people are saying 'religon is a crutch' what do you think of that?
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I agree with you. Some people have weak minds, and need religion to support them. For some of these people, it's a benefit, for others, a mental parasite. Some people have strong minds yet still hold religious notins dearly. That's the way things are.\n\nI have neither. I am an atheist and a satanist, so I am just giving my outsider's observations.
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You have a very good point, and I completely agree with you on this topic. If we try and force out beliefs down their throats we are no better than "the Bible thumper's". Religion is a group of people believing in the same thing, and faith is your own personal belief in something. That's how I see it, and I try not to debunk any ones beliefs, but I will admit there are times where I am really tempted to try. Yet it is still wrong to say that some ones religion is right and some one elses is not.\n\nBlessed Be.
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Religion is one of those subjects that no one is wrong or right in any discussion. One must believe in there own way and allow others the same right. If the lord is coming remember, he/she is all knowing and will be judge accordingly.Even the righteous aren't always right.
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To make this statement is truly brave,\nbut believe they are christians may be really grave.\nUse the poor and religious they do,\nTo line their pockets and even their shoe.\nThe prey on the christians are report their belief,\nBut christians they may not be, so thats our relief.
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Yes, it is.  My religion does not preach this, and it's one of the reasons that I chose to believe what I do.  Actions have consequences.  People should be made to deal with them, even if it's just a guilty conscience.
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What I find ironic is that one of them wanted to know if they should have their own section and split off from us.\n\nThey keep saying they are not a religion, but this is where they hang out.  What gives?\n\nI'm all for them being here if they are curious.  I don't like that they make fun of others or make fun of God.\n\nHe's powerful enough to handle it, it just saddens me for His sake.
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It's more accurate to say that most of the world's problems are laid at the feet of religion by people who, because religion doesn't jive with their views and lifestyles, feel the need to discredit it.\n\nIn other words, yes, religion is very much often used as a scapegoat.  \n\nPeople who blame religion for everything know full well what they're doing.  They don't want to follow what religion teaches -- but instead of just saying "no thanks," they must validate their own secular worldviews by tearing religion down.  And what better way to do that than to blame religion for all the world's problems?  \n\nMost of the world's problems have to do with an absence of faith and religion, not the presence of it.
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It is their foundation.  I sometimes wonder if arguing with someone about their core beliefs is moral.  if I ever convinced someone that they aren't going to Heaven, and the most powerful thing ever (God) doesn't love them, they would probably not feel good.  Of course, there are psychiatrists all over the world trying to convince people they are not God, or Jesus, or Napoleon, so I am immoral with company.
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Let's face it--it's easier to insult or make fun of believers than to put that mantle on.\n\nYou know what it's like--it's not called "the straight and narrow" for nothing.  I wouldn't say it's true for all, but for many it's just a case of not seeing any kind of benefit--material, I'm pretty sure--to justify their committiment of time, let alone sacrifice.\n\nWhy do you think so many people question God's lack of intervention in natural disasters or tragic deaths?  These people all think it's some kind of cause/effect relationship.  You screw up--God bails you out.  If things go wrong, there can't be a God--otherwise He'd have stopped it.\n\nSo many of these people are just jaded from the bombardment of so much content that they absorb--TV, movies, the Internet.  There's plenty of crap to catch hold of, I have no doubt.\n\nThey're just so busy trying to disprove our beliefs they can't bother seeing the kinds of people they insult.  As far as that goes, most of these folks see Christians as one big happy Pat Robertson family.  Unfortunately, those that speak the loudest get the most attentio.\n\nI always figure every post from one of these folks is just another opportunity for me to witness.  Maybe 99 times I'll just be wasting my time.  But who knows about the other 1?\n\nNone of us are perfect, but you are certainly walking the right path.  Let these lost souls both strengthen your faith and provide you a powerful incentive to keep witnessing God's love and Jesus' sacrifice for our sins.  Go in peace and go with God.\n\n\n\nWhile I stand behind all the words I wrote above, I felt I had to add to this post in reaction to your additonal comments about prayer in school.  I don't know exactly what the context is, but I find it very troubling.  As a Christian, I believe prayer to be the most direct link I have with God.  But the notion that prayer should somehow be forced upon students or encouraged in a public school is not just unconstitutional but morally repugnant to me.  Even voluntary prayer is  patently coersive in my opinion.  I think you are a well-meaning but misguided person who does need to work more on how you lead your life.  A little bit more tolerance for those who don't share your beliefs would be as welcome as others' tolerance for yours.
