if we saw the collapse of all religions?
war?
peace?
more of the same?
degradation of social values?
other??
war?
peace?
more of the same?
degradation of social values?
other??
boredom
A new one.
oh come on, I was gonna get to that ... I just wanted to have some fun with it first. You're no fun at all ... ;-)SenorToenails wrote:
A new one.
I thought for sure someone would post that while I was clicking "preview"! :-pPuckMercury wrote:
oh come on, I was gonna get to that ... I just wanted to have some fun with it first. You're no fun at all ... ;-)SenorToenails wrote:
A new one.
More of the same.
Religion is just a pretext to wage war.
Without religion, the wackos of this planet would find another reason to fight.
Race, land, natural ressources, womens.
Religion is just a pretext to wage war.
Without religion, the wackos of this planet would find another reason to fight.
Race, land, natural ressources, womens.
Fixed.AutralianChainsaw wrote:
More of the same.
Religion is justhas been used as a pretext to wage war.
Without religion, the wackos of this planet would find another reason to fight.
Race, land, natural ressources, womens.
The fact that it has been used for evil purposes does not make religion inherently bad.
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular
I'll agree to that. Religion is ultimately a tool and a tool can neither be good or bad. A hammer is not evil because someone slaughtered their children with it. It's not the hammer's fault.
Well, a hammer is made of inanimate metals and wood. Religion is made of people, and people most certainly can be good or bad.PuckMercury wrote:
I'll agree to that. Religion is ultimately a tool and a tool can neither be good or bad. A hammer is not evil because someone slaughtered their children with it. It's not the hammer's fault.
a religion is NOT those people however. People subscribe to a religion, their nature does not in itself define it. People do explicitly define the construct of the religion I'll grant you so it is made BY people, but not necessarily OF people. Hammers are also made by people, but a hammer made by Hitler, Charles Manson or Jack the Ripper would not be itself evil - it would still just be a hammer.mikkel wrote:
Well, a hammer is made of inanimate metals and wood. Religion is made of people, and people most certainly can be good or bad.PuckMercury wrote:
I'll agree to that. Religion is ultimately a tool and a tool can neither be good or bad. A hammer is not evil because someone slaughtered their children with it. It's not the hammer's fault.
more of the same.
you can't say that lack of religion would have prevented the crusades or modern day terrorism, people would just have to be more honest about their real motives.
you can't say that lack of religion would have prevented the crusades or modern day terrorism, people would just have to be more honest about their real motives.
Yes it does. It makes it bad for humans. Just like certain drugs. Just because alcohol sitting there on its own isn't bad, doesn't mean that it's not bad for us.FEOS wrote:
Fixed.AutralianChainsaw wrote:
More of the same.
Religion is justhas been used as a pretext to wage war.
Without religion, the wackos of this planet would find another reason to fight.
Race, land, natural ressources, womens.
The fact that it has been used for evil purposes does not make religion inherently bad.