Originally posted by Como
The ignorance in this thread is a joke.
Dan, you need to keep your biased and one sided views to yourself on a topic which can affect others. OK, we get it, you don't believe in Jesus or religion, no need to keep rambling on about how you have to be right, and proof is needed, etc etc.
The ammount of times i've heard people like you speak without real knowledge is quite amusing. You always come with that science over religion bollocks, and that science is ALWAYS right. Most of the time you're missing the point of what it is people are talking about. You give stupid little examples in the hope of winding people up or hoping people will jump on your bandwagon and agree with you. That's what people like you thrive off and where you got your information from most likely, passed down from the previous other ignorant people via the internet.
As for people hating Jews, go and ask people in the real world, not on a stupid gaming website full of arrogant and ignorant children who are overly influenced by the internet and their piers. Generally religious people will stick together and non-religious also, that's the way of life and a way of prolonging your way of life/culture. Why do you think religious groups segregate themselves in areas in certain cities? It's cus they're scared of being influenced by non-believers and polluted by the ignorance they keep.
I am not religious at all, but i can't stand people who are so athiest they feel its their job to campaign against religion and try and make others follow suit. You may argue thats what religion does, but religion holds very good moral values and teachings which people can take heed from. Being an athiest and using science as your answer for everything molds you into a person, which unfortunately, the world is full of in this day and age. That is an ignorant, biased and full of yourself person who does not understand the notion of what it is religion does for people. Your views are based on a westernised culture. Try telling me if you lived in Africa, you wouldn't have faith and believe in God due to the circumstances you're surrounded by?
Take a step back and look at the bigger picture and at how you can make a difference in what you say and do, not follow suit and the crowd, which eventually leads you where? To a better enlightenment? No. To a better understanding? No.
Please enlighten me as to where it leads you?
I'm not atheist. Atheist is assuming people who don't believe in any God with the religions we've been given to choose from don't believe in any God. I believe that there can possibly be a creator but not a concious person, but many an energy. I just hate religion for it's flaws, it's wars, it's ignorance and the people who think i'm ignorant for thinking that such religions have truth. There are so many examples through history where people have been hushed and killed for not following something which
could, (now this is a KEYWORD, so don't go bitching and neg repping), be written by somebody who wants to create power and lead a group of people
Religion has a couple traits which we know.
1) It can be used as a tool of power, to fuel wars for land and posessions
2) It can stop us being afraid of nothing after life, and the emptyness of nothing after life (althought I don't see why you should follow something because you're scared, it's selfish)
3) Those who have lost somebody look upon religion to sofen the blow and hope that there is a chance this individual is safe, and secure somewhere else as another entity
4) Quite a lot of the people who follow religion have had some trauma in their life, so those that
follow religion only follow it because they feel it'll make them a better person when infact it's essentially a book of drugs (it calms when angry, it makes you happy when you're sad) etc.
Go ahead, continue to say i'm ignorant but i'm one of the most open minded people I know that doesn't follow religion. You don't know me, you don't know my ethics and values, you don't know my beliefs. You only know chunks of information that I have given and you have judged me by words and an internet persona. So before you continue to judge me by words, judge yourself for being ignorant to being open minded and you obviously do not know what open mindedness is.
Being open minded does not mean I can say any religion is possible, and yes, it is, but there's so many examples of religion in the past that are almost identical to modern religion, and this isn't just coincidence.
Being open minded is saying ''yeah, everythings possible'' and taking everything rational and reasonable towards external factors like what has happened through your life, how you have grown up. Most people who follow religion have been subject, to subjective reasoning, meaning they have been brought up, into or around the religion or have had trauma through their life as said before.
You think you're better than me, and think you can 'see the bigger picture'. That's the problem with the people who are ignorant, they think they're better than everybody else and those that don't have the same beliefs or values, they're suddenly labeled ignorant and punished. In this case negative rep. HA.
So yes, i'm open minded. There could be a God, but not in these fabrications of lies used for power, control and money!
P.S. yes I know this is my 666'th post lmao, this doesn't really show well to this debte