Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: April 28, 2024, 10:01 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Religion is a relic of the past

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Religion is a relic of the past
The Architect Of Fate Offline
Supreme Celestial Being
*****
Religious Views: Non Believer
Posts: 10822
Threads: 29
Joined: December 8, 2019
Reputation: 14
#61
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 5, 2022 at 7:50 am (This post was last modified: December 5, 2022 at 7:54 am by The Architect Of Fate.)
Fun fact Alexander The Great ran the kingdom of Macedonia at 16. Could Lek run a whole kingdom? 
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

[Image: Canada_Flag.jpg?v=1646203843]



 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

      
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3475
Threads: 29
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#62
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 5, 2022 at 11:59 am
(December 5, 2022 at 6:47 am)arewethereyet Wrote:
(December 4, 2022 at 11:34 pm)Lek Wrote: Would you go to a 16 year old for advice on making your life choices?  I wouldn't. They haven't lived any life on their own and haven't gained the maturity required to make those decisions.  Maybe you think a 16 year old can fully grasp the consequences of removing his genitals or of taking hormones to alter her natural bodily development,  but I  don't. I think it could it be devastating for life to leave a decision like that in their hands.  Let them go into then world and experience it on their own before making a decision that they must deal with for life.

I actually learn a lot from my 17 year old granddaughter and her crew of friends.  True they haven't lived as long as I have but they have good input on things today.  At this point they are making life choices of all sorts.  Their knowledge is of the world today about things that can make people uncomfortable aren't as hidden as they were when I was a senior in HS back in the 70s. 

People who were LGBTQ+ were quite deeply alone in the closet back then.  Today is better with much more acceptance, even here, deep in the heart of Texas.


A different perspective isn't necessarily an incorrect perspective.  And, they are moving in the world they live in.  Not the one I lived in at their age.

You are quite dismissive of teens.  Have you met one lately?

I sure have.
Find
Reply
The Architect Of Fate Offline
Supreme Celestial Being
*****
Religious Views: Non Believer
Posts: 10822
Threads: 29
Joined: December 8, 2019
Reputation: 14
#63
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 5, 2022 at 12:30 pm
Quote:I sure have.
Well, you don't seem to understand them and are absurdly dismissive of them.
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

[Image: Canada_Flag.jpg?v=1646203843]



 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

      
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3475
Threads: 29
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#64
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 5, 2022 at 3:54 pm
I understand them very well. I think you're the one who doesn't understand them. That's why we have so many laws protecting the and limiting their freedoms.
Find
Reply
Mister Agenda Offline Donators
Donator
*****
Religious Views: Rational skeptic
Posts: 10411
Threads: 15
Joined: September 9, 2011
Reputation: 119
#65
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 6, 2022 at 10:48 am
Therefore there's no such thing as a teenager worth listening to?
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3475
Threads: 29
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#66
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 6, 2022 at 1:35 pm
All teenagers are worth listening to. That doesn't mean they are fit to make wise life-altering decisions.
Find
Reply
The Grand Nudger Offline
Retired Staff
*****
Religious Views: Invasive
Posts: 66329
Threads: 140
Joined: June 28, 2011
Reputation: 160
#67
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 6, 2022 at 1:47 pm
Like getting knocked up by a ghost in the middle of the night?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
Find
Reply
arewethereyet Offline
Don't make me use my mom voice!
*******
Religious Views: Yawn...
Posts: 15201
Threads: 116
Joined: July 10, 2013
Reputation: 65
#68
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 6, 2022 at 1:55 pm
(December 6, 2022 at 1:35 pm)Lek Wrote: All teenagers are worth listening to. That doesn't mean they are fit to make wise life-altering decisions.

There are supposed adults who aren't fit to make wise any kind of decisions.

Your point is?
  
“If you are the smartest person in the room, then you are in the wrong room.” — Confucius
                                      
Find
Reply
The Architect Of Fate Offline
Supreme Celestial Being
*****
Religious Views: Non Believer
Posts: 10822
Threads: 29
Joined: December 8, 2019
Reputation: 14
#69
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 9, 2022 at 5:29 pm (This post was last modified: December 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm by The Architect Of Fate.)
Quote:I understand them very well. 
I going to say hazard you don't considering your attitude towards them..... Dodgy




Quote:I think you're the one who doesn't understand them. 
Nah I'll say otherwise as I actually treat them like thinking beings.




Quote:That's why we have so many laws protecting the and limiting their freedoms
Yup we also give them plenty of freedom and everyone has laws protecting and limiting their freedom. None of that is an argument against them having judgment sufficient to make their own choices about their bodies and their identities. this is a piss poor argument.
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

[Image: Canada_Flag.jpg?v=1646203843]



 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

      
Find
Reply
The Architect Of Fate Offline
Supreme Celestial Being
*****
Religious Views: Non Believer
Posts: 10822
Threads: 29
Joined: December 8, 2019
Reputation: 14
#70
RE: Religion is a relic of the past
December 9, 2022 at 5:31 pm
Quote:All teenagers are worth listening to. That doesn't mean they are fit to make wise life-altering decisions.
Yup there also fit to make life-altering decisions and so far you have failed to make any case that they aren't.
"Change was inevitable"


Nemo sicut deus debet esse!

[Image: Canada_Flag.jpg?v=1646203843]



 “No matter what men think, abortion is a fact of life. Women have always had them; they always have and they always will. Are they going to have good ones or bad ones? Will the good ones be reserved for the rich, while the poor women go to quacks?”
–SHIRLEY CHISHOLM

      
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Atheism v
Religion is a relic of the past

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  World War I, religion died in the 20th century, science triumphed in religion in the Interaktive 35 4250 December 24, 2019 at 10:50 am
Last Post: Interaktive
Rainbow Matter and energy can be past-eternal ManofYesterday 172 57204 July 3, 2017 at 11:16 am
Last Post: Mister Agenda
  atheism in centuries past watchamadoodle 32 8839 February 14, 2015 at 5:28 pm
Last Post: Spooky
  Feel Embarassed or regret by ones religous past? bladevalant546 29 6957 August 13, 2014 at 7:48 pm
Last Post: jughead
  Is no Religion a Religion. Artur Axmann 76 16579 June 14, 2014 at 4:51 pm
Last Post: Muslim Atheism



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)