(March 18, 2014 at 1:16 am)tor Wrote: Do you know for sure that earth is a sphere? Or it is also bullshit?Actually, I know for sure that the Earth is NOT a sphere. Because its rotation causes it to be flatter around the poles and bulge near the equator, it's generally considered an oblate spheroid. But due to the existence of mountains, valleys, hills, canyons, and other terrain features, it's not even exactly that. </math nerd>
(March 18, 2014 at 12:46 pm)tor Wrote: Because I am. 40% of my hatred to religion comes from bad influence religion had on me and 60% of my hatred for religion comes from my desire to save the world. I am a superhero.Trying to make the world a better place is heroic. But to be a superhero, rather than just a hero, you'd need superpowers. What exactly can you do that other humans can't?
(March 18, 2014 at 7:16 pm)ElectricAnxiety Wrote: I don't hate anything about religion and I don't blame religion for human nature.While I see your point, I disagree about not blaming religion for human nature. I hate religion for enabling the worst parts of human nature and allowing them to flourish.
For instance, all of humanity displays an "us vs them" attitude at least some of the time. But in rational people, we can get over it. Perhaps we see people from rival organizations, schools, countries, etc as rivals, but they don't necessarily have to be hated enemies.
But when your worldview revolves around absolutes of good vs evil, then you have to see your rivals as truly evil. Thus, no compromise or truce can ever be reached, and this enables bigotry and hatred, which can lead to aggressive behavior. That's how religion makes the worst parts of human nature even worse. That's why religion is a problem.
That's MISTER Godless Vegetarian Tree Hugging Hippie Liberal to you.