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God in ReligionGOD
23 Posts • 8831 Views Religion Forum |
Religion would not be without people.
And yes people suck.
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Religion & HumanityThe Disease of Religious Fundamentalism
19 Posts • 6693 Views Religion Forum |
A religion is a formal belief system. Spirituality is anything but.
Religion is an attempt to communicate with the other world through prayers, fasts, ceremonies, meditation, song, etc. That i... |
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Religion & HumanityA Just Religion
65 Posts • 16093 Views Religion Forum |
understand what an assumption is, I don't believe in anything in particular, assumptions are simply generalized consistencies that allow for a basis of context for an idea or argument, allowing f... |
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Atheism & AgnosticismThe last leg for Atheism
185 Posts • 40224 Views Religion Forum |
Just randomly felt like placing a few quotes here, just because they are interesting.
"Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man living in the sky who watches... |
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Religion & HumanityRant
20 Posts • 6982 Views Religion Forum |
religion is a social contruction....social constructions create difference among people....pride in difference causes animosity....animosity often has led to war....therefore religion is inherently ... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion: where would we be without it...
3 Posts • 3983 Views Religion Forum |
it is not religion that caused it it is the very basic function of a human that caused the wars, by that i mean the function that we have to believe in order to see, and no i am not getting that backw... |
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Gay Bishop??
57 Posts • 15560 Views Sexuality & Intimacy Forum |
"(which is stupid, because god apparently created everything, so what are homosexuals? a sick joke to him?)"
We are not debating the legitimacy or logic of a religion. We are debating peopl... |
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Society & SociologyNot all Muslims are terrorists,so end your hatred!
68 Posts • 35765 Views Psychology Forum |
Religion will bread extremist sects period. Theocracies are just bad in general, looking at Saudi- Arabi or Iran or the Taliban aren't fair measures for everyone that happens to be a muslim. The... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43686 Views Religion Forum |
"In an atheist state, there is suppression of religion and atheism is explicitly taught. In a secular state, the government does exactly what it should, it doesn't MEDDLE in people's re... |
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IslamDefending Muhammed
62 Posts • 15854 Views Religion Forum |
religion does not need to be widely thought about, it gives you basic rules on how to live your life, and what god to believe in, thought is not required to get into heaven. thinking about your religi... |
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Emotions & FeelingsUsing groupism in Religion for Hate
0 Posts • 1508 Views Psychology Forum |
If you are a hypocrite or other hellbound rebel, REPENT of all your wicked sins, BELIEVE the gospel, and stop dishonouring King Jesus. Ye must be born again! Flee from the wrath to come!
from your... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41634 Views Religion Forum |
I have never read the bible and only heard rumours about it. God sounds so vengeful from what I've heard. YOU WILL BE JUDGED. YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR SINS. Jeez that's intimidation. Is life all a test w... |
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GodIs Influence of Religion Too Much?
18 Posts • 6850 Views Philosophy Forum |
Gotta tell ya, Decius, you put a pretty light hearted twist on the end of your post that I couldn't help but laugh at. You make some good points I never thought of.
Now, to raise another issue,... |
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GodWhere do the ideas in religion come from?
42 Posts • 12201 Views Philosophy Forum |
Strange Lefty, I thought I had given you more about 'how you stated no one has seen GOD and I pointed out the same is true of atoms. Yet you seem to accept their existence.
Religion is more than... |
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Religion & HumanityReligion?
21 Posts • 7132 Views Religion Forum |
You're both right. The perspective is what matters here; religion was a breeding ground for hope, whatever pretences lie around it, whatever stories; hope is the drive to achieve things.
Reli... |
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God in ReligionDefining God
61 Posts • 14705 Views Religion Forum |
Well, originally, religion was intended as a means for spirituality. But sadly, now religoin and spirituality have become two different things. Religion is a 'means' to spirituality, not spi... |
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ChristianityRevelation finished?
21 Posts • 6064 Views Religion Forum |
The Quran was written 600 years after the Bible. To me, it came across as a "Me, too!" religion -- as if a group of people felt left out of the Bible, and wanted to prove that God was on the... |
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Law & GovernmentCan law and justice be maintained without religion
21 Posts • 7890 Views Philosophy Forum |
But your mixing concepts, religion doesn't equal law and order, nor does belief or faith or interest in life equal or require religion.
They are not dependent upon eachother for existance nor mu... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43686 Views Religion Forum |
"What nonesense. Secularism is *not* the same thing as atheism."
Sure it is - there is no practical difference - both the secularist and atheist live their lives in a state of abject reje... |
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Religion & HumanityDoing good: Universal Religion
24 Posts • 8001 Views Religion Forum |
In every religion there are going to be hardcore beleivers, and more moderate followers. I personally was a catholic, turned moderate zen Buddhist. My person opinion is that, whether or not there is a... |
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Religion & HumanityA Just Religion
65 Posts • 16093 Views Religion Forum |
Yeah, I guess when I'm on my death bed I'll be hoping to go to a 'better place'. An eternal DisneyWorld would be cool.
Actually, I've never "looked" for proof. I&... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43686 Views Religion Forum |
"Sure it is - there is no practical difference - both the secularist and atheist live their lives in a state of abject rejection of a higher divine will. Both are amoral systems that promote the... |
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Religion & HumanityWhat is religion?
40 Posts • 10485 Views Religion Forum |
The term religion is oriented with the essence of a supernatural being, thus money cannot be a religion.
It can be a belief, persay.
I think that religion is just a concept just like santa clause.... |
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Religion & HumanityA Just Religion
65 Posts • 16093 Views Religion Forum |
In absolute terms, Stalin, Mao and Hitler all killed huge amounts of people and all were basically atheist.
However, they indeed had created their own religions. Communism is in practice is a religio... |
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ChristianityExcerp: America is not a Christian Nation
155 Posts • 43686 Views Religion Forum |
I have a trojan on my computer that im trying to get rid of, so i'll reply more later.
Pagan, your excessive irrelevants is truly unbecoming.
First statement made in reply to my conclusio... |
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