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Originally posted by InvisibleHeroes
I don't see, how any religions, can allow humanity to move forward.
It keeps people where they are, and doesn't allow them to go outside the boundaries to do new things.
But organized religion has proven itself over a long time to be a bad thing.
Originally posted by Daniem
Religions are fairy tales with a moral code or lesson.. why not just skip the fairy tale and still be good?
There is no need to believe there is a god called Odin who lives with other gods that look like humans in another place. There is no need to believe in made up characters. Everyone can make up a character and say he exists.. but what he "said" and commands is always gonna be made up by someone.. its not true.
There's no reason to think they ACCTUALLY exist. Even though the lessons they they teach are nice.
Originally posted by chapter29
Originally posted by Muundoggie
After reading some articles by Amitakh Stanford I have great difficulty believing ANYTHING written in the Bible.
If God is pure love, then God can not be vengeful and hate. And that is what the Bible is full of. "Fear God" Why or how can I fear something that is supposed to be true and pure love? The Bible is a corrupted book with some truth in it.
[edit on 23-12-2008 by Muundoggie]
[edit on 23-12-2008 by Muundoggie]
Originally posted by Muundoggie
reply to post by Alienmojo
But mankind has not learned LOVE. There is just as much hatred and murdering going on as ever.
Please read some of Amitakh's article with an open mind. See if what she says makes any sense to you. Granted, the things she says sound far fetched at first but the more I read the more sense it all made to me.
[edit on 23-12-2008 by Muundoggie]
Originally posted by Alienmojo
I just feel that there are more out there doing good in the name of religion, then doing bad.
Originally posted by adevvv
Although i believe in a higher power (or GOD for lack of a better word)
I think that religion actually holds people back from God. For example as a child i was too preoccupied with what the preacher was preaching, I was trying to dissect his words but in the end i got nothing more then "you should obey gods word". I think we need to put an end to religion as an organized belief system and just let people follow God however they want to. Give people a basic background of god (ie. 10 commandments, the trinity, and good vs. evil etc.)
Originally posted by paperplanes
Originally posted by Alienmojo
I just feel that there are more out there doing good in the name of religion, then doing bad.
The problem is that the more pernicious factions of the faithful are much more vocal and truly impossible to ignore.
I am an atheist and I believe that religious beliefs spring from the minds of men. Accepting this, it follows that the source of such a harmful force in the world is very much a part of our minds. We know ourselves well enough to understand that we can create any monster to serve our needs.