One of if not the biggest problem ever

Originally posted by Seekerof
Man is the single biggest problem....religion as politics as war as anything else, is merely a tool of Man.


regards
seekerof

You've never experienced the glass ketchup bottle have you?

Originally posted by THENEO
I thought the globalists were trying to get rid of all religion and then replace it with satanism?

Soon Dany will be one of the priests eh Dany?

I'm not a globalist.
But I'll be the anti-pope if you really want.

Originally posted by Gazrok
When mankind has matured enough to stop believing in big boogiemen in the sky judging us, and throwing down lightning bolts.....then man will have also matured enough to have grown past those issues you claim are caused by religion....

Religion is a tool of control, and of inciting an "us versus them" mentality....but wars, etc. are for economic reasons (despite the reason that is claimed).

I'm with paperclip....religion itself isn't necessarily bad in and of itself, but it's the fanatics who make it worse for the rest of us.... However, I do believe that eventually, we'll grow out of the reliance on such beliefs...

3 different points to convey:

1:in the early 14th centuries' we were compelled to believe in witchcraft....how many innocent philosphers/women screeching for freedom were burnt to a crisp for that very reason?
are we any better now....back then, it was witchcraft, we are now faced with? yes, terrorism.
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as for religion(group-related religion), make sure you get everyone in a big group, save up all that hemp-induced-flatulence....&
(cause another hole in the ozone)

these are duperous remarks aimed? at,
you, as a unit, have no choice but to follow the crowd, in this case reduces a person to just another face in the crowd, ie: communism should go hand in hand with christianity
(im a catholic...)
you are likely to be unheard, labelled as an extremist, or doused in kerosene
bottom line,
you cant change people's beliefs, unless you start back up from scratch
Cyrus


[Edited on 25-11-2003 by Cyrus]

Originally posted by Nerdling

Originally posted by Seekerof
Man is the single biggest problem....religion as politics as war as anything else, is merely a tool of Man.


regards
seekerof

You've never experienced the glass ketchup bottle have you?

lolllllllllll

Originally posted by Raph
...give people a reason to be good, and not use any methods of control. It also should recquire hardly anything from you.

Those who need a reason are those who are usually religious. No one should need a reason to be good. It should be ingrained into your psyche. Some of the most religious people I've ever met were also the most guilty. For instance, a friend of mine's dad killed a lot of people in Nam. For this he felt guilty, so he spent the rest of his hypocritical days being a missionary in Africa. Before he left to go to Africa, he'd blurt out horrible racial slurs about black people. This is just the kind of guy he was/is. He thought he was so funny. Now, he has his own "family" of slaves. They work for him. They built his house. They attend his sermons. It's the sickest thing I've ever seen. Talking to the guy, you can tell something isn't right. He's one of those people that laughs too much at things that aren't even funny, and he's the only one laughing. Have you ever met someone like that? You get this unsettling feeling that the guy is insane, and trying very hard to act like he's normal. Anyway, now Baptists send him tax free money for all the good conversion he's doing.

[Edited on 11-25-2003 by Satyr]

Nerdling.........thanks for the laugh and your soooo true on that one....sure glad that they have the squeezable bottles now. *whew*

Found this interesting article folks on one world religion and how it deals with "us":
"The One-World Religion of Humanity's Distant Past'
Link:
www.grahamhancock.com...

I just read it and its pretty interesting.

regards
seekerof

Originally posted by TheBandit795
Ignorance is the biggest problem.

I agree. And religious organizations are notorious for preying on the ignorant. That's why they end up with a majority of fools who will gladly pay their debts.

give people a reason to be good, and not use any methods of control. It also should recquire hardly anything from you.

isn't giving a reason to be good already a control?