Are you religous?, And Why? Options

[vash1530]

because of the recent debate i've been having in the "Jesus... is he Gay?" thread, i've decided to make a new thread so that I can argue eith ppl and not be off-topic. When anyone is ready, ill start the assault.

[pshaa.shauna]

vash----

To tell you the truth, athiesism is just as ridiculous as religion is. there is so many things both of them have not explained.

On the religious side, religion was in fact made by ancient people who needed to explain all of the miracuous things that were happening around them. How the sun came up, life grew, etc. Now that we can explain these things with science, some of the things in our "holy scripts" are wrong, but that's to be excepted. these texts were written by man, supposedly holy men, but man nonetheless.

On the other hand, science has prooved that there is no such thing as spontaneous cgeneration, so how do you explain how life was made in the first place? Plus, there are still many unexplained things on the planet, random miracles where people can see by being touched by a "healer" (granted, most of the time this is faked, but it has happened), "ghosts", "seerers". (Also, what I have listed could be classified as satanic in many religions, but the point still stands)

And again, is there is a higher being, I highly doubt any religion knows about it, there are so many, with so many contradictory beleifs, it's ridiculous. So it can be stupid to strictly follow one of these religious, but it's also extremely close-minded to have no faith at all.

[Spirited Away]

shauna,Jan 30 2006, 10:02 PM]To tell you the truth, athiesism is just as ridiculous as religion is. there is so many things both of them have not explained.

As I've mentioned before somewhere in this forum, atheism (and/or secular affiliates) doesn't (do not) claim to know all, the religion Christianity, along with Islam and Judaism, claim that their God is Almighty in power and knowledge...etc. So, while it's acceptable, plausible, and even excusable for atheism to miss the mark on knowing everything there is to know, I cannot say the same for some religions.

On the religious side, religion was in fact made by ancient people who needed to explain all of the miracuous things that were happening around them. How the sun came up, life grew, etc. Now that we can explain these things with science, some of the things in our "holy scripts" are wrong, but that's to be excepted. these texts were written by man, supposedly holy men, but man nonetheless.

As noted above, to claim that one's God knows all and that one's Holy Scripture contains the words of one's God made everything you said very contradicting. No, claiming truth while truth falls far, in the context that you said certain things are wrong, SHOULD NOT be "excepted" (I'm guessing you meant expected) when such deceit impacts so many, many lives, as well as the pursuit of truth and knowledge.