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| Floorfiller |
| the one thing i've always found interesting about the bible is that basically it's a compilation of anonymous writings...just contemporary ideas that authorities put together to push a new religion in a unifying direction. the people that wrote these stories aren't holy in anyway...what makes the bible special besides the fact that it has historical importance? that just always bugs the hell out of me... |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by lex400sc
if you can recognize patterns in history, i think the answer is pretty damn clear ;) |
Why dont you explain all these patterns that you divined knowledge from so people can make informed decisions like you have. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by Floorfiller
the one thing i've always found interesting about the bible is that basically it's a compilation of anonymous writings...just contemporary ideas that authorities put together to push a new religion in a unifying direction. the people that wrote these stories aren't holy in anyway...what makes the bible special besides the fact that it has historical importance? that just always bugs the hell out of me... |
well new testament is all chronicled, known authors. They were apostles and soon-after-jesus christians writing about his life and his gospels.
The import of the new testament is that it gives insight and understanding in regard to the words of Jesus Christ.
Old Testament...its interesting, but only philosophically. Jewish people will disagree with me, but I found very little helpful information in there. |
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| Silky Johnson |
And might I add, who ing cares if you do/don't believe what the bible has to say?
What does anybody gain, other than the title of being "right", by proving or disproving each other's beliefs?
So pointless. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
And might I add, who ing cares if you do/don't believe what the bible has to say?
What does anybody gain, other than the title of being "right", by proving or disproving each other's beliefs?
So pointless. |
getting away from spirtuality, I think that philosophies of Christianity, Taoism, Buddhism, etc... do have benefits in daily life. Im not really interested in whether or not someone agrees with me, but arguing "I dont believe in God, therefore I wont act decently" is a flawed argument, and Id rather have a discussion on morals than whether or not they read the same book as I do.
edit: and technically if our side is right wed gain eternal life by arguing and believing hehe |
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| Floorfiller |
i don't really care what people believe...but as someone who likes to discuss things...i've always found religion an interesting subject...
omg the end of the world...their talking about religion... |
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| RickyM |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
And might I add, who ing cares if you do/don't believe what the bible has to say?
What does anybody gain, other than the title of being "right", by proving or disproving each other's beliefs?
So pointless. |
I agree, good post kid. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
getting away from spirtuality, I think that philosophies of Christianity, Taoism, Buddhism, etc... do have benefits in daily life. Im not really interested in whether or not someone agrees with me, but arguing "I dont believe in God, therefore I wont act decently" is a flawed argument, and Id rather have a discussion on morals than whether or not they read the same book as I do. |
Well yeah for sure. I'm just talking about what is going on in this thread, with the whole science vs. religion crap. |
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| Orbax |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
Well yeah for sure. I'm just talking about what is going on in this thread, with the whole science vs. religion crap. |
Its pretty hackneyed these days. The 90s are...overrrrr hehe |
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| Protege |
| quote: | Originally posted by lex400sc
if you can recognize patterns in history, i think the answer is pretty damn clear ;) |
oh yeah crystal clear:rolleyes: |
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| lex400sc |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orbax
Why dont you explain all these patterns that you divined knowledge from so people can make informed decisions like you have. |
it's simple human psychology... the less you know about something the more mythology you make up in its place... at least at the societal level. look at every other "hip" religion of it's time that came and went... the romans: didn't know about such uncontrollable concepts as love, war, the sun, the moon, the sky, the stars, comets, the oceans, thunder & lightening, etc etc etc... so in order to help them cope with such things they personified them into deities because it's much easier to deal with something that has a human face, a name and an agenda for you to work with. you can't explain a massive storm that destroys your town, well if you can't explain it then you live in perpetual fear that it can happen again and again and again at any moment. who needs the stress? so you rationalize it as an angry god and attempt to appease him. well the more science taught humanity, the fewer gods we needed to help cope with the meathook realities of life. ultimately what are we left with today? what don't we understand and probably never will? what happens after you die. it's so grim to think you just decompose like everything else in nature, so we created a soul, a loving god, an epic and poetic struggle between good and evil, ten commandments, stories of sacrifice, stories of miracle and hope, a universe that was made just for us. such a romantic tale, and i'm sure it helped millions of people cope with the pain and suffering of plagues and famine and wars, but in the end it's just false hopes. religion impedes the progress of humanity by asserting that all the important questions of origin are already known. well not that i really care what the hell anyone believes. i've accepted that free-thinkers will always be the minority and people will continue to believe simply because it's the EASIEST thing to do. |
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| Orbax |
whoa...paragraph technology.
Lemme read through all this. |
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