What ACTUALLY gives you hope for humanity?

[Orcus The Ultimate]

what gives me hope is Hope itself.

 

[Kollega]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What.

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On a related note: dammit, why did this thread have to become a religious flamewar?...

 

[Zackary Yakumo]

The only thing that gives me hope for humanity is.....

"War..... War never changes...."

Shit! nevermind! Gotta get to my Vault 13!

No, but seriously i have no hope for the next few generatoions. I just hope that sometime in the far too distant future, whats left of humanity will see what we left ebhind and stick to doing good for each other.

 

[kickyourass]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What. the. fuck. does that have to do with anything?

I agree what the fuck does a couple of kids going mental at their school have to do with anything we're talking about?

 

[BlumiereBleck]

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

I personally would love to hear you reasoning on why Christianity of all things gives you hope. My views are the complete opposite.

OT: That humanity appears to becoming into a new glorious age, we are shedding off the more ignorant and wrong ways of thinking. More people becoming atheist, laws are being made on what is right, rather than the personal feelings of a single person, the fact that we are finally doing good in the middle east and how far we have come in such a short time.

I'd love to see you reason atheism is "saving the world" Because from where i stand it causes so much hate and anger

Because it is a more rational way of thinking. Religion forces you to form your ideas around an an ancient book that has no practical use in today's world, it forces you to live in fear, it forces you to accept whatever it says as absolute truth.

Also, you neglected to answer my question.

The Bible is a way to live by and I choose to be a good person. I see atheism hasn't taught you that.

Atheism is not a belief or a way of life.
It is merely not believing that there is a higher deity.
So to say "I see atheism hasn't thought you that" is very ignorant.

And every thing everyone has been saying against me isn't?

Religion causes more hate than Atheism does.

For instance, if everyone was Atheist the situation in the middle east at the moment wouldn't exist. There wouldn't have been countless wars over the "holy land" because there wouldn't be anything to fight over.

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What. the. fuck. does that have to do with anything?

The two boys killed Christians. They were both atheist. Read the book "She said Yes"

 

[Korten12]

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

The opposite of this. The fact that more and more people openly reject religion and its trappings. There is a long way to go, but its happening.

Every person who decides faith is not enough gives me hope for our species.

That is so ironic

No it's not, it's just self contradicting.
(quit trying to make yourself look edgy, hipster.)

I'd very much like to know who that is self-contradictory, seems pretty consistent from where I'm sitting.

because hope is faith, gaining faith out of the loss of faith is self contradicting.



Also, I believe skullkid has gone mad. Christianity is responsible for everything wrong with our society, if we reverted back to it being the religion amongst all common folk, it would be the dark ages all over again.
Unless that's what skullkid is hoping for...

So nothing else is responsible? Nothing but Christianity? Lady and gentlemen here is the number one ignorant person today.

Well if you look at it like a linear spectrum, then the further down the spectrum of Christianity, very bad things happen. Like everything that's a sin is abolished from the world we know now, remember the start of this thread is about hope for the future of humanity. How could one hope for humanity to further progress through the Christianity side of the spectrum, when the side is filled with obviously horrible things that is common knowledge.

But Christanity has also had a lot of benefits.

Yeah but in the end, it's all just one ironic joke.

Edit: i'm playing sc2 and not explaining how this is ironic.

Wow, more ignorance... just up and leaves before he would explain why its all a ironic joke. But of course Atheism is all good and nothing bad at all. >.> /sarcasm.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What.

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On a related note: dammit, why did this thread have to become a religious flamewar?...

She Said Yes is a book you should read. And To answer your other question to many people here are not tolerant

 

[Korten12]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What.

***

On a related note: dammit, why did this thread have to become a religious flamewar?...

Becuase a christian said his personal belief and some Athiest needs to attack.

 

[Elf Defiler Korgan]

The capacity for laziness.

Honestly, the ability people still have in this frantic world to be slack, to sit at home and chill gives me hope.

 

[Canid117]

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

Oh god, if I reply to you I'll get another temp ban.

So don't troll religion. It's actually very easy when you stop being a dismissive dick for the sake of it.

I don't troll religion, my previous bans had nothing to do with it. It's just that sometimes I can't help myself, especially when the religious poster is a condescending douche (which the poster I was replying to was not).

Learn restraint grasshopper. Too few Atheists seem to realize that the average person online doesn't want to be nagged about how many wars religion has been used to justify.

 

[LordWalter]

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

Oh god, if I reply to you I'll get another temp ban.

Don't feed the trolls Ajimbo...don't feed the trolls....ah screw it.

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

My one hope for humanity is Richard Dawkins, and that this guy ^ and others similarly mistaken read his books (especially The God Delusion).

 

[Kollega]

Becuase a christian said his personal belief and every Athiest needs to attack.

Oh man... this thread is supposed to be about what sustains our faith in humanity, yet this very thread makes me lose it.

And that, i believe, is massively ironic.

 

[InnerRebellion]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What.

***

On a related note: dammit, why did this thread have to become a religious flamewar?...

Becuase a christian said his personal belief and every Athiest needs to attack.

What? I'm an atheist, and sure that kid is bothering me a little, but every person is entitled to their beliefs.

 

[ohgodalex]

Bad people die too. More often than not, they're replaced with good people.
The natural order of things gives me hope.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

Oh god, if I reply to you I'll get another temp ban.

Don't feed the trolls Ajimbo...don't feed the trolls....ah screw it.

The one hope. THE ONE HOPE i have left for the human race is Christianity. It gives me hope.

My one hope for humanity is Richard Dawkins, and that this guy ^ and others similarly mistaken read his books (especially The God Delusion).

I'm not trolling, I'm simply stating what I believe is the last hope for mankind.

 

[Korten12]

Think of how many people have killed and been killed in the name of whatever god.

How many people have been killed in the name of atheism?
None.

Ever hear of Columbine?

What.

***

On a related note: dammit, why did this thread have to become a religious flamewar?...

Becuase a christian said his personal belief and every Athiest needs to attack.

What? I'm an atheist, and sure that kid is bothering me a little, but every person is entitled to their beliefs.

Sorry, I should have been some Athiests, I know some Athiests here are very nice people but there are a lot of them that can't stand anyone religious.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

The species as a whole is fucked. We're a bunch of selfish, self-destructive bastards.

Misanthropy is usually caused due to isolation from other people.
That means misanthropes don't experience the good sides of humanity which greatly out-number the negatives of our race.

Or work in customer service and are treated like shit on a daily basis for no other reason then because they're there. I work with people all the time, and I spend time with friends when I can. I'm not isolated, and as I said, there are some people that I don't think of as selfish, self-destructive bastards. And I actually don't count myself among that some.