(March 28, 2014 at 10:09 am)Thunder Cunt Wrote: Well, I''m not much more Christian than you are, but definately one of those sorry sons of bitches that needs to have faith in God in order to not shoplift, kill myself, or act on some bad desires.
I seriously doubt that. Unless you are a sociopath, then by all means, continue to delude your self with your god belief, for the protection of the rest of society.
Quote:I also need that Crutch for the weak (opiate of the mind) to motivate me to do good things and have hope. If you can do that without faith, my hat goes off 2 ya!
Again, I doubt that.
Quote:So, just wondering if you have friends who are Religious, and the two of you can enjoy eachothers company without tension, and without you having to tell them they are simpleminded, superstitious, imbeciles, and them not telling you, you are going to Hell?
I have 3 very close surfing friends that I surf with almost on a weekly basis, that are theists (2 Christians and a Hindu). We also take 1-2 week surfing trips to other countries once or twice a year.
We have no problems.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
