Religion Discussion Thread

[Murkwood]

I think a friendly group of agnostics, soft atheists, and religious moderates could build-up the most religiously tolerant society.

We already have one. It's called the USA.

[The Rich Port]

Just wondering, am I the only pagan that frequents this thread?

Here I thought Christians wiped them all out.

[Murkwood]

Just wondering, am I the only pagan that frequents this thread?

Here I thought Christians wiped them all out.

Those Norse ones were plenty hard to kill, lemme tell you.

[Serretes]

Just wondering, am I the only pagan that frequents this thread?

Here I thought Christians wiped them all out.

We are a resilient bunch. Just many are not as resilient as myself.

[The Rich Port]

Here I thought Christians wiped them all out.

Those Norse ones were plenty hard to kill, lemme tell you.

Those beards could stop arrows dead in their tracks.

I don't know whether to feel sad or happy or neutral that the Viking pagan beliefs were wiped out not because of war but because of assimilation into Christian society. It was a deft political move, and it didn't even loose them their culture, just their religion.

[Othelos]

I think a friendly group of agnostics, soft atheists, and religious moderates could build-up the most religiously tolerant society.

We already have one. It's called the USA Canada.

Fixed.

[Murkwood]

We already have one. It's called the USA Canada.

Fixed.

Fine, we're second.

[The Rich Port]

We already have one. It's called the USA Canada.

Fixed.

The United Fuck Yeahs of Canada.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

uh huh...

So you don't agree his actions led to anything significant?

that doesn't make him a traitor. technically one has to commit treason in order to do so....

[Benuty]

So you don't agree his actions led to anything significant?

that doesn't make him a traitor. technically one has to commit treason in order to do so....

He did, and got Oliver North to take the rap for much of it.

Then again supporting the Khmer Rouge is technically worse in terms of morality.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Fixed.

Fine, we're second.

Not even close. The law is the thin curtain that prevents all out holy war in this country. we got sharia law constantly making a ruckus in the legal system, evangelicals wanting to pitch all non evangelicals and gays into the sea, atheists trying to scrub all public life of any semblance of religion, if there is religious tolerance it is only a thin veneer.

[The Rich Port]

Fine, we're second.

Not even close. The law is the thin curtain that prevents all out holy war in this country. we got sharia law constantly making a ruckus in the legal system, evangelicals wanting to pitch all non evangelicals and gays into the sea, atheists trying to scrub all public life of any semblance of religion, if there is religious tolerance it is only a thin veneer.

... When has it ever been anything else anywhere else?

[Benuty]

Not even close. The law is the thin curtain that prevents all out holy war in this country. we got sharia law constantly making a ruckus in the legal system, evangelicals wanting to pitch all non evangelicals and gays into the sea, atheists trying to scrub all public life of any semblance of religion, if there is religious tolerance it is only a thin veneer.

... When has it ever been anything else anywhere else?

It could have gotten better had we not let an anti-"communist" cult take over congress, and violate constitution.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Not even close. The law is the thin curtain that prevents all out holy war in this country. we got sharia law constantly making a ruckus in the legal system, evangelicals wanting to pitch all non evangelicals and gays into the sea, atheists trying to scrub all public life of any semblance of religion, if there is religious tolerance it is only a thin veneer.

... When has it ever been anything else anywhere else?

12 th century middle East. (not Jerusalem) Muslims and Christians lived in decent peace. Ibn Batuta was actually punished by Muslim authority for creating a ruckus with Christians.

[The Rich Port]

... When has it ever been anything else anywhere else?

It could have gotten better had we not let an anti-"communist" cult take over congress, and violate constitution.

Even in countries where they're relatively very tolerant, religion has cut such a gigantic swath that left such a leviathanic societal and ideological scar that it's reverberations are being felt even today. Church burnings in Norway, Buddhists fighting for independence, New Atheism, the homosexual crisis in Uganda, cults in Japan, etc. It's even in places where you wouldn't expect it because that's how much damage religion can cause.

[Benuty]

It could have gotten better had we not let an anti-"communist" cult take over congress, and violate constitution.

Even in countries where they're relatively very tolerant, religion has cut such a gigantic swath that left such a leviathanic societal and ideological scar that it's reverberations are being felt even today. Church burnings in Norway, Buddhists fighting for independence, New Atheism, the homosexual crisis in Uganda, cults in Japan, etc. It's even in places where you wouldn't expect it because that's how much damage religion can cause.

Want to know what causes more damage than Religion?
...Death.

[Tarsonis Survivors]

Even in countries where they're relatively very tolerant, religion has cut such a gigantic swath that left such a leviathanic societal and ideological scar that it's reverberations are being felt even today. Church burnings in Norway, Buddhists fighting for independence, New Atheism, the homosexual crisis in Uganda, cults in Japan, etc. It's even in places where you wouldn't expect it because that's how much damage religion can cause.

Want to know what causes more damage than Religion?
...Death.

What's so bad about death?

[Bearon]

Want to know what causes more damage than Religion?
...Death.

What's so bad about death?

It's sweet caress.

[Neutraligon]

Want to know what causes more damage than Religion?
...Death.

What's so bad about death?

People are scared of it. There is a reason most religions include some form of spirit, some sort of afterlife or reincarnation.

[The Rich Port]

Even in countries where they're relatively very tolerant, religion has cut such a gigantic swath that left such a leviathanic societal and ideological scar that it's reverberations are being felt even today. Church burnings in Norway, Buddhists fighting for independence, New Atheism, the homosexual crisis in Uganda, cults in Japan, etc. It's even in places where you wouldn't expect it because that's how much damage religion can cause.

Want to know what causes more damage than Religion?
...Death.

... And?

Are you equating death to religion?

I kind of agree, but that's kinda harsh, dontchathink?

[Bearon]

What's so bad about death?

People are scared of it. There is a reason most religions include some form of spirit, some sort of afterlife or reincarnation.

Why be scared of the inevitable?

[The Rich Port]

People are scared of it. There is a reason most religions include some form of spirit, some sort of afterlife or reincarnation.

Why be scared of the inevitable?

Ain't that the million-dollar question?

[Neutraligon]

People are scared of it. There is a reason most religions include some form of spirit, some sort of afterlife or reincarnation.

Why be scared of the inevitable?

Because being scared of death means people are more likely to survive to reproduce. basically fear of death has an evolutionary advantage.

[Bearon]

Why be scared of the inevitable?

Ain't that the million-dollar question?

No it was rhetorical. You shouldn't be.

[The Rich Port]

Ain't that the million-dollar question?

No it was rhetorical. You shouldn't be.

Because it's ironic that most religions ignore this "obviously" rhetorical question.

If they are virtuous according to their religion, they have control over death. When they die, their souls leave their body and become immortal, avoiding death.