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Atheism and hope
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Religious charity groups serve an ulterior purpose. Oh, sure...they'll give them a spoonful of soup....along with two spoonfuls of jesus or whatever particular brand of bullshit they are serving up in heaping quantities.
Of course. I won't assume they don't actually care about the charitable acts themselves, but that's only a part of it to them. The other part, as we all know, is converting more people to their particular religion. Which, like I said in my first post, I'm not in favor of because their religion hasn't been proven and contradicts many scientific facts that we have about the world today and is morally repugnant.
Rather than hope I would like to give the poor sods good education..
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura
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June 20, 2012 at 4:55 am
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2012 at 5:05 am by Ace Otana.)
(June 19, 2012 at 6:33 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: What do you think? do you think that religion is bad in those areas and how would you justify your stance? My stance is simply that I lack religious belief. I am without belief in any god. What religion does is tell people what to think and do. That if they be good little zombies they'll get their reward which is heaven. Which is really fucking convenient, you won't get your rewards till after you're long dead and by which time, you won't be able to return and tell others of the con, you won't exist anymore. Not to mention the threats of going to hell (another lie) to keep you in toe. It's all about control. The wise are not so easily fooled, which is no wonder they don't want you to know any better. Religion makes a lot of money from followers, it's essentially a business and of course they're going to want to keep this business going so the money keeps coming in. The more gullible followers it has, the more money it gets. It has to be the worlds oldest and greatest scam ever made. You have any idea how much religion makes? ![[Image: religion-serious-business.jpg]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=zerobs.net%2Fmedia%2Freligion-serious-business.jpg)
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity. Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist. You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.  (June 20, 2012 at 4:55 am)Ace Otana Wrote:more then Americas richest 1% properly.(June 19, 2012 at 6:33 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: What do you think? do you think that religion is bad in those areas and how would you justify your stance?
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
'I am driven by two main philosophies: Know more about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you' - Neil deGrasse Tyson "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain 
Religion is a cruel false hope. Give "the poor" the tools to better themselves if they so choose.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
 RE: Atheism and hope
June 20, 2012 at 5:51 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2012 at 5:52 pm by jackman.)
damnit, i have a ton of people who i'd may have to just send this to from my anonymous email. i'm too big a bitch to send it "from me", b/c they're too close.
 min, if i could, i'd rep u again for this gem. it does the work so obviously, yet painlessly.
they can land a rover on mars, yet they still have to stick a human finger up my ass to do a prostate exam?! - ricky gervais
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June 20, 2012 at 6:51 pm
(This post was last modified: June 20, 2012 at 6:52 pm by zentor.)
Idk
When i was in jail i prayed cuz i didn't know how I'd get out Couldn't call parents for bail money cuz gone wouldn't go long distance I had no one I told them to run my card, my bail was 1700 I had 1000 in my bank But the day I was in jail I got a 800$ reposited in my acountom college financial aid. It wasn't supposed to come tip another month but came the same say i was jailed So I was freed. Idk if it was god, y'all would say just coincidence like everything else But I'm a spiritual agnostic. |
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