Vigilans
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| Joker wrote: | | To be religious all you need is faith which is stronger then any form of skepticism all the insults about my faith will not change my mind or convert me to being non religious I would be willing to die for my faith I can't say many people would be willing to die for being a non theist. |
That's because not being a theist removes a lot of lunacy from the mind of an individual
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Vexcalibur
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:44 pm Post subject: Re: Intolerance about religion |
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Faith is stronger? I think faith makes people weaker. You admit your fate as god's will rather than as something you can and should fix. It is the definition of weakness.
The lord works in mysterious ways.
| JuggaspieZ2k wrote: | | Why can't people just accept other peoples beliefs? I am sick and tired of "You're going to burn in hell for eternity!" and "Religious people are so stupid!" Christians and athiests do it just the same. I am also sick of people using TRAGEDIES like SCHOOL SHOOTINGS to say "This is why we need prayer in schools." School shootings happen for many different people! 9/11 happened because of religious intolerance! My own religious beliefs is to find your own path, much like paganism but I don't believe in what they believe. |
Atheists will stop saying religious people are stupid if you kindly stop trying to push laws that enforce your religious' rules and beliefs as facts for moral law and education. Specially, keep of everybody else's sex ed, reproductive rights and right to learn evolution. Thanks.
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Joker
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | To be religious all you need is faith which is stronger then any form of skepticism all the insults about my faith will not change my mind or convert me to being non religious I would be willing to die for my faith I can't say many people would be willing to die for being a non theist. |
That's because not being a theist removes a lot of lunacy from the mind of an individual |
Ha oh I have heard that many times  but I respect your opinon but I don't think you respect mine. |
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Vigilans
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Joker wrote: | | Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | To be religious all you need is faith which is stronger then any form of skepticism all the insults about my faith will not change my mind or convert me to being non religious I would be willing to die for my faith I can't say many people would be willing to die for being a non theist. |
That's because not being a theist removes a lot of lunacy from the mind of an individual |
Ha oh I have heard that many times but I respect your opinon but I don't think you respect mine. |
Well I hope you never are faced with the choice of dying for something that doesn't exist. But at least you'll die happy I suppose
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Joker
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | To be religious all you need is faith which is stronger then any form of skepticism all the insults about my faith will not change my mind or convert me to being non religious I would be willing to die for my faith I can't say many people would be willing to die for being a non theist. |
That's because not being a theist removes a lot of lunacy from the mind of an individual |
Ha oh I have heard that many times but I respect your opinon but I don't think you respect mine. |
Well I hope you never are faced with the choice of dying for something that doesn't exist. But at least you'll die happy I suppose |
Hmm clever response but it takes more faith not to believe then it does to believe in something that is bigger then yourself. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Joker wrote: | | Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | Vigilans wrote: | | Joker wrote: | | To be religious all you need is faith which is stronger then any form of skepticism all the insults about my faith will not change my mind or convert me to being non religious I would be willing to die for my faith I can't say many people would be willing to die for being a non theist. |
That's because not being a theist removes a lot of lunacy from the mind of an individual |
Ha oh I have heard that many times but I respect your opinon but I don't think you respect mine. |
Well I hope you never are faced with the choice of dying for something that doesn't exist. But at least you'll die happy I suppose |
Hmm clever response but it takes more faith not to believe then it does to believe in something that is bigger then yourself. |
No, it does not actually
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| oh but it does think of God as the mathematical letter X it is the unknown and belief in God is like a belief in something that is uncetin to be real but belief is a very powerful thing. You don't believe in God but I do it is the perfect balance of Yin and Yang one can't existice with out the other. |
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I don't really care for yin and yang either
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Joker
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| Vigilans wrote: | | I don't really care for yin and yang either |
The concept of yin and yang is the natural blance of things. |
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Grebels
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Faith is stronger? I think faith makes people weaker. You admit your fate as god's will rather than as something you can and should fix. It is the definition of weakness. |
Vexcalibur, have you ever had the kind of faith being talked about to know that. My experience is very much otherwise. |
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What I think a lot of the atheists are complaining about is politicians imposing the "major" religion on non-believers.
I agree this shouldn't be tolerated.
BUT, I believe we should have respect for anyone's intelligence, regardless of their belief or lack thereof.
as long as you can accept things like evolution and the big bang theory and not offend anyone's belief or non-belief, it's all good.
You may disrespect the intelligence of stupid people of certain beliefs, but not the actual belief itself.
However, it should be noted that this does not rule out intelligent discussion of either politics or religion.
That is my stance on the subject. I am also a secularist.
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| muslimmetalhead wrote: | What I think a lot of the atheists are complaining about is politicians imposing the "major" religion on non-believers.
I agree this shouldn't be tolerated.
BUT, I believe we should have respect for anyone's intelligence, regardless of their belief or lack thereof.
as long as you can accept things like evolution and the big bang theory and not offend anyone's belief or non-belief, it's all good.
You may disrespect the intelligence of stupid people of certain beliefs, but not the actual belief itself.
However, it should be noted that this does not rule out intelligent discussion of either politics or religion.
That is my stance on the subject. I am also a secularist. |
I can respect the intelligence of a person, but not respect their beliefs. An illogical or unsubstantiated belief is subject to criticism. Just because a belief is based on religion and not, say, Bigfoot, doesn't mean that it should be exempted from critical examination. |
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| Terlingua wrote: | | muslimmetalhead wrote: | What I think a lot of the atheists are complaining about is politicians imposing the "major" religion on non-believers.
I agree this shouldn't be tolerated.
BUT, I believe we should have respect for anyone's intelligence, regardless of their belief or lack thereof.
as long as you can accept things like evolution and the big bang theory and not offend anyone's belief or non-belief, it's all good.
You may disrespect the intelligence of stupid people of certain beliefs, but not the actual belief itself.
However, it should be noted that this does not rule out intelligent discussion of either politics or religion.
That is my stance on the subject. I am also a secularist. |
I can respect the intelligence of a person, but not respect their beliefs. An illogical or unsubstantiated belief is subject to criticism. Just because a belief is based on religion and not, say, Bigfoot, doesn't mean that it should be exempted from critical examination. |
Well said Terlingua! Welcome to WP. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:27 am Post subject: |
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I can respect the intelligence of a person, but not respect their beliefs. An illogical or unsubstantiated belief is subject to criticism. Just because a belief is based on religion and not, say, Bigfoot, doesn't mean that it should be exempted from critical examination. |
+1 for truth.
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