Ikigain wrote:I am a tibetan buddhist. Why I believe it requires a long explanation.
I believe spirits live in the minds of men but that doesn't make them any less real. Whether the Gods are real or not, it doesn't mean you shouldn't practice the religion that posits their existence. Religions embody a way of looking at things and a set of values. Religions rarely revolve around the existence of a deity. Whether the bodhisattva avalokiteshvara(bet'cha can't pronounce that!) receives my offerings of food and sends emotional energy to me when I pray to him, doesn't matter. What matters is how religion improves my life and that it helps me put my values into practice.
I also wanna say religion is needed civilization. No civilization without religion has existed for any long period of time. Not only that but most atheists I've seen have no values whatsoever. They're like unhappy nihilistic hedonists. I think atheism is only popular right now because it's trendy to be an atheist. It's what the cool kids do.
to all the atheistfags who are reading this who take liek an hour out of their day to bitch about religion and how evil it is(which is what the majority of religious debates revolve around, how God is either good or evil), stop. Please get a life. Or if you're not into that, go get a non-life. Like go find a few skype friends and talk to them. Go watch some anime and play COD. maybe you can learn a second language or learn how to play an instrument. Stop because you're stupid, angsty, annoying, and unproductive.
It might be a good idea for that whole thread to be looked at.
