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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 9:18 am
I respect people but not their beliefs.
I'm not telling everytime : your religion is stupid, you god doesn't exists, blablabla, and I can have a discussion about the bible, the quran, without telling people about truth, or violence, etc.
But if they ask me what I think about religion, I tell them that is a way to control people, to explain what we didn't understand, that the bible and the quran are full of craps, violence, against women, etc etc.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 10:14 am
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As long as religious followers practice their faith and don't try to shove it down other people's throats or use their faith to try and justify meddling in politics or justify brutality and intolerance I've got nothing wrong with it.....sadly though very few religions have done so. Wicca for one, though it may be a bit hokey to some, at least stresses the practice "harm none" and seems to have a very live and let live philosophy, if only more religions could be more like that.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 10:22 am
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Wiccans are not as benign as you think then. Binding spells, love spells, and a few others come to mind. While the perpertrator thinks "harm none", I think it is just how they justify to themselves the attempted control of others.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 7:20 pm
(January 31, 2013 at 10:22 am)catfish Wrote: Wiccans are not as benign as you think then. Binding spells, love spells, and a few others come to mind. While the perpertrator thinks "harm none", I think it is just how they justify to themselves the attempted control of others.
. Prove it
"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)
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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
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 7:51 pm
(January 31, 2013 at 7:20 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: (January 31, 2013 at 10:22 am)catfish Wrote: Wiccans are not as benign as you think then. Binding spells, love spells, and a few others come to mind. While the perpertrator thinks "harm none", I think it is just how they justify to themselves the attempted control of others.
. Prove it
How are you expecting them to do that? Shall I prove it by delivering OJ's head on a silver platter? How about by hexing you with bad luck and a love for little girls? Maybe you'd like a full demonic possession?
Somehow, I really fucking doubt it  Either you will accept it as true, or you will die believing it was not true and justifying your position against it on luck and lust and a murderous fanatic until the demon takes over your body.
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 8:12 pm
Would you place a spell on my ex and give her a conscience? She stole something very personal of mine that my daughter gave me...
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 8:15 pm
(January 31, 2013 at 8:12 pm)catfish Wrote: Would you place a spell on my ex and give her a conscience? She stole something very personal of mine that my daughter gave me...
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Theres not such thing as Magic or hexs is all bullshit. Your ex is just a bitch.
"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)
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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
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 8:16 pm
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(January 31, 2013 at 8:12 pm)catfish Wrote: Would you place a spell on my ex and give her a conscience? She stole something very personal of mine that my daughter gave me...
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For the right price.
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I should note though, that spells like that should be made with a pure heart (for example, a genuine desire for that person to have a conscience)... because if it's made off of revenge, a lot can go wrong.
You don't strike me as the vengeful type, but I don't know everything 
(January 31, 2013 at 8:15 pm)Gooders1002 Wrote: Theres not such thing as Magic or hexs is all bullshit. Your ex is just a bitch.
There's no such thing as Reality or chairs: it's all bullshit. Your line of thought is just retarded
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 8:23 pm
I believe we shouldn't have to show religion any respect, it seems they do not respect athiests, because they largely disagree with our beliefs. However, Athiests too have the opposing view of relious people so why should we have to respect them just because its 'politically correct'?
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RE: Should we respect Religion?
January 31, 2013 at 8:28 pm
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(January 31, 2013 at 8:23 pm)HorribleOffensiveScouser91 Wrote: I believe we shouldn't have to show religion any respect, it seems they do not respect athiests, because they largely disagree with our beliefs. However, Athiests too have the opposing view of relious people so why should we have to respect them just because its 'politically correct'?
Well, maybe you like us
Some of us 
... One of us.
Damn it's lonely being here sometimes. 
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