Comments on: Religion: Good Or Evil? http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: suejzwv http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-17548 suejzwv Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:24:35 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-17548 http://augmentin.i-diet-pills.com http://augmentin.i-diet-pills.com

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]]> By: dungle http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-13070 dungle Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:36:03 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-13070 Religion is a practice for certain people to express their faith in something such a soul or spirit in a way to lead their lives. I don't see why it would be bad. Everybody have something to believe in or not as long as it doesn't bother someone else. Religion is a practice for certain people to express their faith in something such a soul or spirit in a way to lead their lives. I don’t see why it would be bad. Everybody have something to believe in or not as long as it doesn’t bother someone else.

]]> By: moi http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12968 moi Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:19:27 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12968 Now we finally have a coherent explanation for President Bush! And, by the by, this also explains our being embroiled in an unilateral invasion of a sovereign country which is causing us to hemhorrage millions of dollars per day. Religion and jingoistic myopia. Now we finally have a coherent explanation for President Bush! And, by the by, this also explains our being embroiled in an unilateral invasion of a sovereign country which is causing us to hemhorrage millions of dollars per day. Religion and jingoistic myopia.

]]> By: Religious Dogma = Othello http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12964 Religious Dogma = Othello Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:16:35 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12964 What happened to the editing feature? What happened to the editing feature?

]]> By: Religious Dogma = Othello http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12963 Religious Dogma = Othello Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:15:46 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12963 I really think that religion is nothing but a conditioned response to our confusion. We don't like the unknown, so we create nonsense to fill in the gaps. And eventually, your beliefs become replaced by "knowledge". You're just as convinced as ever that what you know is the "real thing". You don't want to think about how stomping on a bug probably has the same impact, universe-wise, as a busload full of screaming children tumbling over some bridge. I could say so much more, but all the above would probably be shot down to nil by this admission: I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS! I'VE SEEN THEM! Anyway. Oh, right. Your quote? [... for a good person to do evil, that takes religion...] Such absolutism can only lead to further stupidity. Hence, terroritists acting in the name of Jihad. Or Christians partaking in some sort of crusade. But then again, we cannot make progress without mindless ants (which, in my opinion, amount to perhaps 85-90% of the walking population on earth). And in response to your very last question... conflict is inevitable. Without it, we cannot learn. The purpose of humankind isn't to live in peace, but to reproduce an endless stream of chaos (aka little brats that mature into big brats). Seriously- I feel that if we stop defining Peace as our Neverending Goal, then that's when we can make some real progress. Which, thanks to 90% of our population being mindless ants, will never eventuate. So.. I guess my ultimate point is... take out that light-saber! We're all going doooowwwwwwwwn! May the force be with you! I really think that religion is nothing but a conditioned response to our confusion. We don’t like the unknown, so we create nonsense to fill in the gaps. And eventually, your beliefs become replaced by “knowledge”. You’re just as convinced as ever that what you know is the “real thing”. You don’t want to think about how stomping on a bug probably has the same impact, universe-wise, as a busload full of screaming children tumbling over some bridge.

I could say so much more, but all the above would probably be shot down to nil by this admission: I BELIEVE IN GHOSTS! I’VE SEEN THEM!

Anyway. Oh, right. Your quote? [… for a good person to do evil, that takes religion…] Such absolutism can only lead to further stupidity. Hence, terroritists acting in the name of Jihad. Or Christians partaking in some sort of crusade. But then again, we cannot make progress without mindless ants (which, in my opinion, amount to perhaps 85-90% of the walking population on earth).

And in response to your very last question… conflict is inevitable. Without it, we cannot learn. The purpose of humankind isn’t to live in peace, but to reproduce an endless stream of chaos (aka little brats that mature into big brats). Seriously- I feel that if we stop defining Peace as our Neverending Goal, then that’s when we can make some real progress. Which, thanks to 90% of our population being mindless ants, will never eventuate.

So.. I guess my ultimate point is… take out that light-saber! We’re all going doooowwwwwwwwn! May the force be with you!

]]> By: Fire and Doom Prophet http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12936 Fire and Doom Prophet Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:55:18 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12936 How can we come together as people? That's easy. Forget about your religion. Whoopie-fuckin'-doo. Religion basically took a complicated idea and simplified it and look where we are. How can we come together as people? That’s easy. Forget about your religion. Whoopie-******’-doo. Religion basically took a complicated idea and simplified it and look where we are.

]]> By: cappuccino http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12919 cappuccino Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/guest-blogger/2006-08-09/religion-good-or-evil/#comment-12919 You've raised a few good points, one being that transmission of information via stories and writing over the centuries is very prone to corruption especially before the days of the printing press. Not to mention that scholarly integrity back then wasn't what it's like today. And there's major issue of whether one can say that he's sure that there's no God, period. Logically, it's impossible to be 100% sure but then it's also impossible to be sure that Zeus or Santa Claus or an unicorn don't exist but most people are pretty confident that those entities don't exist. Why should God be any exception? It's only because God's been such a loaded word for a long time it takes longer for people to realize that it's just an abstract concept - an outdated one. Today, we have 21st century weapons. So when we've got religious people, who claim to be acting in the name of God, Allah, or whichever's their favorite deity, try to get their hands on deadly weapons or control political institutions in their countries(even in the US) in order to subjugate people to their beliefs, then that's a serious problem. So we must question ourselves about what today's religions really are doing in helping to resolve the problems facing us today? Cheers. You’ve raised a few good points, one being that transmission of information via stories and writing over the centuries is very prone to corruption especially before the days of the printing press. Not to mention that scholarly integrity back then wasn’t what it’s like today.

And there’s major issue of whether one can say that he’s sure that there’s no God, period. Logically, it’s impossible to be 100% sure but then it’s also impossible to be sure that Zeus or Santa Claus or an unicorn don’t exist but most people are pretty confident that those entities don’t exist. Why should God be any exception? It’s only because God’s been such a loaded word for a long time it takes longer for people to realize that it’s just an abstract concept - an outdated one.

Today, we have 21st century weapons. So when we’ve got religious people, who claim to be acting in the name of God, Allah, or whichever’s their favorite deity, try to get their hands on deadly weapons or control political institutions in their countries(even in the US) in order to subjugate people to their beliefs, then that’s a serious problem. So we must question ourselves about what today’s religions really are doing in helping to resolve the problems facing us today?

Cheers.

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