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Religion is what started civilization. just saying.
Settled year round Agriculture started civilization.
Religion is what started civilization. just saying.
Religion provided an answer to all things that could not be understood but is this not the purpose it still serves today? Morality and repentance are not the "purpose", but merely an explanation. The purpose religion serves and will continue to serve is to provide "answers" to the unknown. In the past it may have been used to explain the lack of rain to yield crops and attract animals, in the present it could be used to explained why there is war or disease or why that piano fell on uncle Bob's head. The utility it serves is the exact same. People want to know things and religion is a form of magic beans and crystal ball.
But mainly for good.
N good far outweighs the bad
Even in Islam
Nah. Jesus gives people something to live FOR, not on. As he said when rejecting Satan's temptation: "Men cannot live on bread alone." Science and things create bread. Something to live on, but not for. This topic was covered brilliantly by Dostoevsky in the Grand Inquisitor scene in The Brothers Karamazov. The Grand Inquisitor bitched Jesus out. Men want bread, and if you don't give it to them, they will find a God who can.
The novel American Gods. "This is a bad land for Gods." The US created a vacuum, that created the most powerful money God.
haha one of the smartest guys I've ever met in my entire life, a multi millionaire day trader who lives in the Trump Towers, used to lecture me on how the "Force" is basically Hinduism sprinkled with Buddhism.
such a smart dude but could NOT get chicks to ever dig him even with all of his wealth. I think you can guess why.
Religion existed in pre-civilizations in some form long before the Inquisition and "Jesus" is not a universal figure head of religion but specific to Christianity. Human-like life, human life and religion predates the 1400's and BREAD. Ancient religion probably centered around food and survival more than purposeful living because food WAS the purpose of living.
I see religion like rat poison. It's 99% good. It's the 1% that kills. In many religions it's an all or nothing proposition.
You need to think abstractly. Eating is a natural instinct, and our bodies are meant to do it. That isn't the problem. But what the fuck am I doing this for? Why did my loved one die? Other animals don't linger on those questions. Humans actually need purpose outside necessity of just survival. They create a universe that gives them purpose. Where they fit in. Ok, everything makes sense now. Back to work.
I think the broad-brushing can take a back-seat for a bit. It's pretty unanimous amongst most prominent honest atheists that one religion is in a rat poison rank of its own.
did anyone see that video floating around that showed the gunman shooing the cop laying on the ground without the cop being blurred? someone posted it on facebook suggesting a CT, because it looks like a bullet completely missed, and the guys head certainly didnt react the way it should when being hit. you would expect a head to basically explode upun impact from that type of round, but his didnt even really move at all
It's difficult to see exactly where the bullet struck. I'd agree if the bullet struck the brain, but it could've went through the lower part of the head, the jaw or neck.
Now, I'm always suspicious of any "official" account of something like this. But, thinking the killing of this police officer was some sort of theater in this context is kind of silly.
that said, it definitely seems strange anyone would act that out. who the hell knows anything anymore
If you cannot see what is going on, you are blind & lost. Funnily enough, those who always are unable to see what is going on are those who believe in gay rights & feminism. Well, once France becomes a Muslim-majority country, say goodbye to your beloved gay rights & feminism. The whole situation isn't funny, but I have to laugh at that. lol
"Who has the right to say that France in 30 or 40 years will not be a Muslim country? Who has the right in this country to deprive us of it?" - Marwan Muhammad
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan_Muhammad
Any attempt to deny Muslims of it will no doubt be met with cries of 'Islamophobia' and 'racism'. No doubt calls himself a 'moderate' too.
If you cannot see what is going on, you are blind & lost. Funnily enough, those who always are unable to see what is going on are those who believe in gay rights & feminism. Well, once France becomes a Muslim-majority country, say goodbye to your beloved gay rights & feminism. The whole situation isn't funny, but I have to laugh at that. lol
I've always found the alliance between left-wingers and religious Muslims very strange. In Britain there's an old Socialist called George Galloway who heads a political party that draws most of its support from Muslims. As you say, some of the classic liberal ideas such as women's rights, gay rights, free speech etc don;t seem to sit well with religion in general. I guess it's just an example of a temporary alignment of interests in opposing things like the 'War on (of??) Terror'.
I've always found the alliance between left-wingers and religious Muslims very strange. In Britain there's an old Socialist called George Galloway who heads a political party that draws most of its support from Muslims. As you say, some of the classic liberal ideas such as women's rights, gay rights, free speech etc don;t seem to sit well with religion in general. I guess it's just an example of a temporary alignment of interests in opposing things like the 'War on (of??) Terror'.
did anyone see that video floating around that showed the gunman shooing the cop laying on the ground without the cop being blurred? someone posted it on facebook suggesting a CT, because it looks like a bullet completely missed, and the guys head certainly didnt react the way it should when being hit. you would expect a head to basically explode upun impact from that type of round, but his didnt even really move at all