14th March 2003, 10:12 PM
"In a world of over six billion people, a huge majority of them practice one religion or another."
I know this--thats why I am ashamed that humanity is so advanced yet still clings to the security blanket of religion. Just like medieval sailors were afraid to sail across the sea for fear of mythological sea monsters, so are people today. As we plot the stars, we'll realize that there are no monsters, and there is no god.
Faith in it's many forms has been around since the dawn of civilization. Are you suggesting that because it's old makes it true...? Religion has been around since the dawn of time, but not Christianity. That being said, according to your faith on time, shouldn't believers of Zeus and Apollo be more credible, since age is so important to credibility? [B] It will never die. It will never even come close. And though neither of us will be around in a few hundred years, that's a promise I can make and die knowing it will be kept. [B] I feel the exact same way about religion dying...[B]
Maybe one day you atheists will give up the immature teenage rebellion and find a faith. [B] There are so many faiths; obviously they can't all be true. The way you talk of "finding a faith" makes it sound as common place as "finding a car" or "getting a new job". You're no smarter than us for lacking faith, you just think differently. You're also no better than brimstone preachers, trying to convert people and telling everyone their beliefs are wrong, with no proof backing it up. Atheism is just as much a religion as any, all it lacks is a deity. But not all religions have deities. I can't think of anything to counter that with. [B/]
Besides, the Christian, Muslim and Buddhist faiths will never die because they are rooted in scientifically proven, established historical fact. Jesus, Mohammad and the Buddah were real people.[B] If I found a faith based on the fact that I'm alive, does that mean it'll never die? Jesus may've lived, but thats all you have. King Arthur may've lived too...doesn't mean he did all the wonderful things you read about
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I know this--thats why I am ashamed that humanity is so advanced yet still clings to the security blanket of religion. Just like medieval sailors were afraid to sail across the sea for fear of mythological sea monsters, so are people today. As we plot the stars, we'll realize that there are no monsters, and there is no god.
Faith in it's many forms has been around since the dawn of civilization. Are you suggesting that because it's old makes it true...? Religion has been around since the dawn of time, but not Christianity. That being said, according to your faith on time, shouldn't believers of Zeus and Apollo be more credible, since age is so important to credibility? [B] It will never die. It will never even come close. And though neither of us will be around in a few hundred years, that's a promise I can make and die knowing it will be kept. [B] I feel the exact same way about religion dying...[B]
Maybe one day you atheists will give up the immature teenage rebellion and find a faith. [B] There are so many faiths; obviously they can't all be true. The way you talk of "finding a faith" makes it sound as common place as "finding a car" or "getting a new job". You're no smarter than us for lacking faith, you just think differently. You're also no better than brimstone preachers, trying to convert people and telling everyone their beliefs are wrong, with no proof backing it up. Atheism is just as much a religion as any, all it lacks is a deity. But not all religions have deities. I can't think of anything to counter that with. [B/]
Besides, the Christian, Muslim and Buddhist faiths will never die because they are rooted in scientifically proven, established historical fact. Jesus, Mohammad and the Buddah were real people.[B] If I found a faith based on the fact that I'm alive, does that mean it'll never die? Jesus may've lived, but thats all you have. King Arthur may've lived too...doesn't mean he did all the wonderful things you read about
:p
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