Now I'm no fan of religion but....
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The three major monotheistic religions believe in the same person. If the other person has a problem with it then they aren't following their religion properly...
#48
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Also, the characteristics and definitions of deity, core doctrine and writings in the three Abrahamaic monotheistic beliefs show three different deities regardless of what some of the followers claim.
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#49
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[QUOTE=Norm_uk;7242099]Yikes you're nearly as pedantic as me QUOTE]
phew a narrow escape on my part then!
phew a narrow escape on my part then!
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On topic and in reply, course it ain't ergo the War of Religion
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So I guess the lesson learned is. We all have to love one another. Twice weekly, wearing protection.
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Most theists who are tolerant of others are going against their own beliefs...
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#56
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Sorry Norm but not so for me. I asked some not so silly questions in life (like where we came from, what plausible evidence could find to support the hypothesis that God had ever directly had any hand in creating anything, how valid or non valid the alternative theories are etc.) and then the conclusion came to suggested strongly that it was very unlikely there was a God.
In my view Atheism shouldn't become a crusade against religions but a means for people to live their lives in happiness, free at last from the shackles of ancient scriptures that ask them to perform immoral acts. Most of all though it should be used as a platform to allow people to explore the beauty of our world free to attempt to cessate our endless human curiosity. To explore the love, happiness and companionship we can bring to each other without religious restraint.
I believe over time people will be drawn more and more to this, that they too will want to live their lives without those shackles. It has to be their choice however as no one can ever truely excercise their own judgement through persuasion. Often the shackles they wish to escape will restrain them from living as they would wish, but, truely the place where we all gain the seed of freedom is our minds.
To look back on all of history's wars, it's massacres as a waste of human life isn't a crime or a weakness. Ultimatly the renewed freedom and independance people will gain should bring peace and prosperity. From experience it seems we are habitually a moral people with much in common including our dreams, aspirations, desires etc. The differences that seperate us are much smaller than the commonalities that bind us .
Anyway I've talked too much for now, another drink please .
In my view Atheism shouldn't become a crusade against religions but a means for people to live their lives in happiness, free at last from the shackles of ancient scriptures that ask them to perform immoral acts. Most of all though it should be used as a platform to allow people to explore the beauty of our world free to attempt to cessate our endless human curiosity. To explore the love, happiness and companionship we can bring to each other without religious restraint.
I believe over time people will be drawn more and more to this, that they too will want to live their lives without those shackles. It has to be their choice however as no one can ever truely excercise their own judgement through persuasion. Often the shackles they wish to escape will restrain them from living as they would wish, but, truely the place where we all gain the seed of freedom is our minds.
To look back on all of history's wars, it's massacres as a waste of human life isn't a crime or a weakness. Ultimatly the renewed freedom and independance people will gain should bring peace and prosperity. From experience it seems we are habitually a moral people with much in common including our dreams, aspirations, desires etc. The differences that seperate us are much smaller than the commonalities that bind us .
Anyway I've talked too much for now, another drink please .
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You've been reading Nietzsche haven't you
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Man, anyone still reading Nietzsche beyond the age of 25 and without sporting marijuana-smoke spectacles is suffering from arrested development, IMHO.... Master of the one-liners, though -
There was only ever 1 christian, and he died on a cross......
There was only ever 1 christian, and he died on a cross......