But we need to fill the void and tell of the real Christ, free from all the baggage
of dead religion and historical corruption, in his pure, loving and powerful position as God.
Funny how Toby et al consider a picture or sculpture of a naked woman an obscenity and their elected officials cover even «blind justice» statues, but they think that a PAID SALESMAN
of a dead religion tormenting a dying nonbeliever deserves no rebuke or prohibition.
Not exact matches
Well, yeah... and I mean if what someone is really trying to achieve with this is to reduce practices that in any way, shape or form could indicate that someone bears them or their faith ill will... I don't think publicly humiliating people who would take the time to look up your
dead ancestor's name and then take the time to drive to a temple and then get immersed in water on their behalf so that they (by their belief) have the option to accept your
religion post mortem is really misguided and contrary to the spirit
of freedom
of religion in what it advocates.
Please, are the gods so stupid that just because an alive person claims a
dead one is now a different
religion said god would have to throw them out
of their old
religion heaven and send them to the other heaven??? Really, some
of you are more obsessed with
dead people than the ones living.
I think
of all the
dead innocent,
of every
religion, nationality, creed, gender, and age that have died from the bullets and bombs
of Muslim terrorists and extremists.
Anyway, all you Christians here who want to bash on Mormons, why don't you take a good long look at your own
religion, which worships a man who was sacrificed on a cross for BILLIONS
of dead people.
I don't understand why anyone would be offended by someone praying for the souls
of their
dead ancestors, whatever
religion you happen to be, if you don't believe in God it isn't like it hurts anything, if you beleive in a different God, again it isn't like it hurts anything...
You might not understand that non-Mormons do not believe in your
religion and are OFFENDED by your beliefs and your practices
of trying to Mormanize the
dead, particularly those who were killed for not being Christian such as Anne Frank.
the same priests that take an oath under God to do good mispresent themselves again and again its morally not right» anybody under legal law to be molested in the name
of religion is wrong
dead wrong and the point is a pedaphile can never be cured sp whats the alternative (death that way innocence is not lost on bottom dweelers) i say feet first in a meat grinder in low gear i'm just saying
Adhering to Muslim Law by burying bin Laden at sea had nothing to do with showing a
dead terrorist mercy for his body or fulfilling bin Laden's wishes; it had to do with showing the world we are respectful
of religion and cultures that may be different than our own; our war on terror has nothing to do with culture or
religion.
For centuries the only way this
religion of sword has been able to proliferate has been to brainwash people by getting them angry, and injecting sorrow, into their souls about the
dead and martyrs, as well as creating hate towards an enemey, even a made - up one Without a funeral, mourning, and a physical shrine, muslims are lost!
I now baptize all
dead people in the
religion of Nonsense.
While this is a vile act — An act that spits on the beliefs
of Anne Frank and the entire Jewish
religion — one must ask, is this really worst than the thousands upon thousands
of other Baptisms for the
dead that the mormons perform?
freedom
of religion means that each person can worship as they see fit, not that anyone
religion can invoke its will on others whether living or
dead.
Lets vote for Romney who talks about religious abuse and yet his
religion is abusing the
religion of others continually... bet he does nt suspend his money to them... they just wait till people are
dead then baptise them... this is an extremist
religion and not one we want for president
We need billions
of them
dead so we can cure humanity from this mental cancer called
religion.
Students have the right to air extremist political «doctrine,» secular philosophical «doctrine,» even, presumably, the «doctrine» that God is
dead and that
religion is the opiate
of the people.
To look in Eastern
religions, such as the three major ones
of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, will also be a «
dead end street» in looking for God.
Wow, The Catholic Herald has proclaimed «new atheism» (which they made up) to be
dead since obviously, atheists can see the everyday benefits
of religion.
Yes,
religion is a form
of insanity / delusion when people continue to believe this childish nonsense about a big guy in the sky and some schizophrenic rabbi they believe came back from the
dead and refuse the real world all around.
This song always sounded
of the olde
religion: There were three men came out
of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've plowed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was
dead
You might be surprised to find out that there are virgin births in 16
dead religions and three persistent ones (not including Christianity), great deluges in 28 other
religions, raising
of the
dead and walking on water in nearly every major
religion since 4400 BC.
It will be a wonderful day when christianity is put to the shelves
of history as a
dead religion (and it will happen).
If a lack
of religion were the problem, then centuries
of Christian rule leading up to that event wouldn't have yielded over a hundred million
dead in wars
of conquest and dogma, genocidal campaigns, witch - hunts, and death camps.