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I agree completely. Here's Penn Jillette's take on this one. I think it speaks for me:\n\nBelieving there is no God means the suffering I've seen in my family, and indeed all the suffering in the world, isn't caused by an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent force that isn't bothered to help or is just testing us, but rather something we all may be able to help others with in the future. No God means the possibility of less suffering in the future.
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Are you talking about Cristians or churchians?  Are you refering to people who go to church or people who have become born-again?  I'm a born again christian and I've experienced predudice on this point more than once.  I've heard people ridicule my religion as being a bunch of bloodthirsty, power hungry, hypocrites as they continue to refer to things like the spanish inquisition and the witch hunts as evidence of this conjecture while failing to acknowledge that it was the catholic church that carried these out and not the modern born-agains.  No christian today was alive back then and no one today was responsable.  All the people who instituted those things are now dead, yet people who make a religious choice are being held responsable, at least coloquially and are being seen as a monstourous and demonized collective rather than as individuals who deserve fair treatment.  \nHave you ever been told to shut the f**k up for defending something you believe in after it was being venemously attacked by your peers?  Have you ever been told that mentioning something you believe in is politically incorrect?  Have you had to watch the central figure of your religious holidays be ripped out of the context of them?  Christmas and Easter are christian holidays and mention of the one that they honor, Jesus, is considered politically incorrect.   Have you ever gotten a dirty look for what you are?\n Yes, many people in congress and the presidents are christian, however it seems that you choose to see this fact over the fact that they are individuals attempting to run a country.  As far as other racial battles, perhaps it's not that bad yet, but it can get that bad.  No racial or cultural preduduce ever happens all at once.  It usually takes time to build up.  However, if someone were to be sitting at a coffee shop and express loudly that s/he hated black people, they'd get stomped for being a bigot.  Take that same situation and have that person loudly expressing their hate for christians and you have people joining in.  It's not only seen as ok, but it's often approved of even though it's still bigotry.  Generalizing and entire group of people under one label and perpetuatig a demonized steriotype for that group is always the same thing, no matter who you do it to.
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If you study religeon, most of them believe in a time of "tribulation" where all souls who follow said religeon will be "saved" and wisked off to a brand newe beautiful world full of all things nice and cozy. THIS world is irrelevant. They focus on abeyance to thjeir writs. Nothing else matters to them, really. In their view its a distraction from grace. :)
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in answer to your question i dont believe in the bible full stop purely because it is a story nothing more, but if people want a crutch then thats fine as long as they are happy and not forcing it on others which is way goes on on here everyday
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i think people should spread their faith but not be so insisting like the jehovahs and push into ppls lives. i think its ok to let people be aware of your religion so others may consider it if it appeals to them. i hate how people threaten and be like o yah ur gonna go to hell if you arent a believer
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It's the strict interpretation of a certain religion.  If someone is a religious fundamentalist then they take their religion literally and do not allow for interpretation.
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religion is a touchy topic for people as they always believe that they are right. As for the atheist part, I'd say it has no correlation rather that most of them are probably just young immature kids, the ones who go on to post about how jesus did drugs and god sucked whatever. I believe that we don't have the ability to judge whether deity/s exsist, but I believe in the morality of being polite.
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Sad isn't it.  They aren't very serious about their Christianity are they?