It doesn't offer any groundbreaking approaches or ideas to add to the heated discussion between those who believe in a higher power and those who don't, but it does show, in a vulgar, ridiculous and funny manner, why the way we handle talking
about religion with other people is so frustrating and unnecessary.
DO analyze claims
about religion with the same critical eye that you would claims about money, political positions or social issues.
Not exact matches
You don't need to open up
about religion or your relationships; just stick to neutral topics of the sort you might discuss
with, say, your dental hygienist.
That would be attracting people in the whole community
with no agenda other than talking
about religion and eating and meeting new people, etc..
Until someone has all the answers
with proven science or
religion it makes no sense to argue
about who is right or wrong.
So when you're scared of Muslim or Islam, just go upto your Muslim neighbor, your Muslim coworker or just walk into a mosque and speak
with Americans who speak the same language, drinks the same coffee and watches the same Simpson and tell them «Hey, I'm scared of you / your
religion, and I don't want to be, so tell me
about your
religion and why I should NOT be scared of you just because you're a Muslim.»
I'm an atheist, and one of the things I hated
about religion is that the Christians are always trying to force their absurd beliefs off on other people now there is an organized group of atheists trying to do the same thing
with a non-
religion.
I find it amazing that almost every organized
religion during that time was at least partially, if not fully involved in bigotry toward blacks, including outright banning them from their membership and congretations altogether (which Mormans have never done), but only Mormons are still chided constantly
about their history
with blacks, despite the fact that black members have had full benefits for almost four decades, and despite the fact that Mormons have been actively proselyting and doing charitable missionary work in Africa for over 160 years.
Obamas
religion however is straight up christian and it won't really do much good to follow him around
with a moving billboard that lists death tolls from christian persecution or other things
about the dogma that people already know and either don't care or already accept.
What did our Founding Fathers have to say
about religion: «Question
with boldness even the existence of a god.»
Many say science is now woven together
with ethics and
religion in their minds; they can't think
about biology without thinking
about its meaning in the greater context.
However, in practice,
religion uses its supposed knowledge and makes claims
about the natural world, sometimes in conflict
with what science says.
I would have thought it was obvious this is not
about mixing
religion with public schooling, simply using school building's for holding church services when the buildings are closed for normal schooling.
To all of you carrying on so loudly
about «seperation of chruch and state» — I agree
with you — we should vote the person, not the
religion, nor the party.
There is much that could be said
about this, but I will stick
with one thing, based on discussion at
about the 2 minute mark: When atheists insist that atheism does not drive behavior, and then then campaign on behalf of atheism, ridicule
religion and religious believers in the name of atheism, seek to change laws in favor of their atheistic positions, recommend the extermination of
religion, and practice falsehoods like Dawkins's in support of atheism, they prove that their atheism drives their behavior and that their premise is false, disingenuous, and (as far as I can tell) useless for anything but giving atheism rhetorical cover from being implicated in atheists» atrocities.
IMHO... I think «their obsession
with religion» is
about the sometimes crazy actions and outcomes that follow from people of religious beliefs... especially the fundamentalists.
This is all
about control
with religion and it has to stop.Gay people getting married doesn't have anything to do
with straight people getting married.People are so full of hatred and disrespect it isn't funny.I'm glad this has come out now, because it really shows how evil people really are.But these people who are so into GOD, the Bible, Church, and the only way of life they live 4 god, by god are the 1s who prmote going around the world starting WARS, killing innocent women, men, children and families because Jesus guides them in everything they do.That is a crock of B.S. if I ever heard it.They will continus to use GOD and continue their EVIL ways to get whatever they want and CONTROL who ever they can.
if we talk
about science i can provide you
with some evidence but
religion is the opposite... you just believe.
With religion we are talking
about ideologies and beliefs.
Her superficial acquaintance
with the
religions she is speaking
about is disappointing.
Whether the critiques provided are correct or wrong, religious TV and media gives us the opportunity to reflect on our way of life and talk
with others
about religion.
If you truly want to be a Christian, align yourself not
with a
religion, but
with what Christ taught
about kindness and love.
This is
about illegal use of public resources and also
about the illegal * appearance * of mixing
religion with public schooling which is also prohibited.
Even if you despise the particular
religion afterwards or you think the Baptists are just plain wrong or the Mormons are wrong — maybe you should learn
about them, tolerate their beliefs and believe whatever you want to believe, but do it
with some respect.
GOD is not
about religion, is
about having a relationship
with him, having faith in him.
