(September 16, 2017 at 8:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(September 16, 2017 at 5:18 pm)Khemikal Wrote: So long as you say "disagree with god" or "god will disown you" or that "god will torture you" it's kay.
Just don't say the Great Pumpkin disagrees, or will disown you, or torture you for all eternity - because that makes you a deviant and CPS needs to get in there right now before you grow up to make meat sculptures out of people. Truth is, religion get a pass(even among the non-religious) because of it's familiarity, but only the familiar religions. Christians don't even give other -christians- a pass, nevermind muslims or other assorted devil worshippers. This is the product of our traditional deference to traditional religious norms.
Not much I like from Sam Harris, but a quote of his is very apt here: "There is sanity in numbers."
If enough people believe the horseshit, it turns into roses.
And that's literally the only goddamn fucking thing it's got going for it.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
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There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views.
