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The Purpose Of Religion
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am
OP has it backwards. The Christian religion asserts the basic human dignity of all, even janitors.
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#22
RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 10:30 am
(April 10, 2014 at 8:06 am)tor Wrote:
(April 10, 2014 at 8:03 am)archangle Wrote: ROFLOL
were you popped in the arise by a religious person?

The notion you are speaking to is "memes". You are speaking to the memes of emotions we have.

Why is the "emotional connection" all bad?

It can be used in an bad way, like a gun, or even evolution (1940 ish Germany style). That is very true.

Nazism had nothing to do with evolution you should stop drinking.
Ever heard of social Darwinism?
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#23
RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 11:14 am
(April 10, 2014 at 10:30 am)Severan Wrote:
(April 10, 2014 at 8:06 am)tor Wrote: Nazism had nothing to do with evolution you should stop drinking.
Ever heard of social Darwinism?

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#24
RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 11:18 am
Without religion we would need more mental hospitals to house all the nutty christians!!
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 11:18 am
(April 10, 2014 at 11:18 am)truthBtold Wrote: Without religion we would need more mental hospitals to house all the nutty christians!!

Without religion there would be no christians.
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 11:26 am
(April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am)ChadWooters Wrote: OP has it backwards. The Christian religion asserts the basic human dignity of all, even janitors.

If by "all" you mean heterosexual men.
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 12:05 pm (This post was last modified: April 10, 2014 at 12:05 pm by Foxaèr.)
(April 9, 2014 at 4:54 pm)Severan Wrote: The purpose of religion is to suppress the lower class of society.

I agree. Wealth, and power are also used to suppress the lower classes of society while the privileged watch in comfort from their high pedestals. Then greed and selfishness are used to entice and mislead the lower classes into thinking that they can someday create high pedestals for themselves.
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 12:12 pm
(April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am)ChadWooters Wrote: OP has it backwards. The Christian religion asserts the basic human dignity of all, even janitors.

Just not all those people that it labels abominations and exhorts you to slaughter, right? Dodgy

Jesus likened every non-Jew to dogs, at one point. That seems very egalitarian in its distribution of dignity.
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#29
RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 12:39 pm
(April 9, 2014 at 6:28 pm)tor Wrote: I don't think religion has a purpose on it's own. It is used by different people in a different ways but on it's own it's a self sustaining virus which exists simply by exploiting bugs of the human brain. Self evolving, self replicating brain virus which consists of information and is spreading through media, conversations, books etc.
Like any virus it exists simply because it can.

This, exactly.
Why some are more susceptible to infection can be further described.
The purpose fulfilled by religion for a mega-church pastor could be the amassing of obscene levels of wealth.
The purpose fulfilled by religion for an unfortunate individual who is unable to obtain resources in society might be that it allows them to band with others to become a more competitive composite organism.
The purpose fulfilled by religion for a fearful, weak minded person could be that it provides comfort by allowing them to hide from that fear of death.
So how, exactly, does God know that She's NOT a brain in a vat? Huh
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RE: The Purpose Of Religion
April 10, 2014 at 12:58 pm
(April 10, 2014 at 8:58 am)ChadWooters Wrote: OP has it backwards. The Christian religion asserts the basic human dignity of all, even janitors.

The Christian religion as it is in the bible only asserts the dignity of christians.
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
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