I am quite speechless when I think about how many people have been tricked including me with religion. When I want to talk about something I am blank with anger and want to cuss out my family and christian former friends.

(July 12, 2016 at 9:01 am)Czechlervitz29 Wrote: I am quite speechless when I think about how many people have been tricked including me with religion. When I want to talk about something I am blank with anger and want to cuss out my family and christian former friends.

Everyone has misconceptions and questionable dearly held beliefs, it's human. Pick your battles.

It is incredible. However, most of the time, the people aren't trying to trick others. They are "teaching" what they genuinely believe is true.

Indoctrination and societal pressure are massive things. I totally understand the urge to be mad about it. But it can also be worth understanding what exactly is going on, and why people "fall for it". This is one of my favourite videos that tackles this subject.

My answer is to promote education and rational thought, while speaking out against the harm religion does, and the immorality of indoctrination. Eventually it will win over religion. Confronting individuals who aren't especially doing anything wrong however, is pretty much guaranteed to fail.

But I totally get it. Every day I shake my head at grown adults wallowing in fantasy worlds.

https://youtu.be/Y201QzDdzbg

(July 12, 2016 at 9:01 am)Czechlervitz29 Wrote: I am quite speechless when I think about how many people have been tricked including me with religion. When I want to talk about something I am blank with anger and want to cuss out my family and christian former friends.

If they had been True Christians they would have succeeded with you.

(July 12, 2016 at 9:06 am)Alex K Wrote:

(July 12, 2016 at 9:01 am)Czechlervitz29 Wrote: I am quite speechless when I think about how many people have been tricked including me with religion. When I want to talk about something I am blank with anger and want to cuss out my family and christian former friends.

Everyone has misconceptions and questionable dearly held beliefs, it's human. Pick your battles.

I agree. I suppose not everyone is interesting in hearing about string theory and quantum physics in everyday conversation. Not, that I would bring that up right away in a conversation, but I find not many X'ns know much about anything scientific.

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(July 12, 2016 at 9:36 am)robvalue Wrote: It is incredible. However, most of the time, the people aren't trying to trick others. They are "teaching" what they genuinely believe is true.

Indoctrination and societal pressure are massive things. I totally understand the urge to be mad about it. But it can also be worth understanding what exactly is going on, and why people "fall for it". This is one of my favourite videos that tackles this subject.

My answer is to promote education and rational thought, while speaking out against the harm religion does, and the immorality of indoctrination. Eventually it will win over religion. Confronting individuals who aren't especially doing anything wrong however, is pretty much guaranteed to fail.

But I totally get it. Every day I shake my head at grown adults wallowing in fantasy worlds.

https://youtu.be/Y201QzDdzbg

Nice video. It is very true. Majority rules unfortunately.

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(July 12, 2016 at 9:53 am)vorlon13 Wrote:

(July 12, 2016 at 9:01 am)Czechlervitz29 Wrote: I am quite speechless when I think about how many people have been tricked including me with religion. When I want to talk about something I am blank with anger and want to cuss out my family and christian former friends.

If they had been True Christians they would have succeeded with you.

There is no such thing as a true scotsman

Well, this guy is certainly no true Scotsman because Mike Myers is Canadian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WlkJXWzmE

True Christians can swill poison, speak in tongues, heal by laying on the hands and survive deadly snakebite.

Had you encountered one, I'm sure the impressiveness of their repertoire would have delivered you from Satan and guaranteed your Salvation.


It sez so in the Bibble.

(July 12, 2016 at 10:18 am)vorlon13 Wrote: True Christians can swill poison, speak in tongues, heal by laying on the hands and survive deadly snakebite.

Had you encountered one, I'm sure the impressiveness of their repertoire would have delivered  you from Satan and guaranteed your Salvation.


It sez so in the Bibble.

Well, I have found those type of people and I must say, they are clinically insane.

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(July 12, 2016 at 10:17 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Well, this guy is certainly no true Scotsman because Mike Myers is Canadian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4WlkJXWzmE

Fat Bastard is quite hilarious. nice post. haha. Good humour.

(July 12, 2016 at 9:36 am)robvalue Wrote: My answer is to promote education and rational thought, while speaking out against the harm religion does, and the immorality of indoctrination.

Me too!  Although we may have different ideas on what harm is.
I think that the same should be true of evolution and other ideas.

(July 12, 2016 at 10:39 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote:

(July 12, 2016 at 9:36 am)robvalue Wrote: My answer is to promote education and rational thought, while speaking out against the harm religion does, and the immorality of indoctrination.

Me too!  Although we may have different ideas on what harm is.
I think that the same should be true of evolution and other ideas.

It doesn't harm anyone to watch an evolution video or any documentaries for that matter.