Not exact matches
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.
Before you jump on me let me say this I believe in a God just not the one anyone else wants me
to believe in... As far as
religion gos they all say the
same damn
thing If I don't believe in God your way then I am doomed
to Hell.
Like the good Dr. has pointed out, using your book
to refute someone elses book when both have the
same historical significance, outlandish claims and
religion is probably the dumbest
thing you can
do.
Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way
to get through
to people, all it
does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest
thing from the truth, I have no problem with
religion, I have a problem with those who use there
religions to control and hate others,
same applies with atheism, if you don't want
to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»
They aren't forcing them
to believe the
same things that their parents or practice the
same religion their parents
do.
As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way
to get through
to people, all it
does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest
thing from the truth, I have no problem with
religion, I have a problem with those who use there
religions to control and hate others,
same applies with atheism, if you don't want
to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.
Believers seem
to think that these
things are welcome (or perhaps they just don't care if they're not welcome) and at the
same time they think that their
religion should never be criticized, despite the fact that their isn't a single shred of evidence
to support the existence of any god.
due
to some crazy religious beliefs out there in the world i.e. marrying off young children and marrying genetic kin, the government can't ever allow
religion to dictate marriage policy, so have your ceremonies and deny
same - gender couples
to marry in your church but bluntly stated your crying and foot - stomping will accomplish nothing, marriage isn't a religious
thing it is a civil rights and equality
thing, thus if the religious win by denying
same gender cuples their civil rights
to equal treatment under the law, then don't be surprised when others use those
same grounds
to deny you your rights under the law.
Honestly bud, it sounds like you've clung
to religion so much because it's given you security that even though the universe is unknowable in many aspects, there's something out there that
does know it and this
same thing is looking out for you.
Christians
did the excact
same things Muslims are
doing now, we just stopped hundreds of years ago and allowed our
religion to grow along with the human race.
Theists often hold positions they wont consider challenges
to, AND
religions do the
same thing collectively
Selling out your intellect because you're mentally lazy is one
thing, constantly yammering at me
to do the
same (proselitizing) is another and that's where organized
religion starts looking like
to me like a giant scam.
Contrary
to popular belief,
doing away with government endorsement of a particular
religion is not the
same thing as seeking government endorsement of atheism.
In an increasingly shrinking world, its a belief that my friends of different
religions can have an afterlife that is not doomed
to eternal damnation, just because they
do not believe the
same things I
do or because they grew up in a culture different than mine.
If the point of
religion is
to bring peace and guide a culture toward certain specific behaviors, primarily for order and the preservation of the good qualities of society, then how can one say that one
religion is better than another or that a «
religion-less» person who STILL acts the
SAME way (i.e.
does right unto their neighbors, lives according
to the
thing the bible suggests) but is more tolerant is not as high quality a citizen as another who is associated with a Major League Religious Team?
Rick thinks that getting an education is just people telling you what
to think... the
same thing his
religion does and is equally valid.
Without reducing all
religions to a quest for one common essence — which the pluralist position is often accused of
doing — and without making the simplistic claim that all
religions are saying or
doing «the
same thing,» it nevertheless seems that in their own widely divergent ways they all seek and express union with something like what we have been calling «mystery.»
Apart from the religious that
do nasty
things in the name of their
religion, often
to those who don't toe the line or believe in the
same religion.
The reason why I find it extremely odd is because they constantly say, «You guys want
to cram your
religion down our throats», and they are
doing the exact
same thing.
Wow, so you put up billboards
to try and gain numbers
to your cause and say your «reaching out» sounds
to me like your
doing the
same thing the
religions are telling people
to think like you because you think your right?
They
do not believe God is the
same today, even though He says He is, they are now rejecting the Christ in us coming forth, and they say they are Christ - ians: They have made Christianity a Joke because of their unbelief, and that is why
religion is hated, because they are not Christian's;
to be a Christian is
to have Christ in us grown up
to be just as He; so we too can speak all the
same things, Christ is not divided; even as is written:
Probably gets tedious after I post the
same thing a lot, but the readers change and anything
to help young people escape
religion is worth
doing.
When the religious run
things they force everyone
to practice their brand of
religion, when you have a secular society everyone gets
to pick their own
religion and practice it as much or as little as they want as long as they
do not prevent someone else from
doing the
same.
WORLD: Thats like those who believe the
same about reading books or
doing things not related
to their
religion.
finally someone who believes the
same thing i
do i love jesus
do my best but church and
religion i agree with him its about time and jesus and god are real they have helped me and proven
to me they are there
The US is a secular country not a christian country.Our country was founded on the principles of freedom fo
religion and seperation between church and state.I am a muslim, I can tell you that the reason men and women don; t pray in integrated environments is
to avoid distractions and
to focus on the prayer not because women are less than men.I personally don; t want
to be praying next
to a woman because all I'll be thinking about is her and not god.Jews also
do the
same thing in temples by seperating between men and women in temples.A house of worship is built solely for that purpose, worship!
Using the
same method, there's nothing
to stop any other
religion from
doing the
same thing: Muslim, Jewish, Hindu or Scientology — any
religion could use the
same approach.
This is similar, if different in tenor,
to Tillmans» forty - two black rectangular prints exhibited in the corner of the UCLA Hammer Museum in 2006: For the Victims of Organized
Religions could, for all we know, depict the
same things as
did Chang's Cache, Active, but Tillmans» piece purports
to matter in its rejection or memorialization of specific imagery.