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Darwin23
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Mr. D Green]
#26517664 - 03/04/20 10:50 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Community though a sense of tradition and quite a literally a community of peers. I'm an atheist but I certainly see the benefits to it. I also believe that as religion is dying off, most are just replacing the concepts with others. When I was a Christian, I used to believe that God was watching knowing everything I did. When I left religion, I began to think the government was. It was only in the past few years that I came to see that nobody is watching.
Bad people use religion as an excuse to do bad things. I recently hung out with some guys from North Carolina. They were devout Christians and were shocked to learn that I didn't believe in God. We politely discussed it and then went on having fun. That's how good people who are religious act.
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laughingdog
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Darwin23]
#26517751 - 03/04/20 11:59 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Re: "It was only in the past few years that I came to see that nobody is watching. "
. Actually "somebody" is watching, or rather listening, but fortunately they are more into bulk data collection, than what folks like you or me ate for breakfast. Who are they? The NSA. However they do have a lot of data on us all, which doesn't bother me. . In any case I expect that, in the event there are still humans on the planet in 50 years, privacy will no longer exist. . It seems quite reasonable to expect RFID chips will be implanted at birth, with one's DNA data encoded, the excuse being that it is a health measure, meanwhile the chip will have other capabilities. . Of course this notion may sound crazy to many. As at present, we are getting used to facial recognition systems, drones, security cameras, alexa, spy satellites, and data collection from web surfing and credit card use. And in Sweden many are already voluntarily getting "chipped". . Only time will tell, and I don't expect to be here then anyway.
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Shr00mEater
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: laughingdog]
#26518093 - 03/05/20 07:15 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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laughingdog said: Only time will tell, and I don't expect to be here then anyway.
Ok.... I’m too curious. Do you mean that you are going to be “raptured” before the RFID implants become mainstream?
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kitten6
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Shr00mEater]
#26518281 - 03/05/20 09:50 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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congratulations on your 666th post brother
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Shr00mEater
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: kitten6]
#26518432 - 03/05/20 11:22 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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kitten6 said: congratulations on your 666th post brother
Lol, thanks. It figures, I wasn’t any paying attention and ended up with the mark of the beast... while commenting on the Apocolypse.
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Mr. D Green]
#26519849 - 03/06/20 01:00 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mr. D Green said:
Can someone give me some pros on allowing religions(cults) to operate?
I'm OK with any group supporting a flat Earth, the Trinity, or the belief the moon landing was faked. I'm OK with Kundalini chakras and past life experiences and holy spirits. People can believe and think what they want to - it's all cool with me. Now . . . if they put me or my loved ones in harms way, I will respond strongly.
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Mr. D Green
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: PatrickKn]
#26522840 - 03/07/20 08:26 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Science is ultimately the act of putting to use one's surroundings, by taking and using the materials in existence to create something a new...whether it already exists or not..
Edited by Mr. D Green (03/07/20 08:30 PM)
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Mr. D Green
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: RJ Tubs 202]
#26522844 - 03/07/20 08:29 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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RJ Tubs 202 said:
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Mr. D Green said:
Can someone give me some pros on allowing religions(cults) to operate?
I'm OK with any group supporting a flat Earth, the Trinity, or the belief the moon landing was faked. I'm OK with Kundalini chakras and past life experiences and holy spirits. People can believe and think what they want to - it's all cool with me. Now . . . if they put me or my loved ones in harms way, I will respond strongly.
mmm I just hope they find peace in their lifes..whatever they believe in...I just do not see a point in allowing them to "operate"...
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Shr00mEater
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Mr. D Green]
#26522960 - 03/07/20 09:53 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mr. D Green said: Science is ultimately the act of putting to use one's surroundings, by taking and using the materials in existence to create something a new...whether it already exists or not..
“Ultimately”?
What a terrible definition of science, thank god for Wikipedia, and actual scientists.
If something doesn’t exist, how could it be used in the universal surroundings, much less come into existence at all? You are not being very careful with your language. I don’t suppose you know the title of this thread has a spelling error, either?
You mentioned me being off topic earlier. Yet, you keep dragging science into this supposed question on religious merit. You say you don’t see the point of it, I am wondering if you have tried at all to consider any point brought up yet.
I challenge you to choose the best argument that someone has brought up and actually address the content. I suggest tackling the social goods arguments. Dismissing it with a “science is smart” quip isn’t really doing it for me. It makes me think you aren’t a very thoughtful person, or have some chip on your shoulder over God, rather than having intelligent reasons for your beliefs.
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Rahz
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Re: Religion...aka cults for sore losers who can not except life for what it is? [Re: Mr. D Green]
#26523666 - 03/08/20 09:49 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Mr. D Green said:
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RJ Tubs 202 said:
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Mr. D Green said:
Can someone give me some pros on allowing religions(cults) to operate?
I'm OK with any group supporting a flat Earth, the Trinity, or the belief the moon landing was faked. I'm OK with Kundalini chakras and past life experiences and holy spirits. People can believe and think what they want to - it's all cool with me. Now . . . if they put me or my loved ones in harms way, I will respond strongly.
mmm I just hope they find peace in their lifes..whatever they believe in...I just do not see a point in allowing them to "operate"...
That could be a problem. I mentioned this earlier and got no response. Where do you draw the line? Obviously it's not okay to do certain things whether in the name of religion or not, but if a person is simply exercising their individual liberty without infringing on the liberty of others, why would you have a problem with that and what would be your expectation in intervening?
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