RE: Stephen Fry on God
February 26, 2015 at 1:43 pm
(This post was last modified: February 26, 2015 at 1:48 pm by Brian37.)
(February 26, 2015 at 1:31 pm)dyresand Wrote:(February 26, 2015 at 12:22 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: I've tried to read the bible several times. I can't really get much further than Genesis. It's just so fucking boring, and from the very first page it's clear that it was written and compiled by people who were just winging it. It's just a mishmash of nonsense and questionable genealogy. I'm astounded that it maintains its hold on people today.
Try reading the Jefferson bible it cuts all those bits out.
(February 26, 2015 at 12:35 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I really hate the argument "Have you read it"? I got the same argument from an atheist when I told him Buddhism was as much bologna. "Have you studied it"?
All of them were started in an age of scientific ignorance. How much of a comic book do you have to read before you realize it is a comic book. Religion is a result of gap filling, a flaw in humans perceptions. It is good for creating groups for resources and numbers, but it is still a sugar pill.
There is not one thing in any religion that depicts good acts or explains our bad acts as a species. They all are attempts at explaining life. But life is explained by our evolution, not the artificial clubs humans invent.
Lots of atheists and Buddhists like to claim Buddhism is atheistic. That is no different than claiming Jews can be atheists. Yes you can find Jews who like the religion and the rituals who don't believe in a god.
But, Asia and the Orient are full of Buddhists, from Japan to China and still contain different sects that have their own superstitions. Reincarnation, Karma, and "nats"=spirits. Buddhism is not superstition free.
I tend to like Buddhism over christianity even though Buddhism has its share of bullshit and violence i still like it. Considering how inhuman christianity is.
Yea, seemingly less violent is really a POV, humans have always been violent and no religion has ever been peaceful 100% of the time.
All religions are volcanos, some are simply currently more dormant while others are currently more active.
I also have to add that not even the word "atheist" is a moral code. I don't like it when atheists claim they are above theism's actions. Our species ability to be cruel or compassion is in our evolution, not our labels. "atheist" is merely the "off" position on one claim. It is not a religion, a political party, moral code or loyalty oath or economic model. I don't like the idea of "atheist churches". It sounds harmless to atheists now, but after they are dead they won't be around to prevent "atheist" from going from a mere position to becoming "Atheist" a religion.
