False assumption: I think all religions and superstitions are equally unfounded
If I lived in a society where another religion was dominant, I'd criticise that just as much. As it is, where I live the christians have the most impact and therefore need to be pulled up.
And you'll also find...
Yeah, you keep on believing that our arguments against silly religions are based on some kind of personal lack
Meanwhile, I'll get on with my happy and fulfilled life
(no "emotional pains" here, buddy!)
Here's the "proof" - I'm much happier now than when I was a christian.
How about you...
What you are explaining is actually how religion has hampered human progress, by providing pat, nonsensical "answers" and then forbidding exploration of the real explanation
If people accepted that "god did it" was the answer, we'd still be grovelling around in caves wearing animal skins (and...
Yes, you are stumped.
You've fallen into the "god of the gaps" trap
While scientists don't necessarily know what "started" the big bang (some say it's part of a perpetual expansion/contraction cycle), there's nothing to say that whatever it was was actually a god of any kind.
So here's a thing.
Many people here, when asked if they believe in god, say "yes, but not in any of the religions"
OK. What I want to know is, on what do you base your belief? How do you know if your interpretation or understanding is any closer to the truth than that of the organized...
oh dear, you do have a persecution complex, don't you!
There's no agenda. Films, in general, mirror society. If anything, Hollywood films still tend to have a simplistic moral outcome - the bad guy still gets it, the good guy still marries the girl.
I can't think of a film in the last 20...
...the only way out is to find out for yourself. Any outside pressure will only worsen the delusion, so the best weapon against religion is to ignore it."
The above quote comes from a very interesting discussion about education and religion on the Times HES website...
Much as i'd like t see the world free of religion, I don't think getting rid of R&S would help. After all, it seems to be the liveliest bit of the whole Answers! thing.
I also don't really understand why I should have "respect" for religion. I don't have special respect for political beliefs...
Marriage isn't a religious institution.
In many places, if you want a religious marriage you have to have a separate service because religious ones aren't recognised (e.g. France, Italy)
What is interesting is that you are more likely to get divorced if you are a believer (I'll find the...
"atheism means being strongly against religion to the point of practicing rituals
that defy it" Is this true? Someone (not me!) just posted this in an answer to another question. What I'd like to know is:
What are these rituals I should be practicing? Why didn't somebody tell me...