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Originally posted by ziplock9000
"Shocked the world?"
I'm guessing the 'The World' is more than a slight exaggeration.
Originally posted by bloodreviara
Yet another fool with power who is convinced that he can get out of
doing work by calling on an imaginary being to fill the gap, hey how
about this, lets actually take responsibility for OUR MISTAKES and
not brush it off, pray and think hey, i did my part......
Maybe if people like him actually fixed something, were honest and
could balance a budget we wouldn't be in this mess to begin with,
more church or religion has never EVER helped the world, it only
ever leads to ignorance, excuses or to oppression of anyone who
does not want to play pretend with them......
if you want to see what religion brings to the world there are a hundred
countries you can look to, every single one of them is oppressive, religion
does not encourage freedom as it plainly states you must submit to its
rule or be punished, it does not take souls and turn them good it takes
hostages and turns them with Stockholm syndrome.
Way to waste everyone's time talking to an imaginary being all the while
you know very well this man is part of the problem, lining his pockets
because hey everyone does it and if i fight the system how can i win?
excuse after excuse is all i hear and see, maybe instead of talking we
could see them dig up a bit of morality and fix a thing or two...... nah too
much work, lets just pray about it, that's fixed so many things in history.
I swear its almost like people forget the history brought to us by these
wonderful moral organizations, hatred, bigotry, slavery, murder, the list
goes on and on, the sad fact is the more religious our country becomes
the worse things seem to get all around, education, economy, freedom.......
Originally posted by cody599
I may be a non religious Brit but
Makes you think doesn't it ?
Cody
Originally posted by HairlessApe
Originally posted by cody599
I may be a non religious Brit but
Makes you think doesn't it ?
Cody
The ONLY thing this makes me think it's that this imbecile is an opinionated bigot who thinks his way of life is better than mine because the good book told him so. Politics is supposed to be secular, not full of metaphysical bull# for children. Join the church if religion matters to you, but please keep your dumb ass magical worldview within the community which supports it.
Originally posted by cody599
"Woe to those who call evil good", but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
He missed the part where tax exemptions for churches cost the government 70 billion a year which is just about enough to cover the cost of feeding every single hungry person in the world and paying for the united states universal health insurance. Instead of paying to feed the poor and care for the unhealthy people go to church to pray that god fixes the problems. really makes you think doesnt it?
Originally posted by MrConspiracy
A lot of the things mentioned are definitely things that need to be fixed. I am religious. Raised a Catholic. However, i don't go to Church as often as i should.
I think a lot of it is just common sense, when looking at the mess the world is in today. Although, it's sad how uncommon common sense is these days.edit on 22-2-2013 by MrConspiracy because: (no reason given)