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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 13, 2019 at 5:05 pm
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You mean points like how people found inspiration and meaning in magic book that they didn't find in ancient poetry and philosophy, in the face of the fact that they did find inspiration there and that inspiration is also literally -in- magic book..insomuch as people were allowed to avail themselves of it, which in the case of the transported they were not?
Points like that?
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 13, 2019 at 6:13 pm
(February 13, 2019 at 12:19 pm)Drich Wrote: (February 12, 2019 at 9:32 am)Abaddon_ire Wrote: One would think that after all that practice one of the religions would have gotten it right by now...
what makes you think they haven't?
Evidence. There are some 30,000 christian denominations alone. If sheer numbers of believers was your criteria, then you should be catholic, but you are not. You are doing no more than appealing to the existence of unicorns on the basis that it cannot be proven that they don't exist. Any more than fiery garage dragons. Do you believe in those too? How about the tooth fairy? You can't prove there is no such thing. Does that make you believe it? How about the god you happen to believe in? Can anyone prove it doesn't exist? Of course not. But you can't prove it does exist. And then there is the fact that the god you happen to believe in is so horrible that one would have to subvert one's very humanity to accept the awful shit it wants. From your posts you are right up there with the Westboro Baptist in the measure of scumbaggery that you proclaim.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 13, 2019 at 8:32 pm
(February 13, 2019 at 11:31 am)Drich Wrote: (February 11, 2019 at 4:19 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: Any religion can lay equal claim to "because the gods fulfill their promises in this life and the next". I've never heard anything quite as vapid as that when it comes to describing a cultural phenomena.
you are making my point for me..
the distinction you have not arrived to yet is the nature of the promise/what was promised. then all one need do is take a step back to examine if said promises could be filled by nature society or any other controllable influence.
(February 11, 2019 at 9:38 pm)Mechaghostman2 Wrote: People like brainwashing their children at a young age, and they do the same, and they do the same, and so on and so fourth. Instead of teaching their children how to think for themselves, they just teach them what to think. What kind of thinking is right, and what kind of thinking is wrong. I'm glad I escaped it, but it wasn't easy. Stepping away from religion felt like a really bad breakup with someone I loved. There was a lot of guilt associated with it.
do you really think this "brain washing" stops at religion?
No, the brainwashing also involves politics and other various things.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 13, 2019 at 10:19 pm
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In answer to the op, people realize the existence of God within themselves. Religion is a way of learning more about him and getting closer. It also gives hope to people in a world that would otherwise be relatively meaningless.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 14, 2019 at 11:10 am
@ Abaddon_ire Actually, unicorns do exist, they're in the Bible.
@ Lek -I agree that religion does help produce hope. I don't think the world would be relatively meaningless without religion or God though. There are lots of positive goals and values one can aspire to without God, religion or faith that are often dismissed by believers. Nothing saying that you can't have both though, right?
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 14, 2019 at 11:32 am
"I think such views common among many atheists that you expressed, reveal a very distorted understanding of human beings. Sciences provides answers to questions, hardly anyone is asking. "
Okay, you're a dumbass.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 15, 2019 at 7:07 am
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(February 14, 2019 at 11:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "I think such views common among many atheists that you expressed, reveal a very distorted understanding of human beings. Sciences provides answers to questions, hardly anyone is asking. "
Okay, you're a dumbass.
And you’re a poopy face.
What are we in grade school?
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 15, 2019 at 7:46 am
(February 15, 2019 at 7:07 am)Acrobat Wrote: (February 14, 2019 at 11:32 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: "I think such views common among many atheists that you expressed, reveal a very distorted understanding of human beings. Sciences provides answers to questions, hardly anyone is asking. "
Okay, you're a dumbass.
And you’re a poopy face.
What are we in grade school?
Make better posts, get better replies.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 19, 2019 at 7:37 am
Because Jesus gave them a new hobby after they prayed.
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RE: Why is religion especially Christianity so widely practied?
February 19, 2019 at 9:30 pm
Australia is one of the more secular societies on earth, yet we are nominally Christian.
Although I have been an atheist for decades, I have never formally renounced Catholicism. That means I am still counted among the faithful.
A life observation is that most Christians, and Muslims I've known have not been very devout. Have only known a few Jews, all were 'cultural' not practising Jews.
As a broad generalisation, one's religion tends to be an accident of birth. OF course there are the exceptions of people convert to other faiths. The 'born againies' who belong to a happy clappy church seem to be everywhere. I suspect that is at least in part due to their often unwelcome zeal for converting others. I consider claiming absolute, exclusive truth stunningly arrogant. I find it very hard to remain civil to such people, when I really want to smack them.
That X millions identify as belonging to a major religion, say on a census form, is not proof of their beliefs or their behaviour.
It is my perception is that we tend to learn our religion, values, social norms and prejudices as very small children. Most people seem to never seriously question those things. If they did, I suspect the numbers who identify as atheist would be in the billions.
I am unconvinced that humans as a species are anywhere near as devout as raw stats might suggest.
I think there's a significant difference between 'religion' ,religiosity' and 'spirituality .(for want of a better word)
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