23rd April 2003, 10:25 AM
Quote:Well, from my perspective Atheism is a shallow concept that seeks to pacify simple-minded people who want to believe that they are the center of the universe and that there is no higher power than them. To accept Atheism is to believe that there are no consequences for your actions in life. I can see how that might sound liberating to people. Atheism is the easy way out.
That is absurd. It does nothing of the sort... I'd think that its more liberating to think that you can live forever... And of course there are consequences for your actions! Just not supernatural ones.
Quote:Which is why I only infer Judaism, Christianity and Islam, because even though these three religions have some rather fundamental differences with each other, they are all born from the same root and share many, many common beliefs. I almost never even mention other religions like Hinduism or Shintoism because they have almost nothing in common with the others and therefore I can lend no creedence to them. And I agree on how organized religion often gets messy, but organized religion is a creation of Man. Faith is not. Whatever differences Jews, Christians and Muslims have, we all believe in the same God.
Everyone thinks their religion is best... and often those religions are very different... so of course all the ones that aren't the one that person x follows are false! Sure makes sense to me...