Since "both replaced by a reasonable, reality-based worldview" isn't an option, I decline to vote.
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Yes, replace Christianity with Islam | 2 | 5.71% | |
No, do not replace Christianity with Islam | 33 | 94.29% | |
Total | 35 vote(s) | 100% |
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(August 19, 2017 at 11:50 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(August 19, 2017 at 10:51 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: The question is really the King Asa problem. When there are different religions there are conflicts. So simply get rid of every religion except one and there will be peace. It really doesn't matter which religion is the survivor as long as it is the sole survivor. And everyone will have to follow the specific denomination of the surviving religion. Or, y'know, just remove religion from the equation. Level playing field for all and nobody being able to get away with bullshit because everyone else will be too skeptical to fall for that crap.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
--- There is no better way to convey the least amount of information in the greatest amount of words than to try explaining your religious views. RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
August 20, 2017 at 4:37 am
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(August 19, 2017 at 4:39 pm)Cyberman Wrote:(August 19, 2017 at 11:29 am)LastPoet Wrote: In Portuguese we have a saying rougly translated to, if you stick your right index finger and then the left on up your bum and smell it, would it smell differently? Poca, isn't that your Lord's prayer? (August 20, 2017 at 12:04 am)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Since "both replaced by a reasonable, reality-based worldview" isn't an option, I decline to vote. CL forgot to mention that declining to vote is a sin!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear. (August 19, 2017 at 11:08 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: This question was raised in another thread so I figured I'd start a poll so there wouldn't be any assumptions. This question is for atheists only. I did just that years ago in my personal life. I was raised Catholic. At 13 years of age I dumped the Catholics and called myself an atheist through high school. In my 20"s I initiated into a Sufi order. Just a passing phase, though. A couple of years later I was back to atheism as "The"-ology. The Sufi's I met are the Flower Children of the Islamic world. If I could replace all of Christianity and Islam with that Sufi version I would. "Thinking is more stinking than drinking, but to feel is for real." - Sufi Sam Perhaps a bit anti-intellectual but no suicide bombers or priests telling people in Africa not to wear condoms.
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
I voted yes, simply because refreshing accepted stupidity with different stupid is always fun to just sit back and watch.
(August 19, 2017 at 5:06 pm)Minimalist Wrote: What we need is a "Nuke them both" option. I don't have much of a problem with using cluster munitions, for instance, on crowds like this. I also recognize that having folks like me that are too close to the issue in charge of cluster munitions is a pretty bad idea. So, am I trying to have it both ways? Idunno, but executing gays really vexes me and if it was in my power to ruin the day of everybody who's watching with shrapnel and fire I wouldn't spend much time wringing my hands about it afterwards. The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
I do not see how someone can equate Christianity and Islam.
In the countries that are ruled by Islamic's Gays are executed and women are second class citizens where they can be jailed for being raped. I am not a fan of Christianity but i do see that one is plainly better and more tolerant than the other. RE: Replacing Christianity with Islam
August 20, 2017 at 7:54 pm
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(August 19, 2017 at 12:39 pm)Aoi Magi Wrote:(August 19, 2017 at 11:19 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Yeah, I thought so too. But someone who I'm pretty sure is a troll was arguing about it so I figured I'd lay it to rest. Pretty much. First of all, Christianity has had more than a millenia more than Islam to be dragged kicking in screaming into modernity. All improvements in Christianity are caused by outside, secular forces. Second, can you imagine what Christianity, especially Catholicism would have been like in the Dark Ages if they had access to modern weapons of mass destruction?! Hell, they did enough damage with what they had. Third, Islam has never had an Enlightenment like influence, as Christianity has. So yeah, in the present, Islam sems more dangerous than Christianity. But historically speaking, not a lot of difference overall. You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence. (August 20, 2017 at 7:49 pm)Hammok Man Wrote: I do not see how someone can equate Christianity and Islam. The rulebooks they base their beliefs on are the same. The mentality behind those beliefs is largely the same (indoctrination making them believe whatever their parents and community leaders have forced into their minds), making it unquestionably true. Only the interpretation of the books (or making stuff up out of their asses) really differs, but the ingredients for both are the same. So, as I said, indistinguishable from one another as far as the preparation of the recipe, but just poured into many different bowls.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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