You MUST Change Religions - Your .02
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Originally posted by Zippy
Rather than changing your own, it's much better to understand and accept ALL others.
Rather than changing your own, it's much better to understand and accept ALL others.
To return to topic, I'd go along with Gary. (This is beginning to sound like a cop-out.) As a mathematician I'm skeptical by nature and by education, but I know that lack of proof of God's existence isn't proof of his non-existence.
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So I decided to be a Christian.
First, I was hypocritical. I did lots of things the Bible specifically said not to do. Then after I did them, I ignored the parts about the consequences -- because they were just too harsh.
Second, I was evangelical. I went and helped a group of zealots make big signs to put on the sign of the road, telling drivers that God wanted them.
Third, I completely ignored God all week, until Sunday. On Sunday, I wore my normal clothes, got to church a little late, and dozed off during the sermon. That evening I had an argument with a scientist friend about how he could possibly be ethical without God in his life. Then I went to bed, but forgot to pray again. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow night.
- Warren
First, I was hypocritical. I did lots of things the Bible specifically said not to do. Then after I did them, I ignored the parts about the consequences -- because they were just too harsh.
Second, I was evangelical. I went and helped a group of zealots make big signs to put on the sign of the road, telling drivers that God wanted them.
Third, I completely ignored God all week, until Sunday. On Sunday, I wore my normal clothes, got to church a little late, and dozed off during the sermon. That evening I had an argument with a scientist friend about how he could possibly be ethical without God in his life. Then I went to bed, but forgot to pray again. Oh, well, maybe tomorrow night.
- Warren
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Listen guys, let's just make it simple:
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity. Atheism and agnosticism are religions. Let's not get so scared of the word "religion" that we can't have a discussion about belief systems without nitpicking definitions. We have to give a name to the whole class of things one can believe about a deity, so we can talk about them -- the name is "religion."
- Warren
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity. Atheism and agnosticism are religions. Let's not get so scared of the word "religion" that we can't have a discussion about belief systems without nitpicking definitions. We have to give a name to the whole class of things one can believe about a deity, so we can talk about them -- the name is "religion."
- Warren
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by chroot
[B]Listen guys, let's just make it simple:
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity.
[B]Listen guys, let's just make it simple:
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by chroot
[B]Listen guys, let's just make it simple:
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity.
[B]Listen guys, let's just make it simple:
A religion is a belief system concerning the presence, absence, possibility, nature, and behavior of a deity.