Religion arose from mankind's desire to explain the unknown.
It's so funny to me when people argue "what is god trying to tell us", god doesn't exist and it's so damn foolish. It's like they have to say he exists all the time, just to convince themselves. No one gives a shit about evidence. They're so nervous they need there to be a god to make themselves feel comforted.
You've very clearly made up your mind on the topic for now, but I'd say you are going too far.QuoteIt's so funny to me when people argue "what is god trying to tell us", god doesn't exist and it's so damn foolish. It's like they have to say he exists all the time, just to convince themselves. No one gives a shit about evidence. They're so nervous they need there to be a god to make themselves feel comforted. The whole god doesn't exist thing is something that really can't be proven, and so you cannot win that argument when arguing with a theist, nor can a theist win. Basically, it's a painful waste of time for everyone involved.People do in fact, care about evidence. There have been many notable Christian scientists throughout time and to assume that Christians don't care about evidence anymore is an erroneous claim. Referring specifically to evidence about the existence of God, you again run into the issue of you cannot disprove God with modern science.While it is true many people do turn to religion as a form of comfort for the many difficulties they face in their lives, there's nothing inherently wrong about this. It's a community of people coming together over the shared idea of something greater than each of them that binds them together and encourages them to help each other.You seem to focus on this conception you have of religious people being absolutely, pant-shittingly, terrified of death and just about everything. I can't say where you got this idea from, but I can tell you that it isn't true for every theist or Christian at the least.
Quote from: Essessen on December 22, 2015, 11:04:38 AMBasically, it's a painful waste of time for everyone involved.I'll make it easy for you. He doesn't exist. You claim he exists, but you have no proof. Essentially, it boils down to believing a kid has an invisible friend only he can see or hear.
Basically, it's a painful waste of time for everyone involved.
Religious scientists have been held back by their superstitious beliefs. Einstein, for example. Again, you can't prove a claim you're making. Thus, he doesn't exist.
There is, actually. It's discomfort, fear, and danger that drives us to be the best we can be. To break barriers like oceans and space.
Maybe not, but to deny these major religions are anything more than a slightly more sophisticated death cult is laughable.
Look man, you can't say Christians aren't afraid of anything, you can't fucking ignore that Jesus is what their religion is about. They literally believe that he fucking died and that he's coming back to save the Christians. "Oh that's not real christianity" I don't care how many bastard religions there are, who claim to be a part of Christianity
if god was truly all powerful he would give us some guidelines that we can all understand.
I can't believe I'm even having this argument, this is the bullshit semantic trap that everyone who's religious gets caught up on. No, do I have to snap my fingers to get you to come back to the bigger picture? Stop trying to refute and counter point me on what I say, it's such a circular, gigantic waste of fucking time. Religion is nothing more than a tool, used by societies who are living in fear. It grows out of ignorance and confusion, it's put there to control people who are spiraling out of control. It's a fucking awful wolf in sheep's clothing, it needs to be fucking destroyed. I can't stand that idiots actually follow religion.