How has religion affected you?

[Uriel]

I'm not trying to force any of my beliefs on you. And when I do speak up, its usually pertaining to something that bugs me personally.
As for gay marriage, I want it banned. Abortion, I want it banned.
You can be gay, im not gonna stop you. But I dont want to give you tax benefits if you want to get married. Thats not marriage in my opinion.
Abortion, theres consequences to actions. Early abortions, i dont know. Late term abortions, no different than murder in my opinion. Middle of the road abortions, still dont know. Dont have sex, if you cant pay the consequences. Rape or incest is another subject.

These 2 things are something I view as a clear right and wrong issues. You can argue the gay thing, but i feel strong about abortion. Felt this way long before I became affilated with any religion.

Do aethiests view murder as wrong? or rape?

 

[Ome_Vince]

.....and? you seem to be saying that since war for territory is ok so is war for religion ..both are stupid

We finally agree! both are stupid to wage wars over. But guess what? Without religion people will kill each other because the other guys cheese is bigger..
People all want to be the top-monkey, thats it. They'll find an excuse somewhere.

? what the hell are you talking about? where am I trying to prove that god doesnt exist from those quotes? the point is that they are stupid stories, nothing more nothing less

Since the discussion initially went into does god exist or not. Atheism vs believers. Now if you actually followed the discussion before flaming, you would have noticed this.
Stories are stupid? perhaps, but most stories in the bible have a morale meening behind them. Filled in between with some Roman jibberish to maintain in control, which most normal people would just forget about, and people like you would quote to say the book's stupid.

people dont live by Meinkampf so your analogy doesnt hold water

OMG, i cant believe you just said that. People dont live by meinkampf? the thing was practically a new religion! Indoctrinated to an entire continent!
Still nazi-people today hold this book dear. Adolf Hitler's body was hidden to avoid people taking pilgrimage to his grave..

noooooo, it tells us that if they really are the words of god, GOD is intolerant, not man

Man is tollerant??? MAN is tollerant? This is so funny its not even worth a discussion. I suggest opening a history book and find me the tollerance of man..

you never let it go ...and again WE DONT CARE TILL YOU MAKE US CARE

Who's we? Seems you speaking for other people, who's we?
And how do I make you care? You're the one luring people into a flamefest with your ungrounded statements and insults fed by mass fanatical intollerance..

again I'm intolerant when it comes to you people interfering with MY life or those around me ..oh and you never did answer my question about the married lesbian who just had an abortion

I did answer that, but as you failed at reading it,let me answer it again
I would love to meet her i have absolutely NO PROBLEM with it As do most christians. You're refering to the George Bush religious christians.


Another reason why i call you intollerant and your generalising. Your seeing those christians and assuming we're all like that.
Good job dude!




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[Skaadi]

Religion made me feel bad about everything for some reason. I dont hold much stock in it anymore.

 

[CptStern]

I'm not trying to force any of my beliefs on you. And when I do speak up, its usually pertaining to something that bugs me personally.
As for gay marriage, I want it banned. Abortion, I want it banned.
You can be gay, im not gonna stop you. But I dont want to give you tax benefits if you want to get married. Thats not marriage in my opinion.
Abortion, theres consequences to actions. Early abortions, i dont know. Late term abortions, no different than murder in my opinion. Middle of the road abortions, still dont know. Dont have sex, if you cant pay the consequences. Rape or incest is another subject.

These 2 things are something I view as a clear right and wrong issues. You can argue the gay thing, but i feel strong about abortion. Felt this way long before I became affilated with any religion.

Do aethiests view murder as wrong? or rape?

again when you (religion) start to interfere with my life it's when I stand and take notice...your post is a perfect example ...I am married and it wasnt in front of god, and I have NO qualms with gay people enjoying the same RIGHTS as I have, I believe you have no right, not god, not religion not the government has any right to say what my wife can or cant do



raziaar, you're just trying to push buttons ..it's always the same with you; you're pushing the idea that I hate religion without even listening to what I'm saying

I get really sick of saying this:

go out multiply, build your churches and have your little celebrations ..I DONT CARE ..it's when you try to involve me in YOUR life that the gloves come off

 

[Beerdude26]

Holy crap the politics forum isn't even closed yet and it's already spilling out over all the forums :|

 

[Ome_Vince]

CptStern, Let me "inform" you about christians as you clearly are ill informed.
-We're not all fanatical.
-We have no problem with gays
-We have no problem with abortion
-everybody is equal

Now, dont put racism and discrimination on religion. Exreme fanatic religious people are intollerant towards them, just like your extreme fanatical behavior is intollerant towards other stuff.

 

[Skaadi]

CptStern, Let me "inform" you about christians as you clearly are ill informed.
-We're not all fanatical.
-We have no problem with gays
-We have no problem with abortion
-everybody is equal

Now, dont put racism and discrimination on religion. Exreme fanatic religious people are intollerant towards them, just like your extreme fanatical behavior is intollerant towards other stuff.

No problem with gays?!?!? Heh heh Thats quite funny

 

[Raziaar]

raziaar, you're just trying to push buttons ..it's always the same with you; you're pushing the idea that I hate religion without even listening to what I'm saying

I get really sick of saying this:

go out multiply, build your churches and have your little celebrations ..I DONT CARE ..it's when you try to involve me in YOUR life that the gloves come off

No. I'm not trying to push buttons. And Stern. I have read what you have said many times. You... plainly put... as simple as it could possibly be said, DO NOT LIKE RELIGION. You've admitted it before under different words, but the fact is still the same. I observe you over time saying things against religion. You constantly post about 'religious nutjobs' who may or may not be nutjobs, but is not on the count of the religion. You openly speak of your desire for divestment of religion. That it causes so many problems, that it does this, does that. The things you talk about go BEYOND homosexual rights, and venture into the realm of passing judgement on ordinary, hard working people who happen to practice religion.

You think religion is foolish, stupid... wrong for man to practice. You've said this much before. How is this any different than somebody prejudicing a homosexual human being?

No problem with gays?!?!? Heh heh

Not all have problems with homosexuals. I don't. Not really. I find the thought of two guys going at it sexually very disturbing. And I don't believe homosexual tendencies are genetic. But i'm not going to seek to stop their happiness. In the past I felt differently, but as i've matured i've changed my views.

 

[Uriel]

..I DONT CARE ..it's when you try to involve me in YOUR life that the gloves come off

Hahaha, I really think you're taking the "people forcing you to believe" thing waaaay too far. You live in Canada

Dont go shooting any missionaries if they knock on your door

 

[CptStern]

We finally agree! both are stupid to wage wars over. But guess what? Without religion people will kill each other because the other guys cheese is bigger..
People all want to be the top-monkey, thats it. They'll find an excuse somewhere.

who cares, that has nothing to do with what we're talking about ..you distinctly said that morality originates with religion and I called poppycocks rightfully pointing out that MANY atrocities were carried out by men of religion

Since the discussion initially went into does god exist or not. Atheism vs believers. Now if you actually followed the discussion before flaming, you would have noticed this.

you're twisting words ..I distinctly called you out on the notion that morality is unique to religion, which it isnt, dont try to re-write what was discussed

Stories are stupid? perhaps, but most stories in the bible have a morale meening behind them. Filled in between with some Roman jibberish to maintain in control, which most normal people would just forget about, and people like you would quote to say the book's stupid.

? what the hell are you talking about? the bible was written in ancient hebrew and greek

OMG, i cant believe you just said that. People dont live by meinkampf? the thing was practically a new religion! Indoctrinated to an entire continent!

? an entire continent huh? which continent? euro-asia-land?

Still nazi-people today hold this book dear. Adolf Hitler's body was hidden to avoid people taking pilgrimage to his grave..

symbolic though it may be it's still NOT a religion

Man is tollerant??? MAN is tollerant? This is so funny its not even worth a discussion. I suggest opening a history book and find me the tollerance of man..

heh why not start with the bible


anyways you're avoiding my point that if the bible was indeed written by god, then he is, by his own owrds, intolerant

Who's we? Seems you speaking for other people, who's we?
And how do I make you care?

anyone who is not you

You're the one luring people into a flamefest with your ungrounded statements and insults fed by mass fanatical intollerance..

oh please shut with your idiotic notions of what intolerence is ...you people push that like it's a ****ing mantra

I did answer that, but as you failed at reading it,let me answer it again
I would love to meet her i have absolutely NO PROBLEM with it As do most christians. You're refering to the George Bush religious christians.

so you wouldnt have a problem accepting her for what she was ..what if that was your sister?

Another reason why i call you intollerant and your generalising. Your seeing those christians and assuming we're all like that.
Good job dude!

yes I am lumping you all together because that's just a label, just like when I say automobile I actually mean a 1953 ford t-bird

 

[Last One In]

Religion is just a way for a person to look at the world. Sterns, you cannot tell others how to see the world, nor can they tell you how to see it; we are conditioned in our views. it would take a life altering event to change our views otherwise, not petty words on a forum. As for whose right and wrong, it all comes down to that day when your laying on your deathbed, looking back at your life and determining if you lived it to its fullest.

 

[CptStern]

Hahaha, I really think you're taking the "people forcing you to believe" thing waaaay too far. You live in Canada

Dont go shooting any missionaries if they knock on your door

damn you're thick ...where do I say they're forcing me to believe? when 6000 angry christians descended on canada's capital to protest canada's decision to allow gay marriages they marched themselves right into my living room with their idiotic beliefs ..my canada includes equal rights for ALL citizens not only those that feel they're morally superior

 

[Ome_Vince]

who cares, that has nothing to do with what we're talking about ..you distinctly said that morality originates with religion and I called poppycocks rightfully pointing out that MANY atrocities were carried out by men of religion

Yes! many moralities do originate from religion. How about missionares going to africa to help starving poor people?
Sure there have been religious acts of cruelty in the past. My point is, people have been doing this before religion, during and after. Even for the size of cheese or whatever. Religion in general has nothing to do with it.
That there are certain schmucks who abuse religion to kill, yup, they exist.
That many good morale values came/come from religion. Thats the center of religion..

you're twisting words ..I distinctly called you out on the notion that morality is unique to religion, which it isnt, dont try to re-write what was discussed

Then you need to go back to school buddy. What i said was many of our moralities originate from Religion, not ALL..

? what the hell are you talking about? the bible was written in ancient hebrew and greek

Clearly your history needs to be brushed up: Christianity was officially formed by the Romans ( hence Roman Katholic ). Before that you had random tribes of people who called themselves Christians.
Many gospels and scripts were bound together by the romans, and issued as the official katholic bible.

? an entire continent huh? which continent? euro-asia-land?

Yup, any problem with that?

symbolic though it may be it's still NOT a religion

ROFL :

" 1.
1. Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers regarded as creator and governor of the universe.
2. A personal or institutionalized system grounded in such belief and worship.
2. The life or condition of a person in a religious order.
3. A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings of a spiritual leader.
4. A cause, principle, or activity pursued with zeal or conscientious devotion."

heh why not start with the bible

Why not start with humanity first?

anyways you're avoiding my point that if the bible was indeed written by god, then he is, by his own owrds, intolerant

The Bible was not written by god, it was gods words put into a book by people.

anyone who is not you

Yeah right, have another beer man. Am i pushing my beliefs? i think your so overfrustrated its clouded your sense of reading.

oh please shut with your idiotic notions of what intolerence is ...you people push that like it's a ****ing mantra

Hence your intollerant. And to answer you : i will not shut up

so you wouldnt have a problem accepting her for what she was ..what if that was your sister?

Nope, no problem. As a matter of fact one of my distant family relatives is gay. who cares, i couldnt care less for something like that.

yes I am lumping you all together because that's just a label, just like when I say automobile I actually mean a 1953 ford t-bird

right, just like im saying you are the king of intollerance. At least my accusation is grounded. Yours is a mix of generalizations and overall fanatical bs.

