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Originally posted by Fledz Yes well done. Great argument. Have a lolly for your efforts. ps. Read the sig bitch

What I want to know is what on earth is PKC doing rooting for the poms in a game of football!

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Apparently he chose to go for them at a young age...

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Imagine all the people....

LIVING FOR TODAY.... WOOOHOO.

PLEASE DONT FIGHT ABOUT RELIGION. Why cant we just get together?

Assalamu'alaykum!

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Originally posted by Fledz Yes because I'm sure that if we got rid of religion then we would loose our instinctive human traits to: *explore *attain wealth *expand borders *cause harm to others (for some, not all) *racism (for some, not all) Yes, get rid of all religion and never again will anyone ever compete against one another for space exploration or scientific study. Nobody would want to be first anymore. Yes, nobody would ever want to get more money. Greed would disappear and we would live happily ever after in our little communist world. Yes, no country will ever want to claim a piece of land as their own. The borders of the world will forever be locked. Yes, no psychopath or truly evil person will ever cause harm to another human being. Crime will disappear. Murders and homicides will cease. Yes, no human will ever look at another human of different colour with contempt because we will all magically now see each other as equal. Yes, religion is the true and sole cause of all of this

i can't believe you wasted all the time to type that ^^ absolute bollocks.

anyways, nobody here has said anything remotely similar to that. sheesh. but if you can't see the very unique nature of the role religion plays in some of ^^ that, then...i...dunno...think you're dumb?

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Wait, so you're assuming that this makes religious people happy? All of them?

irrelevant, its not part of the discussion and i have never said anything resembling that.

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Not everybody is evil because of religion you know

again, i haven't said that either.

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and plenty of religious people benefit this world directly due to their faith like those who are totally selfless and go and help people in need.

people don't need organised religion to do that.

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Religion is far from perfect but I don't think branding it as a parasite for the world is correct.

are you actually reading anything i say or just making this up as you go along?

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There's two sides to every story and the extremes on both sides are fundamentally just as bad.

please, elaborate. picture this: you have our world, devoid of any religious belief or practice and complete with all the same problems as our current world, just minus those problems caused by religion. what new problems do you see atheism bringing to this world, to make it "fundamentally just as bad"??

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I've said it before, I'll say it again: Extremist atheism is just as bad a religious zealotry. Both sides are unwilling to see the other sides viewpoint and are too stubborn to leave a possibility for something which they cannot explain.

totally, utterly, completely incorrect. in discourse they read exactly the same, i agree. i know my mind won't be changed anymore than someone else who thinks differently (but its not about that anyway*). extremist atheism however, does not cause the very real world ramifications as religious zealotry. how can you even try arguing against that? your "extremist atheism" is fundamentally different in practice. practice is always more important than discourse.

*as long as religion is forcing its way into the public sphere i will rail against it. im not here to change anybody's mind.

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Why did you post this here and not in PDD?

we've always got a religious-related thread in the PDD. COR kids can have fun here too.

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Oh yea that's right so that you can Oh yea that's right so that you can start a flame war which inevitably benefits you and so you can post nonsense like this: Yes well done. Great argument. Have a lolly for your efforts.

don't be a dick fledz. you know some people just bring that out of me. i am more than happy to engage someone in a proper chat if they say something worthwhile that's not totally stupid. and you've tried really really hard here and just missed out, but i like you

and yes, ive seen the sig. i dont normally talk up our chances before games (for obvious reasons). but some of you croate fvckers were running your mouths and it pissed me off, so i stupidly took the bait haha. can't complain about the genie coming out if you were rubbing the lamp!

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Originally posted by RickyM What I want to know is what on earth is PKC doing rooting for the poms in a game of football!

picture this. you have a young kid, loves his football. but he lives in australia. if he had been an socceroo fan, how many world cups & euros would he have been able to sit up and watch to see his team play?

1. in 2006. fuck that!

im not nationalistic at all and to me its about teams, not countries. my team will always be england.

and i love(d) owen, mcmanamen, gerrard, litisier, shearer etc. though obviously not enough to remember how to spell all their names right

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So anyone who's up for it: if religion has been beneficial to society (because I assume that's what everybody wants. if not, that's a different argument), point out how.

