Here's a long one: (warning, its a long argument about religion
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[spoiler/]You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: hello
Stranger: hey
Stranger: how are you
You: great, you?
Stranger: awesome thank you for asking
You:
You: so what's up?
Stranger: well i am currently watching night at the museum 2
You: never seen it
Stranger: well that is a shame its pretty awesome
You: I saw the first one. Thought it was alright
Stranger: well the second one has the jonas brothers in it .. for some people i guess that would make people hate it
You: Then i hate it
You: what do they do in it?
Stranger: they are little cherubs
Stranger: aka like little cupid angels
Stranger: haha
You: hm...
You: how long are they in it? lol
Stranger: like 2 seconds
You: good
Stranger: its not bad
You: As long as they aren't like the central characters, its fine I guess.
Stranger: no they aren't ... what do you have against them anyways!
You: I take it you like them?
Stranger: guilty .. im not a crazy obsessor though
You: ...okay then. Well I just hate them. Their music is terrible top 40 crap. but that's my opinion
Stranger: fair enough
Stranger: are you a guy?
You: Every guy hates the jonas brothers
Stranger: was that a yes to the question
You: yes
Stranger: wow i am good
You: haha
Stranger: right well .. are you doing anything interesting so this convo doesn't suck
You: listening to music and I was debating things a while ago
Stranger: debating what?
You: lots of stuff
Stranger: for example...
You: religion
Stranger: oh sweet i love a good debate
Stranger: anything political?
You: what side are you on?
You: and sort of I'm not extremely political
Stranger: what are the 2 sides for religion
You: for it and against it
Stranger: well i go to church
Stranger: so i guess i would be for it
You: okay, but you still like to debate things?
Stranger: yupp
Stranger: love it
You: like?
Stranger: im a political science major in college
Stranger: so anything
You: nice
Stranger: yupp .. are you like on a debate team or something
You: no.
You: I just debate on my own time
Stranger: against who?
You: anyone who challenges me
Stranger: well i challenge you (choose a topic)
You: the challenger usually chooses
Stranger: yo just make an exception .. state something and ill debate it haha
You: okay...um how about...uh...
You: I don't know. I'm usually not the one picking topics. You're the one who wishes to debate, you choose
Stranger: well all my ideas are going to be political because thats how i think.. whats your favorite thing to debate about
You: I don't know much about politics, but I debate world issues and religion mostly
Stranger: what side are you on religion i can debate that
Stranger: haha this is a lot of work so far
You: lol
You: well I'm an agnostic/atheist
Stranger: what led you to think this? your parents atheist ?
You: no
Stranger: do they have a religion?
You: my parents let me choose which religion I wanted to believe in.
You: I chose none
You: no not really
Stranger: well i go to 2 churches I am a Methodist and Greek Orthodox ... lol that is a result of my parents
You: parents divorced?
Stranger: haha no they just grew up in different churches
You: oh okay
Stranger: they are very religious .. they would never get a divorce just because of that
You: ah
You: are you?
Stranger: yeah
You: how religious
Stranger: well i don't know if there is a way of measuring .. i try to pray everyday and attend church once a week i give money to my churches when i can ... and i am very active in both churches
You: I didn't mean actually measure, but you already gave examples
You: lol
Stranger: hahah yup .. what makes you dismiss God
You: There's no proof nor evidence the bible is at all true, therefore there is no God.
You: Besides, the bible contradicts itself so much that it's illogical to believe
Stranger: everything doesn't have to be logical in life.. and in many other aspects things aren't logical ... are you more of a science believer ?
You: ...yes they do. And yes I am
Stranger: everything has to be logical?
You: yes
You: We dont blindly follow a scientific theory if it doesn't hold any logic
Stranger: well i don't think we should blindly follow anything .. i think anything and everything should be questioned
You: The Socratic method. Good
You: So why do you follow religion?
Stranger: i think its sad for people not to for one
You: you think its sad for people not to have a religion?
Stranger: if i didn't have religion i wouldn't have anything ... i wouldn't be worried about sinning, and there would be no hope of an after life
Stranger: yeah ... so you think after death you rot in a grave, thats sad and even if thats what happens
Stranger: i want to believe it doesn't
You: No.
You: I don't know what happens, nor does anyone.
You: I don't claim to know. This is where the agnostic part of me comes in
Stranger: i don't know either but if a God brought me to this wonderful Earth with this wonderful family he deserves thanks
Stranger: and I am a better person for my religion
You: How do you know a god brought you here?
You: And how are you better for your religion?
Stranger: ok the first question .. since I believe in God i must assume the reason for my life is because of him and second along with religion comes morals .. for example im not going to be a skank and have sex with everyone because in the Bible it says you should wait for love
You: Just because you don't have a religion doesnt mean you don't have morals
Stranger: i know that but i choose to not do somethings because the Bible advices me not too, if i didn't think God existed why wouldn't I just do what I want
You: Because you'd have the natural sense of right and wrong.
You: I'm an atheist, yet I'm celibate. I also don't go around killing people, stealing or raping anybody, but I live without your god
Stranger: for me right and wrong comes from God .. im not saying you can't be a good person if you don't believe ..... i just think I wouldn't care as much if I didn't believe, of course I would still follow the laws of the country
You: God has nothing to do with it. You choose to be a good person because you know the difference between right and wrong. You know this. Your God does nothing to change you.
Stranger: ok going back to the sex thing
Stranger: i want to have sex .. duh everyone does why don't I? because of God and church
You: because of god and church you don't have sex?
Stranger: umm yeah
Stranger: well there are other reasons but they aren't really relevant haha ... but bascially yes
You: why is that what's stopping you?
You: Doesn't the fear of pregnancy, STDs, Aids, and just being a whore not scare you?
You: I'm celibate because I know what happens when you have sex with one whom doesn't love you. I'm waiting for the one I love and loves me back. This was a decision of my own. God did not change my decision in the least
Stranger: STDs and Aids aren't really an issue in my town i haven't really had to think about it but the people I used to hangout with in High School were whores and they had so much fun and I easily could have participated but i chose not to again due to my religion
You: Those people are sad human beings who will never find love if they keep acting the way they do. That's not my idea of fun. You don't need God to tell you that's a bad way to be.
You: God is just a false concept made up by power hungry dictators who wish to control the weak minded. You don't need a fairy tale to tell you whats good and what's bad in this world.
Stranger: Don't insult my religion, you fuck.
You: That's very Christian like...
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