Religion, Why must ppl insist on debating it? Options

[EmeraldKnight]

Everyone has their own beliefs, some belief in a deity, some do not.. I dont see the point of all these debates regarding religion...

I mean.. the ppl are clearly very religious, they're not going to change their minds about their religion, and it seems like the nonbelievers arent willing to either.. the religious debates going on in this forum are battles of stubborness that I dont see the point of.. obvious neither side is willing to concede and neither side has evidence the other will accept, so why bother continuing? I suppose if you think its fun, then go right ahead.. but i'm just tired of all the emphasis on theology

[lemonlina]

Blegh, I think religions are stupid. -_- I mean, religions can clump people together and have this whole big nice community, but it always clashes with other religions one time or another. I mean, wars have been fought because of differences in religion or just hatred against one particular belief.

I'm particularly annoyed by people who are obsessed with their religion. They think every disagreement is some attack on their beliefs. People are writing books against The Da Vinci Code because they think that it's all lies and Dan Brown is trying to force everyone to convert. O_o They also go around trying to convert everyone to their religion. There's this boy in my class who does that. O_O

I personally think the only good religion out there is Buddhism. I mean, there's no God, they're not worshipping anyone/anything, and it's more of a way of life instead of a religion. Plus, it's a peaceful religion. As far as I know, no wars have started because of Buddhism. Yes yes, I know about China forcing out all of Tibetan Buddhist, but at least they're not reacting against this violently.

We're all different enough as it is by race, but adding religion to this just makes it even worse in my opinion. And this whole things with God/gods/goddesses... people are making themselves inferior. C'mon, they're making sacrifices (in the past), they're begging them for forgiveness, they sometimes even go as far as causing themselves personal pain in the act of asking forgiveness, praying for who knows what, and much more crap that isn't really needed. At least in Buddhism there isn't a god or wtvr. Yes yes, there's Buddha, but he's more of a role model and sets an example for what other Buddhists want to achieve; enlightenment.

Every religion thinks that they're right and everyone else is wrong. Then no one's right and everyone's wrong. =|