Religon for the weak minded?Follow

Bull. You expect everyone with a motivation to reach a conclusion based on what...faith? Some people like to be convinced of things, and if they aren't, they don't fool themselves into believing they are just so they can reap benefits or appear to "know" something.

Theism: God exists
Atheism: God does not exist
Agnosticism: God may or may not exist (depending on definition of agnosticism)

With both theism and atheism, one must have surety to claim that stance. This is great for some people who've happened to have religious epiphanies (theists) or who believe so strongly in "science" that they have their own anti-God epiphany (atheists). But not for agnostics. We need to be convinced by something. Whether an epiphany, hard evidence, a logical conclusion, a philosophical conclusion. Whatever. IMO none of these hard and fast facts one way or another exist. And I'm certainly not going to take a giant leap of faith one way or the other just to satisfy one of those who is convinced.

Asking an agnostic to "make up his mind already" is like giving someone a jar of 100 numbered beans, asking him to pull one out, and decide which number it is without even looking at it just so he can reach a Holy Conclusion. NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE EITHER WAY DUMBASS.

Besides which, speaking of "chances", there is no majority religion--chances are the vast majority are wrong. How do you feel now, sucka!?

Edited, Sun Feb 6 04:27:19 2005 by Palpitus

Thanks for proving my point. Tard.



So it's better to not guess at all? Try picking out a bean with a gun to your head being asked a yes or no question and saying "It could be any one of these beans!" Believe me I'd rather take a tiny chance than just getting my brain blown out.



I'm sure a Religion with the bare minimum 10,000 people is right on up there with a religion like Islam with millions of members. Nice train of thought there.





Well, since Agnostics haven't the balls to decide, theyre wrong no matter what.



Like I just owned you on all levels.

Man as usual has taken and usurped the concept of God(along with anything else) and made it and shaped it in accordances with his own desire and will.

People say that God is irrelevant.

well, after thousands of generations has taken the concept and chewed it up and spit it out on the plates of us "modernites", it has indeed become irrelevant.

This however should never overshadow the truth of the unknown.

Look out for next weeks thread "Boobies: Big or Small?"

I consider myself to be a normal, average person.
I have a Wife and two young sons.
We both work fulltime and are paying off our house and a family car.
We struggle like the rest of the average people do.
I have great friends and family.
My Wife and I don't have the perfect marriage, we fight about money, the kids, work, just like most normal couples do.

I'm happy with what I have and who I am as a person. I have things I would like to improve about myself and I have goals I am working towards.

I also don't follow any religious belief systems. Not following a system or believing in a "God" figure, has not had an effect on my life, over the last 32 years as far as I can tell and I would be the best judge.

So why then do I need to believe in a God and/or a Religion, if I am already satisfied with my life and the direction it is going in?

youshutup didnt mention clinical studies(which i'm too lazy to post a link to, but which were done through the new england journal of medicine, i believe)that may have proved a genetic predisposition to 'faith'.

we came in different ships, but we're all in the same boat.

God is a 16 oz can of Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup.

I have proof.

what happens if you just don't like cream of tomato?

i refuse to believe in the existence of cream of tomato no matter what campbell's or the labels on the cans say

I just wanna say one thing. Religions see their god as unfallable, the "God" can do no wrong. Most religions also see homosexuality as a flaw, a mistake, its not supposed to happen. IF your "God" made us, and you say homosexuality is a flaw, your saying your god screwed up, he made a mistake, completely disproving that everything you say about your "God".

Seeing as im an aetheist, tried and true, im simply here to state what I believe. You christians or muslims or bhuddists, or whatever you are, can have your religion. It doesn't hurt me to let you have your religions, just keep them to yourself. Don't tell me about your "God". Don't knock on my door and tell me about some church. Don't push what you believe on me because you think I'll go to this place you've named Hell, or whatever your religions equivalent is here, if I don't follow you.