The worst thing
about any
religion is the teaching that people should be happy
with their lot in life because it's God's will.
I would say read the Holy Books start
with the «Quran» being the latest Holy book that came combined to correct the older version ones read just for knowledge and not for finding a
religion but to learn what they say
about God..
You certainly may believe whatever you want, but why not be honest
about it and choose a
religion consistent
with your belief?
The stories written
about him decades later are inconsistent
with each other on important details, went through an editing process hundreds of years later, and incorporate a number of myths of other
religions popular at the time.
Let me add I have not seen your 3 posts asking me
about how I feel
about it before now when I copied and posted those above and If I had seen before I would have answered you
with out any hesitation but did not because I moved to other blogs... And to satisfy you interest my saying I do not like it as a cultural habit but if
religion failed to stop it and had to regulate it then what can I do
about it... people can still lie and give you an elder age and how can you tell if 9 - 10or more at villages there are no birth certificate issued nor villagers interested to obtain it... what can you tell from their teeth like sheep??
For you to hatefully comment on religious articles
about how much you HATE
religion is a lot like someone complaining of a headache while bashing their forehead
with a mallet.
I've discussed
with quite a few people
about the positives and negatives of organized
religion & government and I've discovered that some people aren't going to see anything but their viewpoint because they refuse to....
you sir are practicing a
religion one that means so much to you that you use it as your online name also please show me where I call you a fool or is telling someone not to make a fool of themself the same as calling them a fool which would mean you are very religious as far as Colin he said nothing that related to the debate I was in
with you... we are talking
about Atheism as a religious view not debating the existence of God now look over the definitions I have shown you and please explain how Atheism does not fit into the said definitions And you claim that evolution is true so the burden of proof falls in your lap as it is the base of your
religion.
Most of the wars we no
about have little to do
with religion per se, much to do
with wanting what someone else has, wanting to control what someone else does, or fearing someone else because they are different.
Most Christianity today is, in my opinion, not a
religion that Jesus preached, but a
religion made up
about Jesus by various authorities, and as the cartoon points out, some still have a lot of issues
with gender, sexism, sexuality, power and control.
I am reminded of what Jesus said
about the purest form of
religion being taking care of the most vulnerable of society
with widows and orphans and to keep from being polluted by evil, in this case the love of money over meeting the needs of the poor.
For me, this story is touching and at a point in my life where I am very confused
about a lot of things
with the Bible,
religion, Christians, and pastors.
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering...» In other words, if you want to know
about religion, study it and pray, ask God
with genuine intent.
If you are interested in hearing what they had to say
about religion (
with references to sources) check out this link:
(A similar set of questions could be asked, mutatis mutandis,
about Jewish involvement
with Islam, a
religion that also claims, although to a much lesser extent than Christianity, descent from Judaism.)
Reading the account of how this professor expressed himself
about the author's experience
with the dying begs the question in my mind, - How many religious scholars and clergymen are as truly enlightened
about life, death and the nature of things as they self - satisfyingly claim to be doctored in
religion?
So I choose to live life
with not a lot of anger
about religion.
«Some other Asians are more concerned
with businesses or finances, but Koreans care
about religion and
about Christianity.»
How
about all lbg people and especially athiests just stop eating anywhere that has a history or management that is from a religious faith that means almost no grocery stores no restaurants 98 % of the world believes in a
religion the other 2 % can just not interact
with the rest of us if thats what they want no skin off our backs make the world a better place just become reclusive your already hateful, distrustful and judgmental
Normally I take conservative rants
about the liberal press hating
religion with a grain of salt but I have to wonder here.
Start
with GW (after all we all know this was
about oil and
religion) Move on the the «crusades» (nice term, but really just another war, ok 5 wars in the name of
religion).
When I read the comments
about people believing atheism is a
religion — I can't agree
with that.
Instead of wasting time
with these frivolous lawsuits, I wish the American Atheists would take issue
with employers who require all workers to participate in group prayer (as one of my former employers did) or landlords who «casually» ask
about your
religion before they will rent you an apartment (that's life in the Bible Belt, eh?).
This is why the Pharisees and Romans who were so fairly concerned
about the trouble
with growing Christian movement, that they just pointed to where He was buried to simply discredit the entire
religion.
Not to mention, for those of you who have a belief and has ur faith in Traditional Christianity (along
with any other
religion); YOU WILL SUFFER the 7 last plagues of God, due to the mark of the beast that is
about to be enforced by a resurrected ROMAN EMPIRE that is arising now in Europe unless you can repent and turn to the ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD!