Recent content by Nathan StormRider

We are all ruled by our passions, our physical and mental needs already. We cannot help but serve, and even if we could have power over hellish souls, I cannot imagine that our bellies will ever be full in Hell.

Creation or recreation, I suppose. Less of the whole 'fighting against entropy' the whole time and more of making great things because you want there to be great things. As far as my understanding of heaven goes, it is the world glorified, made new, made without sorrow or despair. It is the...

It seems like hell has too many rulers, a bunch of kings without a kingdom. I'll serve in heaven, thank you. I cannot think of anything more pleasing than the company of good natured individuals, a beautiful environment, friendly people, a ruler who is beyond competent and desires his...

See, I'd disagree with you on that point. Various societies managed to get by just fine without god, for thousands of years in several cases. I see where you're coming from, but its not necessarily true. By the same token, a religious system can even be used to enforce a 'chaotic mess where the...

I've been to wordy and spammed the thread. The simplest reason for religion is so that people can make sense of the world, set goals for the shape of their own mind and spirit, and treat others kindly, as well as distinguish what is right and wrong or desireable and undesireable in their society.

Answer me this, then, Azrael (oh Angel), Do you think that there are not still questions that no one can answer? Do you think that there is a power that undergirds the universe, a framework upon which all exists? Do you believe that a perfect understanding of the structure of the...

to be in the way of human evolution and keep us in the dark ages therefore i reject religion and "god" The Christian religion produced some of the greatest scientific minds of history, including Newton and Copernicus, as well as Mendel, off the top of my head. It also spread and popularized...

Nobody ever talked to God, there was no burning bush and I guarantee you that no one ever actually performed a "miracle." Actually, to be honest, I've 'talked to God' and gotten pretty close to prophecy. You can probably try to find a secular explanation - something like the unconscious...

This topic is going to devolve into a horrible flame war. --- To the original poster: To be honest, what we need religion for is to instill values and to provide a higher order to which we can refer. Certainly, the Bible doesn't mention MP3 players, but it does talk about how to lead...