You should start a fanatical religion, you'de make a good leader for that.

 

[bryanf445]

makes me a better person i guess

 

[JNightshade]

Religion ftw and ftl. If you want to practice religion, great. There are some strong moral benefits, and it's all good. Just keep it out of the state, and out of other peoples' lives.

 

[Glirk Dient]

For once I agree with stern. In Canada they may not force it on people per se but in the states and namely the Boy Scouts its forced christianity. Here is the scout law.

A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, curteous, kind, obedient,cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverant.

That last part means no atheists or agnostics. Like gays, you will be booted out of scouts for mentioning it. Also getting your eagle badge you need a letter of recomendation from someone about your religious life. Meaning going to church and your devotion to your religion. For atheists to get past that point is pretty hard. In fact after you get your badge an atheist can lose it as well. So they are serious when they enforce their religion. At church you have to go to sunday services if that camp has them(Larger events usually do).

I could go on and on but the point is if your in scouts that is one way religion is being forced on you. Next up is society in general. It is pretty much accepted that everyone goes to church. When my friends find out I am an atheist they laugh at me because they can't believe it. Society is accepting large scale religion more and more and bringing it to the mainstream. Heck on TV they have sermons in the morning broadcast on TV. Some of the richest and largest buildings in town are churches. I can give more example if you need me too, but look around you and there is so much tied to religion it is getting crazy these days.

 

[Ome_Vince]

Might be true, but thats the States and Canada. And with all due respect, the States is becoming the Iran of Christianity...
Throughout Europe you can find the best examples and proof of Christianity and how it actually works. Although most Europeans arent religious, the majority is still christian in its roots.
In every country gay mariage is accepted without demonstrations, there isnt even debates.
Abortion is normal, gay marriage etc. Its because Christians in Europe in general arent very religious or fanatical.

The boyscout thing, i think the entire boyscouts would get banned within 1 day here in Holland if such things were to take place there.

 

[Codcommando]

Im not into questioning other peoples beliefs,but I personally feel that religions are formed only to give quick simple answers to things people dont understand.For example,how are people made?what makes the earth go round?God did it,dont have to worry bout that anymore.Not to say that you cant learn alot from every religion,I ignore the "god" part of every religion and focus on the morals and philosophys.

 

[Raziaar]

Im not into questioning other peoples beliefs,but I personally feel that religions are formed only to give quick simple answers to things people dont understand.For example,how are people made?what makes the earth go round?God did it,dont have to worry bout that anymore.Not to say that you cant learn alot from every religion,I ignore the "god" part of every religion and focus on the morals and philosophys.

Actually i'm sure you'll find that many religious people, myself included don't view religion as a simple answer. In fact its one of the most complicated things in our lives. We don't just think 'god did it' as a simple answer to complicated things. Science goes hand in hand with religion in the belief that god created the complicated mechanics that make the universe work. And 'how' they work, Is explained by science.

 

[DeusExMachina]

Faith is fine. Religion is not.

 

[OvA]

Religion has been a good influence on me. I likely would be in a different place now if not for it. Almost assuredly a worse place.

same

 

[OvA]

damn you're thick ...where do I say they're forcing me to believe? when 6000 angry christians descended on canada's capital to protest canada's decision to allow gay marriages they marched themselves right into my living room with their idiotic beliefs ..my canada includes equal rights for ALL citizens not only those that feel they're morally superior

Like you? Yeah, I went there, bought a coke and came back.



EDIT: Double post D: D: D:

 

[Sulkdodds]

Scouts and stuff. SNIP!

Wow. America is...weird.

I didn't get thrown out of scouts for saying 'lol god sucks' or anything. :/

 

[CptStern]

Like you?

dont forget intellectually superior, physically superior etc etc etc :cheese:

 

[*~Alex~*]

hmm religion just causes more conflict than gd in my opinion

 

[Ren.182]

My girlfriend is kinda religeous. She's been brought up like that by her parents. She told me about some of the stuff and some of it seems scary but some of it was nice and it can make people into better people.

