My views on Christianity ...

[Purple Rabbit]

I GOT BLISTAS ON MAH FINGAS

Spot on Meatball.

[chatpilot]

fr0d0 claiming that you have no superstitions is a contradiction to your beliefs since Christianity is also a myth and hence qualifies as a superstition. In my mind religion is nothing more than the offspring of mythology.

[Edwardo Piet]

It's mythology that's still 'hip'.

EvF

[chatpilot]

I agree 100 percent EvF mythology is a large part of our human history. I wouldn't be surprised if a thousand years from now they would relegate Christianity to the realm of myths and be worshiping someone or something else.

[Edwardo Piet]

We can only hope. So long as the new religion isn't even worse. Can you imagine! Bloody hell!

EvF

[chatpilot]

In my view religion based on the worship of any deity sucks and in the end is detrimental to our species in general.

[Edwardo Piet]

Sure seems that way.

EvF

[LEDO]

Religion does have its origin in myths, but it is not that simple. Myths were woven with factual history to create a story that coincides with "the heavens" or constellations. This was done because it was believed the stars predicted the future. This belief while wrong, was not far fetched as the stars were the same in the sky at each particular season. The stars were used as a calander in order to plant and harvest. The repeatable relationship of star patterns to seasons caused our ancestors to believe that the two were linked in a religious sort of way. The myths and religions were not founded on simple nonsense as many skeptics believe, but rather religion is "pre-scientific" thought.
It was Pythagoras who first attempted to minimize the stars from the equation. His ideas lead to the gnostics and various mystery religions, who would then awkwardly fuse the two beliefs creating the various paradoxes in religion we debate today.

[Dotard]

su⋅per⋅sti⋅tion  /ˌsupərˈstɪʃən/ [soo-per-stish-uhn]

–noun 1. a belief or notion, not based on reason or knowledge, in or of the ominous significance of a particular thing, circumstance, occurrence, proceeding, or the like.
2. a system or collection of such beliefs.
3. a custom or act based on such a belief.
4. irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, esp. in connection with religion.
5. any blindly accepted belief or notion.

You, Sir Frodo, are a superstitious person.

[chatpilot]

I have always agreed that religion is rooted in myths and I agree with your post regarding the matter Ledo. Myths are the result of pre-scientific thought that have in later times evolved into full fledged religions. And as Dotard states religions do full under the classification of superstition.