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Prayers from New Albany.

Prayers to everyone involved. God rest their souls.

SnotBubbles;1384565 wrote:

That's one of the dumbest things I've read.

SnotBubbles;1384565 wrote:

Tell me more about your giant man in the sky...

personal belief is religion was created as a way to answer the unknown, such as, "Why are we here?" and "How did we get here?"

BORIStheCrusher;1384592 wrote:That's one of the dumbest things I've read.

You must be new here.

BORIStheCrusher;1384592 wrote:That's one of the dumbest things I've read.

Is it? Or is it actually one of the most compelling, intelligent arguments that you've read?

justincredible;1384597 wrote:Tell me more about your giant man in the sky...

Just playing devil's advocate. Not saying I even believe in the the giant man in the sky.

Raw Dawgin' it;1384604 wrote:personal belief is religion was created as a way to answer the unknown, such as, "Why are we here?" and "How did we get here?"

This thread is about religion, not your personal beliefs. For RDI's personal belief on religion, please start your own thread.

SnotBubbles;1384607 wrote:

.. intelligent ...

No

Atheism. We don't know, so we don't pretend to know. Our guesses are simply hypotheses that will be validated or invalidated with peer reviewed evidence over many centuries.

sleeper;1384640 wrote:Atheism. We don't know, so we don't pretend to know. Our guesses are simply hypotheses that will be validated or invalidated with peer reviewed evidence over many centuries.

That is not Atheism. Atheism makes a positive claim that deities do not exist. You're an agnostic if you do not know if there is a deity and do not pretend to know.

BoatShoes;1384644 wrote:That is not Atheism. Atheism makes a positive claim that deities do not exist. You're an agnostic if you do not know if there is a deity and do not pretend to know.

Atheism is the lack of belief in gods. The two are often blurred because the religious believers want to exploit the loophole that I cannot prove god doesn't exist, therefore my claim is as equal to their claim. Of course that's ridiculous because religious believers are typically on the lower end of the IQ totem pole and really add no value in real life other than to perpetuate millenial old myths to make themselves feel good about their pathetic lives. Just think how much progress could be had if we stopped believing in useless fairy tales that are designed to exploit the mentally insolvent; depriving them of what little money and intellect they currently possess. Ever met a smart believer? I haven't; it's an oxymoron. And before I hear the claims that so-and-so is a believer and has a PHD from Ohio State(or other top 10 schools in the country), just remember, that person is smart enough to have you "believe" that he believes so that he doesn't have to spend time trying to fix a logically defunct and broken mind.

SnotBubbles;1384607 wrote:

Is it? Or is it actually one of the most compelling, intelligent arguments that you've read?


Just playing devil's advocate. Not saying I even believe in the the giant man in the sky.

Fuck you snot. You are horrible at it.

Devils Advocate;1384652 wrote:Fuck you snot. You are horrible at it.

You could probably sue for defamation of character.

Devils Advocate;1384652 wrote:Fuck you snot. You are horrible at it. Go kill yourself.

FIFY

Heretic;1384653 wrote:You could probably sue for defamation of character.

*defication

Raw Dawgin' it;1384604 wrote:personal belief is religion was created as a way to answer the unknown, such as, "Why are we here?" and "How did we get here?"

I think it was brought up to "ground" people so that people didn't run around killing one another. It gives people an initiative to do good and not steal, kill, etc.

Bottom line: It gives everyone the answer to "Why am I on this earth?". People evidently didn't settle for "you evolved over hundreds of millions of years" so people started believing in an imaginary man in the sky.

Science is hard for some people.

BORIStheCrusher;1384592 wrote:That's one of the dumbest things I've read.

It's terribly over-simplified, but philosophically, if extrapolated, it's not completely without merit.

sportchampps;1384721 wrote:Science is hard for some people.

O-Trap;1384737 wrote:It's terribly over-simplified, but philosophically, if extrapolated, it's not completely without merit.

Sure, but I think the only argument is "where did everything start/come from?". Everything thing else in that statement has answers to and been explained.