Myself? I'm not sure. But I keep an open mind. If someone says they believe in God. Then that's up to them. If someone doesn't, then they dont. I'll believe it when I see it, but i have taken on-board some of the teachings and I feel it made me who I am today. I guess we'll find out when we die, I'd like there to be an afterlife to be honest. The thought of it all just ending suddenly saddens me somewhat.

 

[GhostBoi]

I'm in the same boat as Stern, I'm fine with anything people want to believe. But when legislation is pushed through from religious means that is where I draw the line. No one has the right to tell me what I can or cannot do unless I am affecting them directly.

 

[Glirk Dient]

Wow. America is...weird.

I didn't get thrown out of scouts for saying 'lol god sucks' or anything. :/

Well it depends if the kid is joking or is actually serious about that. They will assume the kid is joking most likely but if it becomes an issue they will fix it. It also depends on the adults that lead the troop. Gays are banned from scouts but there are gay troops that promote that lifestyle. Up to them I guess...I don't care what other troops do so much but I have a problem with discriminating against people. Atheists or gays, if its not causing a problem why create one and kick them out?

Oh well, at least I never got caught up into all of that and am out of scouts and got my eagle scout. I am happy and will leave it at that.

 

[Que-Ever]

I've never been religious (my parents aren't either), and haven't made any serious mistakes. I don't think there's a correlation.

yeah, but I meant me. I know me. And I'm pretty sure if I didn't have the looming threat of a jealous god hanging over me, I would've ended up doing things that might have been considered regretful.

 

[xombine]

It hasn't. I just ignore it.

 

[JNightshade]

I really haven't done anything bad. I've never been in trouble with the authorities, never cheated on a test, never stolen, anything like that. I don't drink much and I pretty much never smoke. I am living proof that you don't need religion to have morals.

 

[Ren.182]

Religeon helps people who lead a bad life to lead a better life though. Sometimes. I've lead a pretty good life so far. Never really done anything which is serious.

 

[OvA]

Religion done right is good. It's just that most people are too dumb to realize that.

 

[Yuri]

it's not my fault christians are disporportionately against most social issues

Yeah, Stern. That's called "racism" right there. Just replace "religion" with "race." Assuming makes you into a big asshole, and I'd very much appreciate it if you'd stop generalizing and insulting people I know and respect.

 

[OvA]

Yeah, Stern. That's called "racism" right there. Just replace "religion" with "race." Assuming makes you into a big asshole, and I'd very much appreciate it if you'd stop generalizing and insulting people I know and respect.

prejudice is the term...

 

[Yuri]

prejudice is the term...

Yeah, there ya go. Knew there was a better word for it. :upstare:

 

[OvA]

EDIT : Shit, if there's a post in between, is it still a double post?

 

[MiccyNarc]

A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, curteous, kind, obedient,cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverant.

Since when is being reverant considered religious?
It's a synonym for respect.

t ..you distinctly said that morality originates with religion and I called poppycocks rightfully pointing out that MANY atrocities were carried out by men of religion

Oh please. These people violated their beliefs, or twisted them to match what they want to believe.

Which is why I support taking the Bible literally... -_-

Religeon helps people who lead a bad life to lead a better life though.

I know a man in my church who was addicted to a myriad of drugs. He came to an event one day, accepted Christ, and within a week had overcame almost all his addictions, including cocaine.

 

[CptStern]

Yeah, Stern. That's called "racism" right there. Just replace "religion" with "race." Assuming makes you into a big asshole, and I'd very much appreciate it if you'd stop generalizing and insulting people I know and respect.

sigh ....once again you jump in throw your 2 cents without reading what came before ..how am I insulting people you know in that particular sentence? how am I, in any way, singling out any one person? ..really Erestheux either join in on the debate or butt out, I dont apprecate these cat calls from the peanut gallery especially when your contribution amounts to little more than "ya! hear hear!"

 

[Mr. COWmaster]

My religion? It's a religion that know one but me has heard of before.

It makes me feel better.