Are you religious?

[Ettino]

I like Hockey.

 

[spectral]

There are twelve signed and dated witnesses to the existence of the golden plates and angels in Mormonism, there’s about 3400 years of religious history and miracles compiled into a book called the Bible, Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and Quran, and y’know religions existing forever. But yknow, to each their own.

It doesn’t matter how many people do or don’t believe. If you don’t understand what and why they believe, you become ignorant and, frankly, stupid. Your pushback against being educated, not preached to, is why we have mosque bombers.

No there arent. There are books of fairy tales that say it happened. Anyone could have written it, there is no PROOF at all. Its the religious who are more uneducated as you refuse to actually think for yourselves. You simply follow because you were told too llike good little slaves

 

[Majunior]

I'm in a weird place, not religious but I see the absolute train-wreck that are people without religion and I appreciate religion more. If I ever had a kid I would introduce him to religion, regardless of whether I believe in it or not.

 

[bonkmaykr]

Laveyan, not sure if that counts.

 

[AncientBoi]

Si

But not a practicing one.

 

[Deleted member 535703]

No there arent. There are books of fairy tales that say it happened. Anyone could have written it, there is no PROOF at all. Its the religious who are more uneducated as you refuse to actually think for yourselves. You simply follow because you were told too llike good little slaves

Shit, my bad. Tried to use logic to defend the point of being nice to people who believe differently, but if we’re resorting to this, just remember you’re still part of the minority and you won’t make a difference. No matter how hard you try, your efforts don’t matter. You will not change the world’s mind.

I have nothing to lose from this. If I die and you’re right, then I won’t know. If I die and I’m right, then I get the promise of eternal life. Seems like… I win both ways. Either way, I spent my life believing in something, and you spent it being an ass. So, maybe don’t be one? This is why I’m all for education. These are the “fairy tales” I defend as my own truth, but you are too uneducated to be tolerant of it. Vying for children to be educated completely against religion is the same as wanting them to be raised in one. The argument wraps in on itself and collapses. Instead, teach about the facts of all of them. Same with sexualities and political parties. Allow people to make decisions and not be indoctrinated, simply educated.

 

[spectral]

Shit, my bad. Tried to use logic to defend the point of being nice to people who believe differently, but if we’re resorting to this, just remember you’re still part of the minority and you won’t make a difference. No matter how hard you try, your efforts don’t matter. You will not change the world’s mind.

I have nothing to lose from this. If I die and you’re right, then I won’t know. If I die and I’m right, then I get the promise of eternal life. Seems like… I win both ways. Either way, I spent my life believing in something, and you spent it being an ass. So, maybe don’t be one? This is why I’m all for education. These are the “fairy tales” I defend as my own truth, but you are too uneducated to be tolerant of it. Vying for children to be educated completely against religion is the same as wanting them to be raised in one. The argument wraps in on itself and collapses. Instead, teach about the facts of all of them. Same with sexualities and political parties. Allow people to make decisions and not be indoctrinated, simply educated.

I tolerate it, doesn't mean I have to respect it. It has been a bane on human civilization. It doesn't deserve respect. Respect is earned not given and religion does way more harm than good. Teach about the facts. I did, its make believe.

 

[Exnor]

There are twelve signed and dated witnesses to the existence of the golden plates and angels in Mormonism, there’s about 3400 years of religious history and miracles compiled into a book called the Bible, Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and Quran, and y’know religions existing forever. But yknow, to each their own.

It doesn’t matter how many people do or don’t believe. If you don’t understand what and why they believe, you become ignorant and, frankly, stupid. Your pushback against being educated, not preached to, is why we have mosque bombers.

I was about to reply to you reply to my last reply (lol i know.) but then i saw that you wrote this and i'm starting to think that you are just trolling with us.

You, cannot say with a strait face that you believe that. I can get 20 signed and dated witness to say that the saw me planting a flag on Mars 1000 years ago and that would not make it true. This is basic logic.

In science you prove over and ove and over and over (ad nauseam) again the same thing because its reality. In that fiction you say 90% of humans believe there are ZERO, proof . ZERO. You only have the so called witnesses.
Just because a large percentage of the population believes something does not make it true (!).
In the past 100% of humans believed the earth was flat and that did not make it true either.

The Bible, Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and Quran are fantasy works. They have some value, since there are some good lessons there but that is it.
In fact i say that JRR Tolkien works are far superior to all of those together and that does not make the One Ring more real that the tooth fairy.

Anyway, if you believe, good for you. Be happy do good to others, but do not impose your beliefs and bare in mind that you might be wrong (the same way you think i'm wrong).
Cheers.

 

[ChibiMofo]

"Are you religious?"​

You might as well ask me if I am braindead. Humans created the gods, not the other way around. And if in the year of our lord 2025 you STILL don't realize that you are being manipulated by charlatans that want to control you and your money, then you are braindead.

 

[MPRTwice]

My family physically assaulted me, etc. growing up for not being an athiest. I am a Jew and a Christian, and my whole mission is to be as kind as possible and only hate actions, not people.

