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How can you convince people to convert when you can´t see, feel, hear, or touch God?
You cant. Christians tell me, "You have to ask God to give you faith before you can believe in him." Ummm... Something wrong here? Its hard to convince people of ridiculous ideas... especially when there is no proof or slight shred of evidence to back them. -
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Am I Crazy for desiring to be president of the U.S., with no background in the political arena?...Only 2 give God His rightful place as #1?
Yeah! You'll get killed out there...What are you thinking?...
Good God I hope you never make it to the presidency. That is absolutely terrifying. Make God #1? Are we talking about the same God that Abraham was talking about? I really really hope you're kidding. -
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Does anybody blame me for my beliefs? And would any body forgive me, on the subject?
you blame me and do not forgive me
"Hate" is rather a strong word but here are the facts. You have every choice in the world to embrace set of moral beliefs that do not endorse mistreatment or discrimination of homosexuals. The fact that you hate homosexuals is totally your fault. It is not okay to embrace intolerance just because a book written by men totally ignorant to even the most basic concepts of biology, chemistry, morality, astronomy etc. etc. (ie. VERY uneducated men by todays standards) said it is okay. Your religion is NO EXCUSE for irrational behavior, even though most people think it is. Of course your parents probably brought you up this way and it is just as much their fault as it is yours. I challenge you to challenge yourself, challenge these beliefs that you accept without question, I will tell you a secret, they are distroying this planet. Look at the evidence against God and ask yourself, "Is something so obscure, supernatural and probably false anything to devote a miserable life of intolerance to?" The reason that women are still abused in Islamic countries, the reason that abortion clinics are attacked, the reason that stem cell research, even though it is likely to advance medicine exponentially, is not practiced is because of people being afraid to condem irrationality when it is under the flag of a doctrine. THIS IS WRONG! It is YOUR fault that you believe that way, and your religion does not absolve you from ANY responsibility. Read Richard Dawkins, "The God Delusion" -
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Less religiosity = less violence?
Agree?
Even if most wars arent strictly over fundamental differences in faiths, religion provides a very effective reference point to intolerance. How could the irish have fought each other for years and years if the labels Protestant and Catholic didnt exist? What about the holocaust and the Jews? The "Christ Killers"? Religion is intrinsically intolerant. To believe that every other member of a mutually incompatible faith which happens to be different from yours is going to Hell... well... THAT is INTOLERANCE. If muslims can label everyone as simply infadels, then the next step encouraged by the Koran, (i. e. to KILL them) is no big deal at all... if you truly believe the word of the Koran. I challenge you guys to pick up the Koran and actually read it before responding. Same with the Bible. Flip through Exodus and Deuteronomy. This is best personified in a reply to Richard Dawkins by a Christian. "Youve definitely god some nerve. Id love to take a knife, gut you fools, and scream with joy as your insides spill out in front of you. You are attempting to ignite a holy war in which some day I, and others like me, may have the pleasure of taking action like the one above mentioned" Dawkins, "The God Delusion" pg. 242 And this well based bit of research is also interesting: "While political part affiliation in the US is not a perfect indicator of religiosity, it is no secret that the 'red [Republican] states' are primarily red due to the overwhelming political influence of conservative Christians. If there were a strong correlation between Christian conservatism and societal health, we might expect to see some sign of it in red-state America. We dont. Of the twenty-five cities with the lowest rates of violent crime, 62 percent are in 'blue' [Democrat] states, and 38 percent are in 'red' [Republican] states. Of the twenty five most dangerous cities, 76 percent are in red states, and 24 percent are in blue states. In fact, three of the five most dangerous cities in the U.S. are in the pious state of Texas.* The twelve states with the highest rates of burglary are red. Twenty-four of the twenty-nine states with the highest rates of theft are red. Of the twenty two states with the highest rates of murder, seventeen are red." Sam Harris "Letter to a Christian Nation" *I am myself a Texan, and can personally vouch for Harris' claim that it is indeed a pious state. Interestingly, two thirds of the entire nations death penalties are carried out in Texas as well. I believe the evidence and logic does point to a correlation between religion and violence. -
Do you believe this is sick?
Yes.
Absolutely sick. A very accepted form of devestating Child Abuse. It is still NO SICKER than parents raising any child strictly under ANY DOCTRINE. The Child should be introduced to all faiths and left to choose on his or her own. Raising a child to believe that he or she will go to Hell for private thoughts and actions that are completely natural is just as sick as teaching children to speak in tongues. -
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Isn't the drug culture just another victimized minority that deserves it's rights protected.
Absolutely. They are a group of people who have been long unjustly deprived of their rights as c...
this might solve a lot of problems. Particularly drug violence, financial crisis, unjust punishments for victimless crimes (ie. a victimless crime is like a debt without a debtor. doesnt exist). It is just another way that religious doctrine seeps into the unsuspecting nervous system of the American political scene. Throw prostitution in there. All regulated of course. All sanitary. The fact that citizens have to undergo the amount of evasiveness under extreme punishments to feel good every once in a while is disgusting. Sure drugs cause problems, but so does money. Many more problems, in fact. Drugs also help millions of people out there deal with problems that an oppressive government helps manifest. Politics could use some backing off, people could use some breathing space. -
Poetry seems to encompass a large defintion. What is the difference between poetry and prose?
Prose is anything that isnt poetry. Anything not in stanzas. The difference is becoming more and more vague as free form writing reaches its ultimate capacity. As a matter of fact, Ill reach it right now in a poem! lsdkhfkjsdghs9pg2903ruq3ir,ad lsdfkweliru2382319 sldkf239240251cfsld >%::#@)9304986l .sdkfj lsdfkj2u990uigs!! ms3- ;sdkfgjw24500 werlkj2340990100-!! lwektjil4389~ d=3249uer There. Now there truly are no limits. All has been done. -
What Would You Love To Do In Life That You Haven't Done?
AND traveled a lot more to exotic places in order to tell great stories in my films!
Revolutionize the world, march on Washington and get things straightened out. Just make America a truly happy place to live. -
Whats Your Religion?
Religion Is So Stupid!!!!!
Atheist. Out of nothing a being was materialized that was everything and this being of everything could talk and said let there be some other things and the things magically appeared and then the being decided to play chess with the other things that were materialized while sending them alternately to a place of fire and a place of gold based on wether or not the other beings liked the invisible big being creator of everything... Makes sense.... -
Is Santa Claus easier to believe in than an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent God?
Omiscience and omnipotence are fundamentally contradicting. If God is already aware of how he will intervene in the future, then he has no power to change his mind. Either he is all powerful and not all seeing, or all seeing and not all powerful. Or as the supporting evidence suggests, not existent at all. -
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Is not the devil, the father of lies, at the foundation of all lies such as witchcraft? the wiccan religion? paganism? and all religions outside of Christ?
Undecided
This is probably the most biased poll question I have read on this site thus far, which unavoidably makes me wonder, why even post this in the first place? To what ends do you ask such a one sided question? You might as well post: "devil is the father of lies, and is at the foundation of all lies such as witchcraft, the wiccan religion, paganism, and all religions outside of Christ." and leave no answer options.. you would achieve the same, overtly preachy effect.
