The Case for Abolition of Religion

Is it possible for someone to be bigoted against bigots?

This is my folly. 

that's what is sounds like he is saying.  Each has their own purpose, not one set plan

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that's what is sounds like he is saying.  Each has their own purpose, not one set plan

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funny, you reposted it.  And now I did a third time

The history of religion is singular or contiguous.  It's stopped and started numerous times: 

(1) Human inquisitiveness, curiosity and fear foster superstition.  

(2) Superstition becomes complex and develops rules.  

(3) Elaborate backstories to describe the origin of the universe, the expected code of conduct for everyone and eschatology are drafted.  

(4) More rules to protect the claims of the earlier advancements of the religion are developed.  It becomes a crime to suggest an alternative.

(5) A few people start to think for themselves and seek competing explanations for why things happen.

(6) The leaders of the religion become angry, remove the agitators, and make subtle alterations to the backstory to discourage more rebellion.

(7) Eventually the whole enterprise collapses.  People go elsewhere for their answers, because fundamentally, humans are too smart to believe obvious lies indefinitely.

The science of religion, as presented by Misterfamous. lol 

Now, could you please stop spewing your idiocy about it?  It's gotten old. 

I'm just trying to give you a little advice.  I didn't start this thread of hate.  So forgive me if I try to stop the hate.

I'm just trying to give you a little advice.  I didn't start this thread of hate.  So forgive me if I try to stop the hate.

All you're doing is using a word incorrectly and it's annoying. 

Religion isn't the destination.  It's the journey. 

Amazing that most people's view don't ever go anywhere then.

You may not ever find the answers for yourself.  But the seeking of the answers is religion.

Is it now...  That would make science a religion, which is bs...

I find the concept of one, overriding purpose, for an entire life, to be hilariously unrealistic. 

Well thats your journey. 

How about, I'm born, live my life, then when I die I become the dust to feed the Earth.  Ashes to ashes.  Dust to dust.  That is every bit religion as Christianity is.

Ah, I forgot you don't use real-world definitions for words, and instead invent your own.

Why is this the only thread getting any kind of play right now?  Its a boring one.  Its one which the toic has been discussed and argued thousands of times on here.  Time for something new.  Like this:

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Amazing that most people's view don't ever go anywhere then.

That's the problem.  Misinterpreting religion and science stops the journey, closes the mind, and fosters hatred.  But religion and science aren't the problem. 

Is it now...  That would make science a religion, which is bs...

No, science isn't religion.  But the two go hand in hand.  Like love and hate.  They seem like opposites, but to have one, you must have the other.

Why is this the only thread getting any kind of play right now?

Because I said so.

You see, science will never be settled on the issue because it's an issue you can't resolve with science. 

And here is where you totally fail.

If this issue "will never" be explained by science, because, as you say, "it's an issue you can't resolve with science," how can you prove your statement to be true?

Point being, you have no idea if this issue can be explained by science.  Just because we don't understand the science now, and even if we never understand the science, does not mean that no scientific explanation exists.

Point being, you have no idea if this issue can be explained by science.  Just because we don't understand the science now, and even if we never understand the science, does not mean that no scientific explanation exists.

Agreed, and I would add that it also doesn't mean that an explanation outside the realm of sciencel exists.

So wait a minute, if you guys admit the possibility that a god or gods exist even though you believe that they don't, then why all the mockery?

Because you guys believe in things like the Zoo-Boat story, and run around claiming God healed your mothers cancer and helped Ray Lewis win the superbowl.  And don't say that's only the real far out religious people...something like 1/3 of all American's believe in a literal Bible.  You guys sit and talk to yourselves, caling it prayer, and you believe there is some Father figure up there, listening to you speaking in English and carefully considering your laments/requests.  Some theists believe the universe bloomed from a flower inside a God's belly button...I'm not supposed to mock that??  LOL  Others believe in human beings who can magically turn water into wine and rise from the dead...equally absurd and mockable.

The mocking is because what theists believe is so outrageously stupid and absurd that it SHOULD be mocked.  You believe you have a book that accurately describes the life and times of the universe's most powerful being.  Think about that for a minute and you'll likely start mocking yourself.

What deists believe is merely, this universe is pretty amazing, maybe there was some kind of something that started it all up.  I don't believe that either, but an idea that vague is hard to mock.

That's the problem.  Misinterpreting religion and science stops the journey, closes the mind, and fosters hatred.

Let me see if I can sum up this BS, according to Masteragain:

Religion is a journey, and everyone's journey is their own.  But Masteragain gets to decide what is and is not religion, as well as what is and is not the proper interpretation of religion.

LOL.  Ok.

No, science isn't religion.  But the two go hand in hand.  Like love and hate.  They seem like opposites, but to have one, you must have the other.

Yeah, sorry, that's not even close to being true.

Point being, you have no idea if this issue can be explained by science.  Just because we don't understand the science now, and even if we never understand the science, does not mean that no scientific explanation exists.

I stand corrected.

Because you guys believe in things like the Zoo-Boat story, and run around claiming God healed your mothers cancer and helped Ray Lewis win the superbowl.

So then I ask, what does it matter to you what anyone else believes?

Yeah, sorry, that's not even close to being true.

Yes. it is.  If you're capable of love, you must be capable of all emotions.  And you probably wouldn't want it any other way. 

Religion is a journey, and everyone's journey is their own.  But Masteragain gets to decide what is and is not religion, as well as what is and is not the proper interpretation of religion.

I haven't decided anything.