Do you trust people enough to not have any religion?

[Minimalist]

(23rd February 2012 15:29)Insanity x Wrote:  I knew this girl who told me that if god didnt exist everyone may as well kill, rape, steal and all other crimes.. I laughed at her.. She doesnt like me anymore..

She needs to get out more and see what believers do.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Resistance_Army

Quote:The Lord's Resistance Army (also Lord's Resistance Movement or Lakwena Part Two) is a militant group with a syncretic Christian extreme religious ideology, known for the extreme atrocities they commit against civilians, including killings, mutilations, and in some accounts even cannibalism.[

[lilkanyon]

Actually I saw that on some episode of National Geographic. I wish I could tell you more about it. I do have some books on the history of Christianity but if you read alot of History of religion books out there, I'm sure there are plenty of theories floating around about it. Zoastrism (eww..spelling?) is also attributed to some monotheastic thoughts that might have contributed to Judaism concepts as well. Even reading James Michner's The Source (excellent book, one of my favorites) has his theory on the start of religion.

[Aardverk]

(24th February 2012 16:41)lilkanyon Wrote:  Actually I saw that on some episode of National Geographic. I wish I could tell you more about it. I do have some books on the history of Christianity but if you read alot of History of religion books out there, I'm sure there are plenty of theories floating around about it. Zoastrism (eww..spelling?) is also attributed to some monotheastic thoughts that might have contributed to Judaism concepts as well. Even reading James Michner's The Source (excellent book, one of my favorites) has his theory on the start of religion.

I remember that National Geographic article. If memory serves me correctly, they claimed that Zoroastrianism (spelling) was the first recorded faith to believe that there was only one god, one creator. They also claimed that it was the forerunner of the Abrahamic faiths. I think it also said that they had a form of baptism, long before John the Baptist arrived on the scene. Zoroastrians also believed that when the fight between good and evil is over - the world will end. Sounds familiar!

[Rhythm]

(23rd February 2012 15:29)Insanity x Wrote:  I knew this girl who told me that if god didnt exist everyone may as well kill, rape, steal and all other crimes

Which is exactly what they do even though god exists (in her hypothetical).