What's the wierdest thing you've ever believed?
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Oh right. I did slightly misread. I apologise.Zeeky_Santos said:
However, I don't respect the view that there are alternative beliefs. I tolerate it. But respect is rather a silly word to use. The same way as most rational people wouldn't 'respect' someone's view that small flying pink elephants reside behind their shed in their garden.
Anyway, I don't think it's my sort that you particularly dislike. Well maybe it is. If you genuinely dislike the fact that I don't respect the view. But I do tolerate it, as I said, so I can't be too bad.
I have to say, Christianity is pretty weird, and no, I'm not flaming. What I mean is, a lot of the stuff that happens is pretty surreal, if I'd never heard of Christianity, and someone came up to me and told me a story about a dude telling another dude to kill his son and then stopping him just before he did it. I'd think it was pretty odd, not just because of the random dude talking to me for no reason.
More OT: When I decided I was an Atheist I thought it was something you believed in, then I realized believing in a lack of belief was retarded. Lick the people who say they 'don't believe in Atheism' and vice versa.
More OT: When I decided I was an Atheist I thought it was something you believed in, then I realized believing in a lack of belief was retarded. Lick the people who say they 'don't believe in Atheism' and vice versa.
...You lost me...The Rainmaker said:
Now now, reign in the commendments a little. Im not sticking up for Christianity, Islam or Judaism in any way. There's plenty of inconsistencies in all of those religions and I could (and have) picked them apart, and even know of plenty of arguments that it would actually be quite evil paying respects or worship to the gods as they are presented.Zeeky_Santos said:
Like I said, im a sceptic agnostic, meaning that I have a heavy scepticism towards pretty much all of the established religious cults and for good reason too.
The difference between me and the rather unscientific atheists is that I would never make such an unscientific claim that gods cannot exist at all. I do find the theory of the Christian god to be highly improbable though.
But I really can't start a debate on that matter here because that would be grossly off-topic so I'll settle with this:
It doesn't really matter what Christians believe (remember, religion is about faith, it's not about trying to prove people that your faith is the right one) or what I believe in this matter. As long as other Christians keep their faith to themselves, and let us "heathens and heretics" do as we please, they can believe whatever they want. They have their reasons for their beliefs just like I have my reasons for my beliefs. Even if the Christians would be right, God will certainly sort us all out in the end, and we "heretics and heathens" are obviously willing to pay the price of hellfire if we're wrong so there's no reason for any christian to try to convert us or any other who would try to oppose God's will.
There's no reason to bicker. If the christians can just embrace the fact that religious beliefs is about faith, not evidence or trying to convince others, and atheists and agnosticists embracing the fact that we live in societies that permit free religious beliefs where people do have the choice to be christians if they want, I think we can all be pretty happy about it.
See? Rather than starting religious flamewars I might actually be averting them. As long as people have a little tolerance, and stay away from the compulsion of trying to "save" the other side with the "one true argument"...
I've always thought this to an extent. I'm one of those adamant atheists that people assume they'll dislike (although I like to think I'm quite reasonable) but really, I don't see any point in trying to convince religious people there is no god. I absolutely see the point in making religion irrelevant to everything outside of personal belief. As in, it should have no bearing on society or the government or... Anything.Housebroken Lunatic said:
No sir, you may not. And here's why:Zeeky_Santos said:
First of all, it would totally screw up my final punchline, where mankind spells it's own doom in religious fury and raining atomic bombs and on the scorched earth of the post-apocalypse my lonely tombstone will sit there with just the quote:
-"I told you so..."
Written on it. If people actually listened to me and the world became more peacful with the pastures turning green and little bunny-rabbits skipping along the dark humour of it all would simply be flushed down the drain.
Second, I wouldn't want a bunch of self-serving nutjobs use my name to start some crazy religion with my gutted carcass as the spiritual sales-pitch, but at the same time completely misunderstand the point I was trying to make.
I think that happened to some other guy a few centuries ago, can't remember the name though. "J"-something I think he was called.
Your married parents with their dysfunctional marriage, and you figuring that if you were one of them you'd have left a long time ago, therefore marriage must be a compulsory procedure since they insist on being stuck with eachother?Azraellod said:
XD
When I was a kid, I thought that cats and dogs were the same animal, that dogs were the boys and cats were the girls.
My paranoid mother installed the belief of anything dropped on the ground may have been up someone's butt. Example: "Don't pick up that pen off the ground, it might have been in someone's butt." Just so you know, that can screw up your head a little bit in so many different ways.
Also, she also taught that murderers/rapists were just right outside the door, in the back of your car, under your car, in the bushes, etc... Needless to say I have OCD about locking doors and checking out my car. Thanks mom.
Also, she also taught that murderers/rapists were just right outside the door, in the back of your car, under your car, in the bushes, etc... Needless to say I have OCD about locking doors and checking out my car. Thanks mom.