In a single dense volume this fine survey offers an account
of the whole by close consideration
of the various parts: sacrifices, religious associations, domestic
religion, the cult
of the
dead, mystery
religions, magic, the cult
of the rulers, and philosophical
religion (e.g., Stoicism), with a concluding chapter on Gnosticism.
Where are Zeus, Odin, and a host
of other «
dead»
religions?
The quotation captures the noble project
of the book in this way: «The old Catholic
religion - culture
of Europe is
dead... the inheritance
of classical culture... has been destroyed, overwhelmed by a vast influx
of new knowledge, by the scientific mass civilisation
of the modern world.
The result was an attempt to «demythologise»
religion, to prune away all references to the supernatural: events like miracles and the resurrection
of the
dead, and doctrines like the Holy Trinity and the divinity
of Christ.
All the VERY BEST
RELIGIONS HAVE A
DEAD LEADER who
of course, you can't then argue with.
But that worry was only one aspect
of his thought, for he balanced a fear
of excessive religious «enthusiasm» with a correlative worry about
dead religion, which would soon lead to its inevitable offspring, secularism.
We are forever putting conditions and qualifications on the love
of God: «If you rid yourself
of your racism, if you vote Democratic, if you accept Jesus as your savior, if...» Such conditional, achievement - oriented, self - made - men
religion certainly doesn't need Jesus dying on the cross and rising from the
dead to make itself plausible and reasonable in an achievement - oriented, you - get - what - you - deserve capitalistic culture.
The coming end
of the world, complete with a saviour and the rising
of the
dead, all in a
religion as old as Judaism.
After leaving
religion, the maze
of many
dead ends.
Human history is littered with the corpses or
dead religions, all
of which were false according to todays followers.
So, I think fear is the main driving force behind
religion - fear
of death, the unknown, not existing anymore, never seeing
dead loved ones again, not having a «purpose» in /
of life, etc..
@Davin Unfortunately the world will only know peace when the entire world is
dead, regardless
of whether or not
religion still exists.
but on the third day using his Power
of Resurrection rose from the
dead to claim his seat next to God in heaven, I mean next to himself since he was also God and then told the masses that he died for their sins, though oddly enough being God he could have simply absolved them
of their sins and he really didn't die because he lives and is coming back to judge man based upon the original sins... but not sure if that would work since man can clearly kill a God with wood and nails... I know, I know confusing and likely to be labeled heresy... but debates about nomenclature and
religion... i mean story telling... just don't mix.
In the basic theme
of religion, every person that dies is
dead because God willed it.
Russ says:@ Honey Badger: so what comfort do you have to offer the parents
of a
dead 8 year old — aside from ridiculing
religion?
I would have voted for Osama Bin Laden for president if he had renounced Islam, apologized, and said that the world would be a better place without
religion (provided
of course that he could meet necessary citizenship requirements... oh, and if he weren't
dead).
Many ancestral «
religions» (a relatively new contrived word) have not gods, just spirits
of dead ancestors or places or things.
One wonders how Eliade will respond to this nonbook, for it attempts to unmask him as a historian
of religions and to unveil him as a Christian homo religiosus immersed in a labyrinthine world in which God is
dead.
With all
of God's first born son (s) being an established view among our many religious constabularies, many
of one - God
religions are
dead - set against each others» claims as to which religious convictions are truly the most righteous.
Trying to be sure
of what He is doing results in
dead religion because we expect Him to do what we think He ought to do.
And while i'm ususally at the head
of the line to lmao at your collective stupidity, not today, and never about the
dead, heck that's the whole reason people invented
religion to begin with so use it for what it's good for.
Folklore and
religion, therefore, emphasized the «spirit
of the soil» as against the scientific view that saw soil as
dead matter.158 It is this close relationship between humankind and the earth that led L. H. Bailey to remark,
I'm an atheist, too, and I find displays
of religion as a response to an attack motivated by
religion somewhat ironic (though not quite as perverse as stepping over 2500
dead bodies to find a 90 - degree angle and then hoisting it up and saying «see, god is here!)
Let us shake the tree
of religion, and the
dead parts will fall off.
Now I have actual proof
of Jesus» resurrection from the
dead, from 2000 years back... What proof do you have about the mormon
religion?
Yet even today, when the Faith
of Christ is decayed among the nations, and when Christianity seems to belie the promises
of Christ, and to be passing into the
dead world
of human
religions, one more among many, even today, whatever individual values we hold sacred, whatever sanctity we claim for the personality
of man, whatever freedoms, above the rut
of biological materialism, we try to salvage from the ruins
of a culture, all these are the droplets which remain within that chalice
of the Christian Faith dashed down by the nation.