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In regards to one religion, Winston Churchill said: "No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith."
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12-06-2007, 04:05 AM
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I think it's a bit naive to think people will give up religion soon. Or relatively soon. Or in the near future. Or in the future, while I'm at it. People have constantly rejected science and reality when they find it conflicts with their fantasies for centuries, and before that, they rejected humanism and other pro-human ideologies before there was a real universal scientific methodology. What makes you think people will be any different in the time to come? People today largely reject evolution despite the overwhelming amount of evidence in evolution's favor. Why would they be any different tomorrow?
There is a small, vocal minority of humanity which accepts reality, instead of adhering to fantasy and mythology. There will always be people like that. But there will always be people who refuse to accept reality because it conflicts with their fantasies. This reminds me of a conversation I had with an anarchist on http://forums.newspeakdictionary.com ; he told me he's confident there will one day be no more Tory Party in Britain, and my response is somewhat like this: There will always be a sector of humanity which seeks a more conservative form of politics. As a result, as long as there is some form of democracy in place in that part of the world, they will have a conservative party representing their beliefs and interests. There will always be a Tory Party. In regards to your last post, FreedomSeeker, you could say the exact same thing about Christianity. Christianity was, and still is, a militant force. Christianity was, and still is, an evangelical movement. There's hardly a day that goes by when I don't see some form of "Accept Jesus into your life" nonsense.
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12-07-2007, 01:24 AM
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 The "moralists" you speak of, are only a small subset of religious believers. Actually, they're the ones who don't really "get" religion. THey're the ones who think it's about the "authority" of God, and "behaving correctly" in God's eyes. And so, it naturally follows then, that they think "everyone else" oughta behave "correctly" too. But I mean, that whole mentality and mindset, is instantly and completely contradicted by a "true" religious experience. At that point, if and when that happens, all this nonsense about "correctness" (in its various forms) disappears, and it's replaced by an overwhelming sense of natural "harmony". It's indescribable, really, to someone who's never had such an experience. All I can tell you is, that it's a wonderful thing. It'll change forever, the way you look at the world. You'll never be able to look at it the same way again, after having had an experience like that. It's what happens "after" that, that you gotta be careful about. 'Cause that's when your mind starts trying to "rationalize" it - and it's like, don't. Just leave it alone. Let it be what it is. Any "structure" you assign to it, is gonna ruin it. Then it's gonna become a political instrument, instead of a spiritual one. Just like, dig that you're a child of God, and communicate with your Dad, and he'll tell you what the right thing to do is. You know, you don't have to listen to any of these clowns who want to "translate" God's word for you. You can hear it yourself, up close and personal. 
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12-07-2007, 06:14 AM
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Big Bang = Big Joke!!!
Big Bang is tooooooooFar Fetched my friends!
For one cell to Mutate and live is almost impossible! For evolution to work in the forming of Human life is impossible my friends! For just one Cell to mutate and change is very hard to accomplis with any sense of normality to think that millions of Cells mutating together in harmony to create oops I said Create Human life is obsurd! 
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The Big Bang is backed by scientific evidence, lingering radiation in the universe, etc. The Bible is backed with fairy-tales.
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12-10-2007, 03:34 PM
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Religion is evil?!
On proof, there is a good bit a proof supporting the big bang theory and the theory of evolution. There is a little bit of evidence supporting human evolution, though there is also a little bit of evidence supporting the bible (Such as the prophecies in the bible that have come true, Bible code http://www.bible-codes.org/what-are-Bible-codes.htm , etc.). Both require a good amount of faith to believe.
However, my point is that religion, at least Christianity, is in no way evil. The majority of charities are Christian charities. For centuries, churches have organized all kinds of humanitarian efforts. Stuff like the crusades are not supported by the bible, and are very minor compared to all the good Christianity has done. To say all religion is evil is nothing more than bigotry.
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For every accurate prophecy there were likely 10 inaccurate ones, let's be honest now. Stoning disobediant children, women aren't allowed to teach men, talking animals. Plus, how would you explain accurate prophecies in other religious texts? And how about the idea that someone corrupted the Bible during it's initial translations to sound as if it predicted a prophecy? And what prophecies are you talking about anyway? Last time I checked, there is no anti-christ and the rapture hasn't happened yet... (2012 right? We'll see...) Quote:
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The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil. We see before us a huge community of producers the members of which are unceasingly striving to deprive each other of the fruits of their collective labour...I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. - Albert Einstein
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I do not fully agree with the plain theory of the big bang either but the reformed thoery seems prfectly logical.
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Having said this the trials and sufferings in our life are all tests to see if our father can trust us on our own. Like when your father first hands you the keys to the car to test you and see if you are able to drive responsibly. I believe that god is made of flesh and blood and is not too different from you or I. Anyway gotta go.
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