For those who don't like religion at all!!!

  • EoB
    19 years ago

    Okey...

    This is the topic for those who are sick and tired of discussing evolution and such with Christian people. It is frustrating, indeed.

    Tell me the thing you hate most about the religion you are most familiar with...OR just say something interesting.

    Enlighten me.

    I, for my part, can`t stand christianity and the prejudices it has created. I hate those who don't accept homosexual marriages (not that I am gay or anything), and I blaim Christianity for it..

    Anyone else

  • Elise
    19 years ago

    Jesus is our savior...
    How could you dare saying that !!!

  • katie!
    19 years ago

    Ok.... In my opinion religion was a form of opression... Used to make people meek and serve others... I no longer bother trying to argue out evolution (even though it has been PROVED to have happened) as christians do not change their mind and neither do I, I believe a man called jesus DID exist but he was probably just a nice guy, the stories got twisted and changed so much and exagerrated then written into the bible it is incredibly hard to decipher the truth from the lies, I believe however we must have come from somewhere, something must have happed to make us exist, there are probably people in galaxies billions of miles away thinking the same thing though.... Thanks

  • Kaitlin Kristina
    19 years ago

    I dont like that religion restricts the possibilities of infinity... if that makes sense to anyone but me.

  • Kevin
    19 years ago

    Religion is needed as a social sedative. Religions change with the superstructure, like fashion trends. Whatever religion most suits those in power, that is the one that will prevail in our society.

    If you don't like religion, and want to change it's effects on us mere mortals, then you must first change the society that needs it, and it will die out...to be replaced of course by another belief systems.

    Our only hope lies in the prols....

  • pinkalias
    19 years ago

    I don't appreciate how it limits the mind to one area for fear of too much understanding of the future.
    I've brought this up before, but the fear of death is a big factor. People will limit their thoughts and choose not to discuss why religion probably doesn't exist because to disprove God is to disprove life after death.
    Among other things...

  • EoB
    19 years ago

    I Agree much with Katie, and Pinkalias too...

    What do you think of evolution people...

    I'm pretty certain it happened...but it is kinda hard to understand how life began...you know...how it all started...

    I do believe that there is more under the sky than we understand, but I won't believe in any religion...as Katie said, it is made to oppress people and to keep them under controll. Said but true

  • Dorotea©
    19 years ago

    I think people are always searching for something higher than them that they can trust in, because otherwise people feel insecure. They want to know what they're here for a purpose and that they aren't mistakes.

    Enslavement of Beauty, I have to say that I don't agree with you on one thing. You said in the first post that Christianity has created many prejudices like against homosexuals and their marriages. Well, actually, that's only because they (and I'm included in that) believe that it is wrong. But, there are some Christians who "hate" people who are gay, but those are still a minority. Christians are supposed to love everyone as their neighbour, though not everyone follows that. It is wrong for them to hate gays.
    The thing is, there are people in every religion (as you call it) that actually go against their own religion. But that is not only in Christianity but also in all other religions too. Just because we think it is wrong to be gay doesn't mean that I hate gays. I love gays just like all other people, though I still believe it is wrong. But no, that is not only in Christianity.

    Satuxxa

  • EoB
    19 years ago

    I respect that you believe that it is wrong...and I am kinda talking about the extreme ones...You seem to be among the smarter religious people, and I like people who are able to see things in a bigger perspective...

    I like christian people as individuals, but I can't stand religion at all really, so please forgive me if I
    say something untrue or anything...

    but really... This topic is just to let some anger out..

    Religion pisses me off sometimes, so I just need to get it out..you know

  • Dorotea©
    19 years ago

    Ok Enslavement yeah I understand.

    Satuxxa

  • Michael D Nalley
    19 years ago

    I once heard a sincere priest say that some of the most dangerous people in the world are religious fanatics. He also acknowledged it sounded strange coming from someone in his vocation. We can debate the pros and cons of religion for centuries and it might not change our view. I do not hate any religion any more that I hate mother nature. Most of us have suffered at the mercy of people religious and not religious. Some of us find comfort in mother nature. Others can see the super natural power of love. Who among us would curse the sun because it leads to the storm? Curse the day because it leads to the night? Curse the physician that failed to heal someone in spite of his best effort. Then who can honestly say that they have not felt betrayed by the law givers. But I have also felt betrayed by the lawless. Is it more painful to be rejected by someone you tried to sincerely love, or less painful to accept that we cannot be accepted by everyone?If I really tried to love anyone the way that the Christ loved, I would be called stupid and hated for it. It is sad that the Jesus of Nazareth is not seen as Jesus of the churches. And many do not see faith hope and charity as virtues Reflected by the churches. I don’t believe anyone can find peace in doubt, despair, and hate. An ideal path would be one that every one followed in unity. But that is not to say in reality that ‘that truth’ is in sight.
    I am writing this while I am feeling the pain, of a failure to communicate.

  • pinkalias
    19 years ago

    Satuaxx:
    Forgive me but I have to ask why you think homosexuality is "wrong".

    (I have a theory, that's all and I would appreciate your answer).

  • Dorotea©
    19 years ago

    pinkalias,

    here's the reason I think it's wrong:

    Only a man and a woman can have kids, not a man and a man or a woman and a woman. That means that it's natural for a man and a woman to have sex and because of that get kids, but those who are gay cannot get kids which (in my opinion) shows that it's unnatural and it's not meant to be that way. I think that those who are homosexuals were before heterosexuals, but then they chose to become gay because of something that happened in their life or of other reasons. I think it's a choice and it's a wrong choice.

    Satuxxa