Let me point out first that I am very much against organized religion.

I am however somewhat of a mystic



I think the major benefit of religion in society has been to give hope and a sense of purpose, meaning, and belonging for everyday people who have too many things to worry about while they make ends meet day in and day out.

These people don't have time or many times education to understand the science or cultural theory against religion.

It gives ordinary people a sense of values and morals. Imagine if the uneducated faith-seeking masses had no religion and instead only looked to politicians to fulfill their promises - it would be even worse than it is now. I think in many cases for ordinary people religion is a very important thing. We all as humans have a need for faith, a place from which we derive our values, a set of universal truths by which we align our worldviews.

I am with an above poster when he said something about atheism often being hypocritical about preaching nonbelief. It is essentially a faith because there is not actual tangible proof that a god does not exist, and the whole idea of atheism is based around a supposed truth that one hopes to prove through the eventual revelation of scientific fact. I think fact itself is a thing which changes with time and cultural sophistication. Remember, astrology was considered cutting edge science way back when... Ritual is equal to scientific method.

Humans are by nature ritual beings with an innate need for society, purpose, and to connect to a world which is much larger with them. Every aspect of our built environment incorporates these basic needs. Historically this has taken the form of things like Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, etc, etc. I would argue that religion always has its roots in observation and contemplation of nature. Ritual is a process by which we can connect with what we do not understand, it is also a means by which we acquire purpose and reason for existence. This can mean going to church every sunday, it could mean praying five times a day - I think the scientific method of experimentation itself is a form of ritual. The whole reason we are even posting on this message board is because we have all adhered to a form of ritual through music and dance.

enough before i begin to ramble too much\


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not everyone has the ability or possibility to understand a world beyond what religion offers, and so for these people, religion can provide hope during bad times and purpose to their lives, as well as give them ways in which to deal with one another.

in itself it's not a bad thing, but like anything can be exploited and used for gain at the expense of others.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN picture this. you have a young kid, loves his football. but he lives in australia. if he had been an socceroo fan, how many world cups & euros would he have been able to sit up and watch to see his team play? 1. in 2006. fuck that! im not nationalistic at all and to me its about teams, not countries. my team will always be england. and i love(d) owen, mcmanamen, gerrard, litisier, shearer etc. though obviously not enough to remember how to spell all their names right

1 or 2 years ago I would have gone into a rant about supporting your country (especially with the Northern Ireland/Republic situation), but I'd like to invite you to support Northern Ireland, since we're more or less the best team in the British Isles! Plus the greatest footballer of all time is from Northern Ireland, George Best.
For this privilege, all I ask is a membership fee of 1000 Sterlings per year.

Oh, and it's Matt Le Tissier

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN shhh, i try to keep that part of myself well-hidden

Well, it was evident in your political opinions, so it certainly explains a lot. Had I known you were an atheist I would have stopped defending the religious legal system to you a long time ago, because you will never understand its merits (as your belief system is diametrically opposed).

I guess we'll just agree to disagree!

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Originally posted by echosystm yeah, like jihads and locking up galileo for saying the earth is not the center of the universe... fuck those athiest bastards.

LMAO!!!! You have the most hilarious and retarded responses evar!!! When you're not being a fanboy, you are speaking nonsense!!! LOL!!! Stalin + Hitler's atrocities are far greater than all the jihads combined. And locking up galileo was a monstrosity?!!

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Originally posted by echosystm ps. hitler was neither athiest nor christian. don't go there.

Don't go there?! Are you kidding?!! Why don't you study a little history then come back to this thread.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN non sequitur. none of those situations were due to atheism, or were "fought" to bring atheism to the heathens.

That's not the point. It wasn't about "fighting" to bring atheism, but it was about their political ideologies and ethical standards. You believe there are universal principles which are protected in mainstream liberal democratic systems DUE TO RELIGION. Where the moral fabric of religion-based law (yes, I'm referring to the west here, not Sharia Law) is detroyed, you get self-serving despots like Stalin and Hitler.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN hitler and stalin both had stupid moustaches, should we be on the look out for future leaders with facial hair?

Every now and then you say silly things too (as you are entitled to! )