What is the purpose of religion?
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Poor kid, it cant be easy being Stans love child. If you were discussing the British Royal family in the 1500's he would pipe up with something idiotic about Muslims and bombs
I'm curious why you keep arguing with him. :-D Cheers, Vikram.
"When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
I ought to kick your ass for coming here with your preposterous proclamations!
And I declare war on your country because I can't say 'preposterous proclamations' five times really fast :-D Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]
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Some people make money out of it.
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Basically, religion merely serves as a basis for social organization. As human societies grew more complex, religioun provided the most logical way for humans to organie their daily lives, and define their relationships in ways that were beneficial to the largest number of indiviudals. Any set of princples around which human beings organize themseslves functions inherently as a 'religion'. That is why it is impossible to escape religion. Human beings will always need a means of setting standards and rules of conduct based upon some source of moral authority. You simple cannot maintain civilization without it. That is the irony and the impossibility of modern concepts of separation of church and state which really do nothing more than free the state up to assume the inherent responsibilities of the church - achieving just the opposite of what they were originally intended to do. "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
Reverend Satan wrote:
You simple cannot maintain civilization without it
Thats a very strong statement, and probably wrong. Religion has almost nothing to do with the way society is organised and run in the UK (or very little to do with peoples lives), and it runs OK. Religion is about answering questions of life, and, giving a secure, parental like comfort to the ignorant scared people who cant face reality. Nunc est bibendum
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I'm curious why you keep arguing with him. :-D Cheers, Vikram.
"When I read in books about a "base class", I figured this was the class that was at the bottom of the inheritence tree. It's the "base", right? Like the base of a pyramid." - Marc Clifton.
Good question :) I guess on one hand I am amazed by the stuff he comes out with. The fact that he can be so opinionated but not have any knowledge to back it up suggests that he is just repeating something he has been hearing for a long time. I would like to think that maybe one day he will have reason to reconsider what he has been taught and having been exposed to people here that have different opinions he may be more likely to try and learn things for himself. And its just fun too
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Reverend Satan wrote:
Agreed. But that is an ideal
Agreed, and I might had an ideal worth fighting for.
When do you plan to start? "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
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Good question :) I guess on one hand I am amazed by the stuff he comes out with. The fact that he can be so opinionated but not have any knowledge to back it up suggests that he is just repeating something he has been hearing for a long time. I would like to think that maybe one day he will have reason to reconsider what he has been taught and having been exposed to people here that have different opinions he may be more likely to try and learn things for himself. And its just fun too
Josh Gray wrote:
I would like to think that maybe one day he will have reason to reconsider what he has been taught and having been exposed to people here that have different opinions he may be more likely to try and learn things for himself.
Yes, sure, calling me a "Dumb Fuck" is really making me reconsider everything i believe. :zzz:
Josh Gray wrote:
And its just fun too
So in other words, you are using me for your entertainment. :rolleyes:
Pumk1nh3ad illustrates that Intelligent Design oft goes awry. - Ed Gadziemski You did'nt get it. I over estimated you. - Josh Gray
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A.A. wrote:
Ultimately Allah has wisdom for whatever he does
Hey, is that the same Allah dude who keeps having people blown up all over the planet? Sorry, but he kind of seems like an asshole to me. What I'm curous about is where he finds all those virgins. "Patriotism is the first refuge of a patriot."
He is a close friend of God and Jehovah who send their followers to invade/steal their country and torture them. -------- "I say no to drugs, but they don't listen." - Marilyn Manson
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Josh Gray wrote:
No the Jew's have American helicopters to transport their bombs
And they have every right to. Israel belongs to the Jews, and they should kick the palestenians out.
Pumk1nh3ad illustrates that Intelligent Design oft goes awry. - Ed Gadziemski You did'nt get it. I over estimated you. - Josh Gray
I've been reading all of this, and you really ARE stupid. Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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For mankind it is probably an excuse to start a fight, but what could the diety possibly gain from it?
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