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zappaisgod said: I think you are making a false distinction. They are all stupid, some are more stupid and oppressive than others but the stupidity is universal
Granted, I don't have much exposure to Buddhism or Confucianism, and I have no doubt that they are equally stupid. But they are certainly very different from Abrahamic religion so I do think it is possible to make specific distinctions.
Neither of those are religions; in the orthodox sense. They are philosophies on living and becoming aware of your self.
The religious aspect of Buddhism is really just the adaptation of local spiritual beliefs bleeding into the teachings of the sages within a given locality.
Religion will change just like everything else. The problem is not religion; but the humans who use it wrongfully.
Yeah... that's kinda what I mean, those eastern religions don't seem to have the same kind of dogmatic insistence on self-righteousness that you find in Abrahamic religions, and that's what makes them so dangerous and so incompatible with modernity. Philosophical religions don't insist so much on being right all the time or having all the answers.
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Your answers to my OP are intriguing; they’ve really got me thinking.
It's easy to imagine an evolved human from far away in the future still needing his precious crutch of faith, and to me this is a sad thing. But then the question 'do we really have a long term future'? Prospects for true AI. are growing and accelerating, will AI. need a god?
I agree that Abrahamic religions do seem to have an exceeding 'nastiness' inherent in them, while others like Buddhism seem less insidious, but as was said here, their all stupid and bad.
I find Freemasonry an interesting one, its only recently I learned of it, a religion where you can believe in anything you want, as long as it's some kind of 'higher power', you can be a druid ffs, and your IN, you can be a freemason, because you believe in something, it still smacks of Islam though, the bit where you have give total ‘submission’ to a deity, I mean.
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There will always be religion. Religion is necessary for faith and faith is what will keep humanity going. I believe that is a very positive characteristic but that is all defined by how humans interpret religion.
Faith is a trait only found in humans. Animals don't look to a higher power.
You strip faith away and what is left? A very bland and bleak world.
I don't believe in religion but I am very spiritual in my own way and try to do good wherever I go - starting here.
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BoomerMan420 said: I think it should be just One Creator that loves you and will guide you so people will Love you and Guide you I think that would be good.
I think I just pissed myself laughing. A Red rider 200 round carbine action BB gun with a compass in the stock and a thing that tells time would be a very good christmas present. Just don't shoot your eye out.
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I always wonder what if aliens came to the earth, and spoke of their religion. I mean, if we ran into another species that had obvious religious tendencies what would you guys think?
But personally I don't think religion is ever going to be made illegal. As that would take away the freedoms that we all should have.
Also, usually religion is pretty beneficial to a community. Most religious buildings I have been to help out other people in the church quite often. Also donating quite a it to charity, and even one church in my area gives away free food every few days to people who need it.
Just because some people use it badly, doesn't make religion bad. You're only gonna hear the bad stuff that is fueled by religion, and almost never the good it brings. It's because we have built our media system to look to the negatives. Saying religion should be illegal because a few people do stupid stuff is like saying all drugs should be illegal because some people have hurt themselves or someone else.
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Re: The last religion [Re: Achillita]
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Buddhism is not a religion per se and is not negative or controlling like most religions.
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Zappaism and you're damn right it's a religion.
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Religion is necessary for faith and faith is what will keep humanity going
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everyone is completely insane. alone with the fact we can believe the things we can and instantly forget things after they happen.
I love saying this world is just a bunch of Looney's in a big Looney bin.
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Eh, they do serve a purpose. They give folks a bit of hope that maybe we're not so insignificant in this unimaginably vast universe and that maybe the whole comedy of errors that is both human life and civilization has a grand cosmic purpose.
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