The Eternal Thread: Diamonds, and this thread, are Forever

[Big Jim P]

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

There are good religious people out there. Too bad they rarely rise to any power within any given organization, and are far out-shouted by the assholes.

[Bralia]

Hello Parking metre TET!

[Takaram]

I'm 18 now ;_;

You're legal? Call me!
Oh, and happy birthday, I guess.

[San Leggera]

I'm 18 now ;_;

Happy birthday.

[Yoite]

I'm 18 now ;_;

Yummy...


Oh hi Yoite!
And happy birthday!

Hey CC

[The Blaatschapen]

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Oh, there are definitely people who were inspired by religion and then did some good things

[Taconachos]

i am sleep typing

I don't believe you.

of course you dont -_- im very talented i can sleep and type at the same time. oh and i can also eat sandwiches aswell when i'm asleep

[Bralia]

. . . did you take acid, Nana?

Nope. But I didn't sleep well enough. And when I don't, my brain does these things to me.

Sounds like you needed your sock-monkey.

[Takaram]

Ok, just found the greatest tampon add ever.

Now watch this turn out to not be nearly as funny as I found it.

[Auremena]

I'm on and off the shitter all day. It fucking sucks. At least I know that stenosis of the lumbar spine is the most probable cause for my elusive leg pains.

I wish I could wish away all your sick.

Trade illnesses?
Wait, I'd still feel bad for you and vice versa.

[Coffee Cakes]

Or it's a cause of it. Once we establish that science can determine human values, then religion will become useless. It's been beaten in every category but morality. I think we can be moral without religion, but many people justify their faith because they think it makes them act good.

My faith gives me hope and peace in times of trial and tribulation. I don't shove it at people, I don't use it against people. to the best of my ability I try to be patient and understanding with people whose viewpoints and lifestyle choices do not agree with mine. I am able to do this because my faith helps me to be a patient and understanding person and encourages me to be tolerant. That said, I am really sad that the one thread on NS where I could go to just hang out and be me is now apparently polluted with religion hate like all the rest of them.

Same here Roan.

[Freelanderness]

Blaat you make me laugh..

Next... I'll make you breakfast

Okay! Sounds good. What'll you make me?

I'm 18 now ;_;

Are those wrinkles I spy...?

[Big Jim P]

I'm 18 now ;_;

Welcome to adulthood. It sucks.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Nope. But I didn't sleep well enough. And when I don't, my brain does these things to me.

Sounds like you needed your sock-monkey.

I do. And my orangutan pillow.

[The Blaatschapen]

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

There are good religious people out there. Too bad they rarely rise to any power within any given organization, and are far out-shouted by the assholes.

It's just like politics *nods*

[Bralia]

I'm 18 now ;_;

Happy birthday, dad!

You know, I'm going to be 23 in only a couple months now. What are you going to get me?

[Mishmahig]

I'm 18 now ;_;

PARENTAL UNIT! Congratulations on surviving another time span equivalent to one orbit of your planet around the star.

[San Leggera]

I don't believe you.

of course you dont -_- im very talented i can sleep and type at the same time. oh and i can also eat sandwiches aswell when i'm asleep

Ease off the E-Numbers, yo!

[Yoite]

I'm 18 now ;_;

Happy birthday.

I'm 18 now ;_;

You're legal? Call me!
Oh, and happy birthday, I guess.

It's not happy......

[Natovski]

Nah, I find it pretty easy, granted I've read one of them before, and the Communist Manifesto's really short.


Is this connected in any way to the Venus Project?

Yes, it explains many ideas and misconceptions of the Venus Project.
I recommend it to everyone before they spout some random criticisms or such from secondhand knowledge. Most of your questions can and will be answered by this book (although, The Best That Money Can't Buy is better, in my opinion, it explains more, etc.) if you still have any questions, there's always the F.A.Q.s on thevenusproject . com.

Isn't it a bit ironic that a book entitled "The Best That Money Can't Buy" isn't free? (damn you, Astro)

[Coffee Cakes]

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

There are good religious people out there. Too bad they rarely rise to any power within any given organization, and are far out-shouted by the assholes.

Yeah.

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Oh, there are definitely people who were inspired by religion and then did some good things

[Astrolinium]

Hey Jim and Roan.

Also, religion has been a force for good in the world, too.
To just lump it all in together is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

This is a really bad comparison, and I apologize in advance for it, because it really misrepresents what I'm trying to say. But it's 10 at night and I can't think of anything better, so you'll just have to deal with me comparing religion to Hitler when I think it's really more on the level of, like, Bush Jr.
The holocaust taught us a lot about the human body; that doesn't mean we should have another.

I'm 18 now ;_;

Happy Birthday!

[Typhlochactas]

Or it's a cause of it. Once we establish that science can determine human values, then religion will become useless. It's been beaten in every category but morality. I think we can be moral without religion, but many people justify their faith because they think it makes them act good.

My faith gives me hope and peace in times of trial and tribulation. I don't shove it at people, I don't use it against people. to the best of my ability I try to be patient and understanding with people whose viewpoints and lifestyle choices do not agree with mine. I am able to do this because my faith helps me to be a patient and understanding person and encourages me to be tolerant. That said, I am really sad that the one thread on NS where I could go to just hang out and be me is now apparently polluted with religion hate like all the rest of them.

I don't remember expressing hatred towards religion. I stated that religion is not the cause of hatred, evil, and war, but it can be a motivating factor in the world. Even a guy like William Lane Craig admits that religion has done a lot of evil things. I was only trying to say that I'm not a militant atheist that thinks religion is the source of all of our problems, but I take the more moderate view that it can be the cause of some of our problems.

I also stated that the number one cause of religious faith is because people feel they act better when they have it. 'Act better' would be the reasons you listed in your post. I asserted that once we established that religion was not the only way for us to determine human values, this reason would go away. I don't see any religious hatred in this either.

Nobody has accused you of shoving your faith at people, or using it against other people. Nobody has accused you of intolerance or impatience. Your giant damage control operation has created more animosity than existed before you got here, because you're talking about an apparent hatred towards religion that doesn't really exist.

[Takaram]

Happy birthday.

You're legal? Call me!
Oh, and happy birthday, I guess.

It's not happy......

Oh... Decent birthday, then
Why is it not happy?

[Big Jim P]

My faith gives me hope and peace in times of trial and tribulation. I don't shove it at people, I don't use it against people. to the best of my ability I try to be patient and understanding with people whose viewpoints and lifestyle choices do not agree with mine. I am able to do this because my faith helps me to be a patient and understanding person and encourages me to be tolerant. That said, I am really sad that the one thread on NS where I could go to just hang out and be me is now apparently polluted with religion hate like all the rest of them.

Same here Roan.

You two and a few others keep me from hating all religious people.