'm not smart. I'll give you some quotes of some pretty smart people who have some of the same views...
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because if there be one he must approve of the homage of reason more than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson
"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies." - Thomas Jefferson
"Religion is a byproduct of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil then necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity? - Arthur C. Clarke
"The Bible is not by book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian Dogma." - Abraham Lincoln
" I cannot believe in the immortality of the soul..No, all this talk of an existence for us, as individuals, beyond the grave is wrong. It is born of out tenacity of life - our desire to go on living..our dread of coming to an end." - Thomas Edison
"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." - Albert Einstein
" I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own..a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe a human survives the death of his body, although the feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism." Albert Einstein
I'd think you'd agree that those were some smart people. This isn't a Christian nation IMO and wasn't found solely on Christianity, Jefferson said it isn't and has never been a part of common law. The nation was found on common sense, don't murder, lie, steal etc. That comes from common sense, not Christianity. Christianity drives more away then people just "losing faith". Just how I feel about it.
Isn't it crazy how a small group of "radicals" can start a trend convincing over 2.1 billion people of something that, from a different perspective, sounds absolutely ridiculous? Love to see the arguments here... Keep it up folks.
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American was a better place when more of the population was Christian, I think it's kind of hard to deny that. I'm all for everyone practicing their own beliefs, as long as they don't bother me, being a Christian in this country today leads many to look at you like they did blacks 75-100 years ago. We continue to become more seperated, the sooner people realize this the better off we will all be. At some point the people who founded this country will take it back, I personally am in favor of locking down our borders at this point and ending immigration until the war on terror is complete.
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Did you just rip off Mill Maher?
He may have said something along the same lines. I mean, hell, he did make a movie completely centered around this basis.
[I]I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech. [/I]
what a fucking surprise...new look board, same hypocritical rednecks.......dude makes a read worthy post, gives his opinion and then you all chastise the kid......lmfao
He may have said something along the same lines. I mean, hell, he did make a movie completely centered around this basis.
A simple Yes I ripped Maher off and tried to pass it as my on and ask for arguments against it would have worked.
Cool man, you get your panties in a bunch about it and I'll sit here and continue on feeling the way I do about this, whether it agrees with Maher or not.
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Don't hurt your arm patting yourself on the back burton13 because your brilliant in your own mind. I really don't put much faith in what you called smart men but I'll admit they were book smart. As for this nation being based on christainity, it may not have been entirely but I feel it had alot to do with it. You said it was based on common sense, not stealing, killing and etc., as you know alot of these things comes from the ten commandents in the Bible. I not trying to change your mind cause I can tell you never will and I'ld say your book smart (but no genius). Like I said I don't put much faith in brilliant men, actually can't stand to be around them.
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