Evidence points to theories and they're reputable and so I trust those more
than a religious person using the bible as the only source of proof for history, science, philosophy, ect...
Not exact matches
In a study that comes as a surprise to approximately no Christian under the age of 40, the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project says technology
use among
religious people is no different
than among anybody else.
I am for the elimination of hate, fear and control, religion is just the catalyst that
people use to hate, fear and control, getting rid of religion won't solve the problem, its like putting a band aid on a severe cut, its temporary, and it just hits the surface, instead we need to go deeper
than that to the root cause, I know lots of
religious people who don't hate, fear or control, there are also many beliefs such as paganism, Buddism, Taoism, which doesn't
use hate fear, and self righteousness to condemn others, I think if maybe more of the most major religions followed there teachings then we wouldn't have as much problems as we do.
Psalm 10: 3 - 4 — This talks about the wicked men, how they do nt have God in their hearts or in their minds, which is a fine piece of scripture but it can hardly be
used for either myself or the maker of the video since we both seem to advocate a deep and personal relationship with the Lord rather
than letting a group of «
religious»
people ruin it for you.
This in your face I'm better
than you because I'm a Christian who
uses the term The Lord Jesus Christ blah blah blah and so on are killing our faith in a world where
people are more laid back and want nothing to do with some snake oil
religious sales
person.
If you have ever seen Shawshank Redemption you have the very «
Religious» Warden of the Prison who lies, cheats, and has
people murdered while he passes judgement on the Prisoners, they typical mindset of the
Religious Right they
use bully tactics to control
people with religion while they live personal wicked lives worse
than any Gay
person they hate.
What bothers me more
than the ridiculousness of this article in general... is the mis -
use of the phrase «Darwinian» by the
religious person trying to take down sports AND Darwin at the same time.
Also, atheism does
use faith, you have faith that there is no god (s), you can't prove your point more
than religious people can prove theirs, so there is no facts, no proof either way.
People do not need the God of Abraham to live a moral life, no more
than the millions of
religious zealots who
use their interpretation of
religious dogma to dominate, subjugate and kill other human beings.
The
use of and appeal to
religious communalism is effective (at least in the short run) precisely because increasingly more
people are finding a greater sense of common purpose in traditional religions
than in political parties or secular ideologies.
The task of
religious leaders is to call their
people to live citizenship as discipleship, which in this instance means
using the arts of persuasion rather
than the anarchic tactics of disruption to do the work of justice.
I
used to be
religious, and I am a better
person now
than I was before letting go of religion.
The Universe, known and unknown, is possibly not the most
used definition of God, at least in the western world... but it is the Pantheistic version that jives so much more with science and is not a misappropriation of the smaller definitions of God, merely an unfamiliar definition to those with less knowledge of various more advanced
religious and philosophic thought, within and outside those religions... The idea of Pantheism also thoughtfully considers why there is, rather
than ridiculing, such a wide range of philosophical and ritual beliefs from a scientific perspective... without having to classify large groups of
people, as senseless idiots from one end or destined for hell from the other.
You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more
than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and
using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3)
people whose
religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.