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Originally posted by AccessDenied
reply to post by SwanSword
I pray to no god.Right now I pray someone teaches you that excessive quoting is a no no.
So is shoving religion down someones throat.
Not a personal attack.Just my opinion.
Originally posted by seagull
Just out of curiosity, how does a tatoo equate to demonic influences in ones life?
Originally posted by seagull
So in "reality" you're only 8000 years old? Oh, well, that makes all the difference. Oy vey...
In essence your view is that anyone who disagrees with your rules is either demon pocessed, demonically influenced, and/or a demon themselves. Do I have that correct?
Just out of curiosity, how does a tatoo equate to demonic influences in ones life?
Let's start with... religion. It's not that I just don't believe in God. It goes a lot farther than that.
There are a lot of different religions and everyone that believes in them thinks everyone else is wrong but them, and feel so strongly about it that it has been known to cause many wars. Religion remains the number one excuse for war, murder, torture and other atrocities since the beginning of man-kind. Hands down. Nothing else even comes close.
It is my firm belief that religion is the creation of government (or the equivalent of governments in previous cultures) used as a tool to control mankind and make them fall in line. You can't jail everyone in an anarchy state, but if you can scare them into believing in eternal damnation for not being good, you won't have to. Religion also remains the #1 control mechanism for societies, and it's constantly used and abused so that people in power can get their way.
Take America where we have separation of Church and State, and Freedom of religion. That freedom of religion only extends as far as your ability to worship the same God the government does. Gay marriage and abortions are two such examples that prove this point.
Make the people believe enough, and not only will they fall in line, but they'll teach their children to do the same. Not only that, but also shun anyone that doesn't believe the same thing, turn their backs on friends and family that don't believe, go to war for their beliefs and kill the infidels, and so on.
The end result is millions of people believing in what basically amounts to Santa Clause. Some magical gift giver that lives far away where you can't get to, constantly watching to see who's been naughty or nice, and the naughty kids get coal and burn in hell for eternity while the nice kids get presents and become angels. Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christianity...
...if there really is a God after everything that's happened on earth over the last ten thousand years, I'm going to be seriously pissed off. "Worship me or burn in hell, and no, I won't do anything to help you believe." What an ego this guy must have.
If someone dies "it was just their time". If something bad happens "the lord works in mysterious ways". If something good happens "It's god's gift to us." We don't have to accept responsibility for anything, God's pulling all the strings, and has it all planned out for us. It's all part of God's master plan. If God has a master plan, why am I not in it? Because of free will? Free will + God's master plan does not compute. If God's master plan was to create me, make me incapable of believing without proof, then burning in hell for eternity because I turned out exactly as he created me, then f*** him.
And don't even get me started on the Bible, and how the stories of the Bible weren't written until 40 years after the supposed death of Jesus (if he even really existed, which is still in debate by non-Christians), or how there's no mention of him by any of the known historians of that time period (over 40 historians, no mention), or how the books of the bible have been reworded, omitted, and completely fabricated over time to suit the needs of the Catholic church.