Another example of religion's oh so wonderful effect on human kind. Examples like this just makes it all the more justified to keep putting our blind faith into religions.

How dare anyone challenge the belief in religions.

How dare anyone challenge God on what he commands!

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Now, who is it that get to claim what God commands? There are many people who are making this claims of what God commands and most of these claims do not match each other. So, who do you decide who is telling the truth. Easy, the one who can prove that what they claim. The problem with this is, not a single one of these professing to know what God says can prove t...

Another example of religion's oh so wonderful effect on human kind. Examples like this just makes it all the more justified to keep putting our blind faith into religions.

How dare anyone challenge the belief in religions.

How dare anyone challenge God on what he commands!

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Now, who is it that get to claim what God commands? There are many people who are making this claims of what God commands and most of these claims do not match each other. So, who do you decide who is telling the truth. Easy, the one who can prove that what they claim. The problem with this is, not a single one of these professing to know what God says can prove their claims. Hear is the BIG Problem!
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The only rational thing to do in this situation is to focus on the only real truth about all these claims, non of them can be proved. If you focus on this single truth about all of these claim's, that non of them can be proved, the only rational thing to do is discard all of these claims.

So, be rational and discard the biggest most destructive lie of mankind, religion. It will make the world a better more peaceful place to be.

RecordSage - "The rational thing to do is to look in the mirror and not blame something for own faults, whatever they might be. It's simply a cheap excuse to do so and that's irrational.

You are makes no sense here.
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There is no amount of good that can counter balance the bad things that religion has caused.

From the religions of the sun Gods etc. that required human sacrifice to the Christian and Islamic religions that have killed in God's name, the number of and types of negative things they have done, no amount of good that some in the religions may have done will ever justify the existence for these religions.

You would have to be one sick puppy to think t...

RecordSage - "The rational thing to do is to look in the mirror and not blame something for own faults, whatever they might be. It's simply a cheap excuse to do so and that's irrational.

You are makes no sense here.
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There is no amount of good that can counter balance the bad things that religion has caused.

From the religions of the sun Gods etc. that required human sacrifice to the Christian and Islamic religions that have killed in God's name, the number of and types of negative things they have done, no amount of good that some in the religions may have done will ever justify the existence for these religions.

You would have to be one sick puppy to think that the few good things that some in these religions may have done is worth all the death and destruction that religions has cause.

The rational thing to do is to look in the mirror and not
blame something for own faults, whatever they might be. It's simply a cheap excuse to do so and that's irrational.

Even though your sentences made no sense, it was clear that you were attempting to be rude and insulting with them.

The only people who have ever gotten rude and nasty with me on clipmarks are those who claim to be religious. (Claim to be either directly or by their defense of religion)

It is very interesting how the only people that get rude and nasty about comments they don't like are the people who have a strong connection to a religion.

You would think that people of these religions would be the kinder more t...

The rational thing to do is to look in the mirror and not
blame something for own faults, whatever they might be. It's simply a cheap excuse to do so and that's irrational.

Even though your sentences made no sense, it was clear that you were attempting to be rude and insulting with them.

The only people who have ever gotten rude and nasty with me on clipmarks are those who claim to be religious. (Claim to be either directly or by their defense of religion)

It is very interesting how the only people that get rude and nasty about comments they don't like are the people who have a strong connection to a religion.

You would think that people of these religions would be the kinder more thoughtful of all the people who are out there but that just is not the case.

I can't help thinking that this and the fact that religious people can justify killing people are related somehow.

Religion is not "just like anything else". People use it to gain power over others, including governments. In America you have the ultra right wing conservative evangelist movement which is continually digging it's way into politics. In Australia we have a catholic archbishop who recently said that politicians would be punished if they didn't vote a certain way on an issue.
Religion developed to explain why the sun comes up and why the seasons happen. It became defunct when science began offering better answers.
And I'm not jealous of those that hear religious voices. George Bush is one. The pope claims to hear voices which guide him in his decision making. Mother Theresa sat and prayed for ...

Religion is not "just like anything else". People use it to gain power over others, including governments. In America you have the ultra right wing conservative evangelist movement which is continually digging it's way into politics. In Australia we have a catholic archbishop who recently said that politicians would be punished if they didn't vote a certain way on an issue.
Religion developed to explain why the sun comes up and why the seasons happen. It became defunct when science began offering better answers.
And I'm not jealous of those that hear religious voices. George Bush is one. The pope claims to hear voices which guide him in his decision making. Mother Theresa sat and prayed for people while scientists cured.
Now I'm going over the top, so I will stop.

What I said wasn't that difficult to understand... but regardless, I wasn't trying to insult you or anything of the kind... that would be a waste of time... I was simply presenting a different opinion... you want to take it as an insult - that's your business.

It is people, NOT religions that commit the crimes. Some (like jihadists for example) commit them in the name of religion or so they claim, but I still say that religion can be used for both good and bad, just like anything else. You can take a car and drive it to work, and some idiot takes his and plows it into a bunch of students at a University. There are countless examples with just about anything. Certainly religion could be ...

What I said wasn't that difficult to understand... but regardless, I wasn't trying to insult you or anything of the kind... that would be a waste of time... I was simply presenting a different opinion... you want to take it as an insult - that's your business.

It is people, NOT religions that commit the crimes. Some (like jihadists for example) commit them in the name of religion or so they claim, but I still say that religion can be used for both good and bad, just like anything else. You can take a car and drive it to work, and some idiot takes his and plows it into a bunch of students at a University. There are countless examples with just about anything. Certainly religion could be used to get power, but so can politics, money etc. It's not just religion.

And for the record - I'm not religious, not in the sense that it's typically presented. As far as I'm concerned, I can't imagine how anyone can genuinely be religious after growing up in the USSR, as I did. When we came to the States, some people wanted me to go into religion, go to religious school etc. - I politely declined because I wanted to play drums in a public school... something I look back on with much fondness.

I've certainly met a number of religious people who do a lot of good, for whom I have much respect and admiration, and it seems that it's totally wrong to throw them in the same pile as the zealots who are bent in their ways.

It's not the religion per say, it's how it is being interpreted and utilized... In the end it comes down to deeds, who does what and why. Stalin was a perfect example of how much damage to humanity someone can do while being an atheist.

Last I'd say that it's a low cheap shot to say what you did about Mother Theresa. She was certainly someone who selflessly did a lot of good for a lot of people. Why she did it is irrelevant, but the fact that she did is extremely relevant and deserves to be looked up to and respected.

What is wrong with you, rohypnol?

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After having looked on your clips I am quite sure that you yourself are twisted.
Sorry that I can't delete your devious comment. But you are blocked now. (I hope that will work.)