At times I felt like I was spinning my wheels, and nearly gave up on Hope many times, but I'm alive and healthier for it. I stopped a famiily member from drinking hard and being violently drunk a few days ago; he stopped entirely after I was able to help him.

 

[Deleted member 535703]

I was about to reply to you reply to my last reply (lol i know.) but then i saw that you wrote this and i'm starting to think that you are just trolling with us.

You, cannot say with a strait face that you believe that. I can get 20 signed and dated witness to say that the saw me planting a flag on Mars 1000 years ago and that would not make it true. This is basic logic.

In science you prove over and ove and over and over (ad nauseam) again the same thing because its reality. In that fiction you say 90% of humans believe there are ZERO, proof . ZERO. You only have the so called witnesses.
Just because a large percentage of the population believes something does not make it true (!).
In the past 100% of humans believed the earth was flat and that did not make it true either.

The Bible, Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, and Quran are fantasy works. They have some value, since there are some good lessons there but that is it.
In fact i say that JRR Tolkien works are far superior to all of those together and that does not make the One Ring more real that the tooth fairy.

Anyway, if you believe, good for you. Be happy do good to others, but do not impose your beliefs and bare in mind that you might be wrong (the same way you think i'm wrong).
Cheers.

Glad to know you think religion is as real as your dad

 

[The Catboy]

Laveyan, not sure if that counts.

Based

 

[SAIYAN48]

I was, but now I'm not. I might say a few Latin words at a Roman temple one day...

 

[MPRTwice]

Glad to know you think religion is as real as your dad

No need to have either when one has a Father and Faith.

Edit: I for some reason saw my name above this, but this was a response to someone else, not me. Sorry about that.

 

[Deleted member 535703]

No need to have either when one has a Father and Faith.

Bismallah

 

[MPRTwice]

Bismallah

Sorry again for the mixup; here's a video for your troubles, and enjoy the music:

 

[tmnr1992]

No, my parents were never very religious so they let me choose my own beliefs. Although I did go to Sunday school, but back then I'd say I was an atheist. Then when I was a teenager I got into black metal, and really liked the satanic imagery associated with it, so I started reading a bit about satanism, and for a while I would consider myself a non theistic satanist. Now I'm probably an agnostic, I don't believe in god, Satan, ghosts or any other paranormal being, but there's no way to prove or disprove their existence, so instead I ignore the magical aspects and take whatever concepts I find useful from any religion, like meditation, respecting people and nature, and freedom of thought. I think South Park summarized it really well:

 

[Deleted member 705600]

No, my parents were never very religious so they let me choose my own beliefs. Although I did go to Sunday school, but back then I'd say I was an atheist. Then when I was a teenager I got into black metal, and really liked the satanic imagery associated with it, so I started reading a bit about satanism, and for a while I would consider myself a non theistic satanist. Now I'm probably an agnostic, I don't believe in god, Satan, ghosts or any other paranormal being, but there's no way to prove or disprove their existence, so instead I ignore the magical aspects and take whatever concepts I find useful from any religion, like meditation, respecting people and nature, and freedom of thought. I think South Park summarized it really well:

Okay that was funny XD

But I think you have a similar mindset to me, yeah

I don't like to proud myself of not being a theist like it makes me superior to people around me. Faith is basically a pretty personal thing and my personal opinions apart, I do think it genuinely makes the life of some people much better than without it

 

[Exnor]

Glad to know you think religion is as real as your dad

So now you resort to good old attempt to insult.

I guess when one based his ideology around a fantasy it's kinda difficult to argue with facts.

 

[tmnr1992]

Of course: Religion has it's origins in the brain in a part where our perception as us originates. This is the prefrontal cortex.
Studies with MRI on Religious and Non Religious people have found that the brain lights up specific parts of the brain when religious people prays but it's also the same areas that makes us aware of potential danger to our "personas".
This mean that Religion is not necessarily embedded or learned through external stimulation, but actually survival evolution in our brains that makes us be aware of our surroundings.
Skepticism and beliefs of otherworldly beings, ghosts, spirits, whatever, activates the same regions in our brains than when our primitive ancestors heard a noise in a jungle/forest, whatever.

Religion is basically: "Am I going to be eaten now" but sophisticated.

Is that clearer? I often assume people can read in between the lines (think for a while) but meh.

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And of cours the social and psychological derivatives of religion are heavy in a religious person's life than a non religious one.
A more religious one has more chance of survival because God loves them they have access to social support. But that's besides the point.
It's like saying that a cult is good for you. That cult being Christianity based entirely in consumism by USA, Charles Manson's Family, or the primitive tribe that hunts Albinos for luck.

It's a complex topic, there's another brain area, the anterior insula, associated with religious experiences among other things. If you stimulate that area with electrodes you could trigger a religious experience.

I also remember another video (it might have been from Andrew Huberman, I can't remember) that mentioned how praying regularly can train your brain in such a way that a part of your consciousness gets dissociated and can feel like a separate entity, which could be a possible explanation for those people who feel like they can communicate with a god or similar entity through prayer.

Our brains are hardwired for magical thinking, religions are just organized forms of it, in a way it makes sense that they exist when you understand its neurological foundations.