Quote:"God takes prayers into consideration when deciding whether or not he should allow someone into heaven".
Really? An ALL-POWERFUL god listens to opinion polls? What is he? A politician?[/quote]
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Going to church
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 Really? An ALL-POWERFUL god listens to opinion polls? What is he? A politician?[/quote]  (August 3, 2010 at 11:10 am)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:"God takes prayers into consideration when deciding whether or not he should allow someone into heaven". Yeah, that's pretty much what I was thinking also. Why would an omniscient, all-powerful being need to take an opinion poll before deciding if someone has earned their way into heaven? Wouldn't he already KNOW whether or not this person belongs in heaven? Why would he need (or want) feedback from mere mortals? It makes no sense. But then so does just about everything else associated with a belief in a deity.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems? 
superstarr
Junior Member  Religious Views: None. Why? Well why not? Andbecause religions make people become mindless zombies
Church huh? When I was hypnotized with religion, I use to sort of liked church and it's activities, but now, it bores the hell out of me. My mom sometimes forces me and my fellow athiest brother to go to church every sunday. She doesn't know that we're athiests, but we try not to complain so that she doesn't get any ideas. Well, I sometimes complain. Anyway, it's boring as hell because really, what's the point of going to church? To thank and worship a statue?
 (August 3, 2010 at 10:39 pm)superstarr Wrote: Church huh? When I was hypnotized with religion, I use to sort of liked church and it's activities, but now, it bores the hell out of me. My mom sometimes forces me and my fellow athiest brother to go to church every sunday. She doesn't know that we're athiests, but we try not to complain so that she doesn't get any ideas. Well, I sometimes complain. Anyway, it's boring as hell because really, what's the point of going to church? To thank and worship a statue? Why not come out of the closet?
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(August 3, 2010 at 10:39 pm)superstarr Wrote: Anyway, it's boring as hell because really, what's the point of going to church? To thank and worship a statue? That's right! Bow down before the statue! But don't make any graven images! That's a sin, you know!
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems? (August 2, 2010 at 10:43 am)Nitsuj Wrote: Luckily, the Catholic church I am forced to go to is only 45 minutes long. But that's still 45 minutes longer than I want to be there. It's not just 45 minutes.... I'm sure you have to get up early, get dressed, travel to the church, sit through the bullshit, travel back home and then change out of your good clothes. That's probably at least 90 minutes lost! I'm betting there are other things you would rather be doing for 90 minutes. I'm also guessing that your parents force you to attend this superstitious nonsense. If it were me, I would tell them something like, "You can force me to go to church now, but it's a waste of my time. There is nothing that convinces me the god you pray to is real, and as soon as I'm old enough I won't be going to church anymore." I'd repeat this every time they dragged me to church until I turned 18.
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?  RE: Going to church
August 7, 2010 at 4:50 pm
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Correction: Sit, stand, and kneel through the bullshit.
Trudging through endless religion one step at a time.
(August 7, 2010 at 4:50 pm)Nitsuj Wrote: Correction: Sit, stand, and kneel through the bullshit. Yeah... sit, kneel, stand, kneel, sit, stand, sit,... it's like a damn exercise class!
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
That's actually exactly what I thought when I left church yesterday! And my legs were so sore from soccer practice...
Trudging through endless religion one step at a time.
(August 9, 2010 at 12:39 pm)Nitsuj Wrote: That's actually exactly what I thought when I left church yesterday! And my legs were so sore from soccer practice... What really gets me is the ridiculous ritual with the cracker. When I was young I thought it was a ritual where the wine symbolically represented the blood of "Jesus" and the cracker symbolically represented his body. When I found out that they ACTUALLY BELIEVE that these things TRANSFORM into his blood and body I was shocked. The wine ACTUALLY BECOMES his blood? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? How does this happen? Because the pedophile - I mean priest - says some magic words? When you get right down to it, the church involves itself with cannibalism and drinking blood! Could a coven of witches do any worse?
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