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 Mar 20 2005, 09:06 AM
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Lets say that no one ever knew about God, or how we got here (im not trying to offend anyone here, or saying this is true etc.) but do you think that we could go on w/o something to tell us how we got here. Which brings me to another point, what if someone just made all this religion stuff up? So, if from everyones brain, religion was erased, do you think we could go on w/o making something up, or discovering something new. Hey, i thought of something else, do you think that if there were more people focused on finding out how we got here (without God) would we find out?
Im trying not offend anyone by saying their religion is false, which i am doing, but nevermind this has no point... |
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Apr 6 2005, 11:16 PM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
Haha, I didn't expect you first Mr. Acid... but hey, I'm not good at arguing for the other side... so, instead, i'll just let you read this excerp from the text I read from.
QUOTE In economics and political theory, free riders are people who benefit from actions of others, without doing anything to merit it. I asserted in The Moral Free Rider Problem that liberal-socialists are free riders on the social order of Western civilization, which they did not create and do not support. Western civilization is founded upon the moral rules of conduct deriving from our Greek philosophical and Judeo-Christian religious traditions. Atheistic and agnostic liberal-socialists are moral free riders who benefit from living in a society ordered by the morality of spiritual religion, while sneering at spiritual religion and moral codes as simple-minded ignorance. At best, they do nothing to contribute to social order. Too many of them do everything in their power to discredit or to destroy the very source of social order. Without Judeo-Christian morality, they would be in the position of scientists and scholars in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia: working under orders for the collectivized National State. It's funny, but the first thing I thought when I read that was... if religion=morality, then what was the Crusades! Haha. |
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... Mar 25 2005, 02:08 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(aznxdreamer @ Mar 25 2005, 2:08 PM)im n... Mar 25 2005, 02:12 PM xnofearx Religion in my opinion (if it's not real that ... Mar 25 2005, 11:29 AM swe3ttemptasian it's a guide through life to help you think of... Mar 25 2005, 01:32 PM ItzOnlySydney i am athiest. therefore i don't rly have a rel... Mar 25 2005, 02:21 PM smile4me if the world didn't have religion, i think tha... Mar 26 2005, 05:18 PM BrandonSaunders Reiligion can be abolished altogether but then som... Mar 26 2005, 05:35 PM xcaitlinx i actually think it would be a lot better. For one... Mar 26 2005, 07:24 PM kandeep9 I think that society needs religion...because if w... Apr 2 2005, 03:22 PM Weird addiction Seriously, i find religion useless (no offense) i ... Apr 3 2005, 10:55 AM OriskybusinessO exactly, it does cause more good than bad, war, et... Apr 3 2005, 12:42 PM mona lisa religion, to some people, gives them a reason to l... Apr 3 2005, 03:59 PM antix10_kos Ancient people made up stories about magic and mag... Apr 4 2005, 12:47 PM lolthissiteisfunny QUOTE(OriskybusinessO @ Mar 20 2005, 8:06 AM)... Apr 4 2005, 07:08 PM Spiritual Winged Aura Religon helps potect people and has restriction fo... Apr 5 2005, 12:53 AM OriskybusinessO umm, what about the U.S. Constitution and Laws? Apr 5 2005, 06:30 PM Spirited Away I'm going step away from normalcy and argue fo... Apr 6 2005, 11:07 PM sadolakced acid no;
religion took these morals from society first... Apr 6 2005, 11:10 PM Domonic Um. Although I dont agree with it, it IS needed no... Apr 9 2005, 10:41 AM sammi rules you ^ and that's the coolest kid everrrrr. :p
you... Apr 9 2005, 03:12 PM winterzflamez88 I've questioned God a lot also. I always wond... Apr 9 2005, 07:34 PM Domonic QUOTE(winterzflamez88 @ Apr 9 2005, 8:34 PM)b... Apr 9 2005, 09:45 PM xXYouMeBedNowXx There are quite a few points on this that I'd ... Apr 10 2005, 01:29 PM tmauze this is actually related to something i've tho... Apr 10 2005, 01:30 PM Domonic Yeah, it isn't surprising that we humans are s... Apr 10 2005, 01:55 PM XoJennaoX I agree with you Domonic, for some reason it is in... Apr 10 2005, 04:34 PM Domonic Exactly. Created by people.
The thing is, I dont... Apr 10 2005, 05:13 PM tmauze QUOTE(Domonic @ Apr 10 2005, 5:13 PM)I am not... Apr 10 2005, 09:42 PM darklync i mean if u can live ur life and do something posi... Apr 10 2005, 10:35 PM Domonic QUOTE(darklync @ Apr 10 2005, 11:35 PM)i mean... Apr 11 2005, 02:13 PM StanleyThePanda Religion is needed.
the end Apr 11 2005, 02:20 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(StanleyThePanda @ Apr 11 2005, 2:20 PM)... Apr 11 2005, 02:21 PM StanleyThePanda Religion is needed
Because it is a part of diversi... Apr 11 2005, 02:23 PM Spirited Away QUOTE(StanleyThePanda @ Apr 11 2005, 2:23 PM)... Apr 11 2005, 02:25 PM XoJennaoX QUOTE(StanleyThePanda @ Apr 11 2005, 2:23 PM)... Apr 26 2005, 12:03 PM sammi rules you err yea. i'm not really religious whatsoever. ... Apr 11 2005, 03:36 PM Domonic Yeah. What alot of people tend to not realize is t... Apr 11 2005, 05:41 PM Domonic *tear*
Beautiful. Apr 26 2005, 02:38 PM x3__iGiVEup i think people follow a religion so that they have... Apr 29 2005, 05:55 PM ROARxD i guess many would say yes you do need religion; b... Apr 29 2005, 06:05 PM |
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