Face it: Religion's a bunch of ancient bullshit

[VictimKing]

WTF? I just don't understand how people can still be Christian, or Muslim, or Hindu or any religion. It was great 3,000+ years ago when it explained why the sky spit water and what fire was, but now it's hard to understand why people still follow this stuff. I mean, pretty much everything that has to do with religion has been disproved. Any arguements?

[AnAsTaSiO]

I'm not a religious, but I do try to respect peoples religion's as much as possible.

True, a lot of religious beliefs can be considered outdated. However, if one finds solace in their chosen religion then what is the hurt? As long as they do not impose their beliefs on me I am cool with it.

Although, an arguement can definitely be made that religion is the cause of many of the world's problems today.

Basically, I do not care what someones beliefs are, as long as they are good people and do not impose themselves upon me.

[VictimKing]

Yes, good point. There are a lot of people who really are helped by believing this stuff. And I don't have a problem with that, I just don't understand how they can believe it.

[AnAsTaSiO]

quote:Originally posted by VictimKing:

Yes, good point. There are a lot of people who really are helped by believing this stuff. And I don't have a problem with that, I just don't understand how they can believe it.

We are definitely in agreement about that. I do not understand how someone believes in such things with little to no evidence.

Being an agnostic, I am not against the thought of a higher power, however I would need significant evidence to prove that.

[Captain Asshat]

Religion is outdated, but like everything created by man it holds as much wisdom and history as it does ignorance and stupidity. Good and bad. The duality of human nature. It's beautiful and ugly.

As far as God goes, the mere fact that we exist proves that there is a creator. Something made the universe. Whether it was a simple scientific phenomenon or a whirly supernatural being.. who knows? Humans don't, otherwise we wouldn't have so many thousands of belief systems based on everything from fallen prophets to holy warriors, alien beings, seven-armed erotic dancers, ect.

Religion is man's attempt at explaining the unexplainable. Some of it might be really far out there, but it's always good for a laugh.

[Laboratorio Farmaceutico]

If you're not religious you must ridicule religious people as much as possible and try to humiliate them for believing in myths.

[Zman]

People don't use religion soley to explain how we got here.

To say that you can't understand why someone would adhere to a religion because its been disproven is stupid. It hasn't been disproven any more than atheism has been proved.

[Siash]

If you don't have a religion: GOOD FOR YOU

If you do have a religion: GOOD FOR YOU

If you have abug up your ass: go to my Hell.

[vazilizaitsev89]

quote:Originally posted by VictimKing:

WTF? I just don't understand how people can still be Christian, or Muslim, or Hindu or any religion. It was great 3,000+ years ago when it explained why the sky spit water and what fire was, but now it's hard to understand why people still follow this stuff. I mean, pretty much everything that has to do with religion has been disproved. Any arguements?

no...how was the universe created? how did life first come about?

if your gonna bitch about people for their beliefs...piss off. seriously. I dont care about what you believe in. I dont mock atheists for saying there is no god. I dont mock muslims (unless they wanna kill me). I dont mock hindus or anything like that.

[stormshadowftb]

quote:Originally posted by AnAsTaSiO:

I'm not a religious, but I do try to respect peoples religion's as much as possible.

yes i respect the mentally retarded person in the street and don't point and laugh but i don't want him driving my bus!!!!