mentor

Good to hear from you! Yeah, nobody wants to be prostyletized... They can be f*cked up enough all on their own.

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okpfloyd

I removed the "this was not even a crime"..I meant the "offense" that her parents thought not the crime of kidnapping and rape.....point was/is that in many ways christians are no better or worse..Proof? They helped get * installed into office thinking they'd get their theocracy...they did get the violence, killings, and displacements (in their god's name) tho!, which they tend to ignore...must be "god's will"..

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Comicsartist

I meant "why are there so many crazies in religion". In my mind, religion is supposed to bring you comfort, peace, and respect for others. These stories make me incredibly angry and incredibly sad.

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mentor

But interpretation is based upon belief. If you believe the book must be interpreted literally, that it is the literal truth, then you will carry out the punishments written therein literally. If you believe you will get a hero's welcome in heaven for "martyring" yourself, you just might do it.

I think our "letting go" of the strict punishments comes from our ability to doubt the literal truth of our holy books. IMO, this doubt is a very, very good thing.

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chrisbb

many Muslims dont follow the Koran literally either though. we cant say that all Muslims are bad; it's not even remotely true

mentor

Agreed! In fact I would state the great majority are very good people. Where there is doubt, there is hope. I would apply this to science as well. Whenever we think we have achieved perfect understanding we are probably deluded.

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Dawnling

Religion is for behavior control.

Dawnling

The vast majority or religious people hate me so,
please, tell what is loving and wonderful again.

NOT ONE religious person
can refrain from spouting some sort of superiority.

"...but ours is the best. "
"but ours is the most loving!
( said while hating )"
"but ours is the only truth"

If you HAVE TO HAVE some sort of pinnical to make you happy
then you are just engaging in dog-pack behavior.

Your words seek to have all others be
belly-up saying that you are correct.
Patheticly un-human

Religion is the most organized form of stupid.

Really, what will ACTUALLY happen to you if you let it go?

Religion is un-tarnished by ANY proof.

The WORST of human behavior is STILL religious.

Dogs behave better and are NON-religious.
They DO NOT care how many books you show them

Jonesy

The difference though is religion works in absolutes. It is either true or false. Science works on gradations. We know gravity, because we don't float into the sky and we can pick things up and drop them. That much, we know is true. But, beyond that, what do we know about gravity? For the longest time, people thought Newtonian gravity was correct. Until Einstein.

In science, it is an everlasting, continuing process to understand the universe completely. In religion, it is heaven or hell.

The_Heretic

Yeah, and right wing extremist xstians gave a congressman shit when he wanted to be sworn into office with a Qur'an instead of a bible. As far as I'm it's the same thing.

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