What is religion?
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The truth hurts and I don't care if they ignore it. You ignore truth at your own peril and I will not shed a single tear for a man who hears truth and disregards it because "it hurts."grimsprice said:
By the way, I'm not "act[ing] all high and mighty on [my] throne de dictionary." I'm sick of the stupid that seems to infest conversations. Do you know how many conversations I've had where I've been forced to argue semantics simply because the other person has no understanding of what they're saying? I'm certain you know how frustrating that is. This is not to state that I'm smarter, but is to state that those specific actions are counter-productive and should be disregarded.
Then again, I'm lucky. I believe in God and believe I will be judged based upon my own actions and have no need of trying to progress humanity towards Zion. Zion will be achieved if people work towards it and makes no difference to me if it is not seen within my life time or even ever. Sad, perhaps, but fortunate for me.
You're giving me a chuckle. Not because you're wrong or anything. In fact, mostly because you're right. I would get enraged every time i have to do that if it were not for the surgery i went through a few months back. I had my righteous anger vein replaced with an apathy artery. Now, my intelligence flows into my brain instead of out of me into the cold pitiless black hole of ignorance and stupidity that is the interweb.Lazier Than Thou said:
Actually, considering it's a gaming website, it's rather sad that Gaming Discussion is second to OT Discussion in posts and content.grimsprice said:
Dear sir, show me the magical haven where you obtained such a surgery! I have found myself in slavery to other mens stupidity and wish to be free!grimsprice said:
Freedom!
/cry
(I think) that 'Religion' is the idea of a group of people having a belief in something that cannot be fully seen or proven, and a belief in something that comes with following a moral code to develop a connection with the enitity/entities that that certain group believes in.
I think. O_O
I think. O_O
According to current definitions it could mean any sort of worship and/or faith to any sort of object, person, or being.
For instance, for one physchologist wrote a paper on how World of Warcraft meets all requirements for a religion
http://www.massively.com/2009/02/03/is-world-of-warcraft-a-religion/
For instance, for one physchologist wrote a paper on how World of Warcraft meets all requirements for a religion
http://www.massively.com/2009/02/03/is-world-of-warcraft-a-religion/
I wasn't quoting Lenin, I was quoting me. I was unaware the Lenin had said anything even remotely similar.Gormourn said:
That works too.Avykins said:
There ya go.
Where I am from, Jesus would have been considered a nutjob and anyone who was foolish enough to actually believe the voices in his head would be called idiots.
In my opinion, religion is mostly what assholes use as an excuse to do bad things to people who may or may not deserve it. Except for in a few cases where good people use it as an excuse to do good things. But what is it, indeed? The belief in something by which you live your life? Or is that what they call a "life philosophy"? Perhaps that's what religion is, merely another term for a philosophy.
I am truly sorry. He was a traveling salesman. And i didn't get a business card. Hang in there though. You'll give up eventually.Lazier Than Thou said:
Well religion is basically a possible answer and refuge for all those seeking answers to things that are currently unexplaneable like the afterlife and the origins of the universe. So in a way science is in fact similar to a religion and could almost be called one however the flaw in that is that science uses facts and logic whist religion usually takes a wild stab in the dark.
I think, the different religions are a trial, to find out the best way for people, living together and now we are educated enough to take the best of every religion, connect it with knowledge and so we find the way out of the museum of our mistakes. Have a look at http://www.reinersailer.de/Universum.pdf
Even among theologists there is no clear definition about what's a religion and what isn't.irefusetoincludenumbersinthisname said:
Like the example with World of Warcraft, others have already stated that the "cults" formed around certain media figures have a lot of similarities with religions.
It doesn't have to involve spiritual or supernatural beliefs.
As in so many discussions about religion I read here, people seem to think that religion equals Christianity, which is a little narrow view.