(October 15, 2015 at 12:27 pm)jenny1972 Wrote:(October 15, 2015 at 11:57 am)houseofcantor Wrote: I'm a prophet. I'm intimately familiar with the chemicals in my brain. Insisting there is more is merely ego without the assistance of science. There ain't no getting around that. These days prophet means storyteller. It has always meant storyteller. The sooner people actually realize that, the better off we'll all be.
Besides, if we were designed as mere receivers, science would have revealed some hint by now.
nobody studies something that they dont believe exists
We all think religion exists.
We all think the claims of religious people exist, and are therefore worthy of study in an attempt to understand them, and confirm or reject that claim.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
