religion

[BADecker]

people are religion minded beings.

you don't speak for all of us.

Everybody is religious

i'm not.

Ah! So you are another one of those who has a religion of non-religion.

[BADecker]

you guys are using the word religion out of context. the topic was about the belief in deities and candy land. you know this.

Well, if you set yourself up as enough of an authority, that you suggest that God doesn't exist, then you are essentially setting yourself up as God. You absolutely know so much, right?

[ObscureBean]

people are religion minded beings.

As of right now, this statement holds true and encompasses every human on earth.
But it doesn't necessarily need to be this way.
People are "religion minded beings" out of necessity since their actions/deeds are unforgivable even to themselves. They have no other recourse but to believe in a supreme being who would have the power to forgive them and banish their demons in their stead.

EDIT - refining my above comment so as not to sound like I'm oppressing believers which I'm not. You can replace "supreme being" with anything of your choice, anything you believe in. And yes I would still keep the rest of the comment intact.

[WEB slicer]

Ah! So you are another one of those who has a religion of non-religion.

no, i am not. i do not share your view that non-religious is a religion.

Well, if you set yourself up as enough of an authority, that you suggest that God doesn't exist, then you are essentially setting yourself up as God. You absolutely know so much, right?

did i announce myself to be any authority? no. did i suggest i know it all? no again. if you want to have an intelligent debate i will play with you. but don't talk stupid to me. i don't appreciate it.

[WEB slicer]

people are religion minded beings.

As of right now, this statement holds true and encompasses every human on earth.

every human on earth huh? do you know every human on earth? are you inside the mind of every human on earth? if you say many human beings are religion minded i would agree with you. but you both cross the line from being correct to over exaggerating. you do not speak for every human on earth. if you want to be taken seriously choose your words more carefully.

[goregrind]

people are religion minded beings.

As of right now, this statement holds true and encompasses every human on earth.

every human on earth huh? do you know every human on earth? are you inside the mind of every human on earth? if you say many human beings are religion minded i would agree with you. but you both cross the line from being correct to over exaggerating. you do you speak for every human on earth. if you want to be taken seriously choose your words more carefully.

Yea we get it, you're special. Now get off your high horse

[WEB slicer]

Yea we get it, you're special. Now get off your high horse

i don't think i'm special. what makes you think i'm on a high horse? i don't even own a horse.

[Masha Sha]

Yea we get it, you're special. Now get off your high horse

i don't think i'm special. what makes you think i'm on a high horse? i don't even own a horse.

That's sad contrary to men of religions, horses never betrayed. And you can let a child with an horse worry free.
Horses need only clean grass and water, and lot of love...

[WEB slicer]

Don't worry about lunatics.  You are perfectly rational.

Religious people are insane.

well thank you sir, i am not accustom to having people back me up online. it feels good.  

[af_newbie]

Don't worry about lunatics.  You are perfectly rational.

Religious people are insane.

well thank you sir, i am not accustom to having people back me up online. it feels good.  

np. take care.

Here is what these people really think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfUSzaKrxD8

[jupiterdianysa]

In the root of all religions(any of them) is the archaic fear.. Same story is told with different languages in different periods of time since the beginning.  Not really surprising! Its up to us to keep up with it or reject it. We are not religious from birth or religious minded bla bla bla...THe only fact is that archaic fear causing us to fill the blanks. Read some history of humanity sources, it goes long before judaism, christianity or islam.

[WEB slicer]

i agree. the fear of death and the unknown is what fuels these beliefs. people need to believe in something greater than themselves. they need hope that they will live on and see their loved ones again. to think that their life has no purpose is too much for them to accept. it's much more comforting to believe in what makes you feel good.

[carlisle1]

i think Religion was just a poison for a persons mind , they are just getting those people brainwashed they are not educating people by using the word of god but instead they are just ruling those people and the people are like being fooled i dont believe in religion i am just believing to god .

[BADecker]

i think Religion was just a poison for a persons mind , they are just getting those people brainwashed they are not educating people by using the word of god but instead they are just ruling those people and the people are like being fooled i dont believe in religion i am just believing to god .

And the religion of not following God and believing in Him, is religion of the worst kind.

[escrowboy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbgT_52-OF8

Please, no religion, ban religions, stop hatred, no wars, no fight, no races

I agree that religion should vanish to reduce hatred in the world. But I dont think wars will end even religion vanished. The cause of war is not only religion it is also the government and the oppression to people.

[ObscureBean]

people are religion minded beings.

As of right now, this statement holds true and encompasses every human on earth.

every human on earth huh? do you know every human on earth? are you inside the mind of every human on earth? if you say many human beings are religion minded i would agree with you. but you both cross the line from being correct to over exaggerating. you do not speak for every human on earth. if you want to be taken seriously choose your words more carefully.

I couldn't be more careful when choosing my words. I do not use words lightly.
From your response it would seem that you misunderstood my comment (or perhaps I was not clear enough in which case I apologize) as a matter of fact my edit was meant to clarify just that, my use of the phrase "every human on earth".

Here, I mean "religion" as in "school of thought", basically any system of belief. I specifically mentioned the supreme being/God simply because it is central to the single most powerful belief system known to man.

The essence of religion is thought and thought encompasses every human on earth.
Perhaps now you can better understand my comment.

[Moloch]

people are religion minded beings.

As of right now, this statement holds true and encompasses every human on earth.

every human on earth huh? do you know every human on earth? are you inside the mind of every human on earth? if you say many human beings are religion minded i would agree with you. but you both cross the line from being correct to over exaggerating. you do not speak for every human on earth. if you want to be taken seriously choose your words more carefully.

I couldn't be more careful when choosing my words. I do not use words lightly.
From your response it would seem that you misunderstood my comment (or perhaps I was not clear enough in which case I apologize) as a matter of fact my edit was meant to clarify just that, my use of the phrase "every human on earth".

Here, I mean "religion" as in "school of thought", basically any system of belief. I specifically mentioned the supreme being/God simply because it is central to the single most powerful belief system known to man.

The essence of religion is thought and thought encompasses every human on earth.
Perhaps now you can better understand my comment.

Like the other 2 previously stated... you are wrong... simply wrong

You are projecting

For some reason, you seem to think that whatever you believe, everyone else believes also... this is a fallacy

Not everyone believes in religion, or a god...

I do not believe in anything that does not have solid evidence to support it... this includes but is not limited to, religion, gods, ghosts, unicorns, aliens, bigfoot, jesus, satan, leprechauns, angels, demons, santa claus and the tooth fairy

I do not believe in any of these things because there is no evidence for any of them

[Masha Sha]

Unicorn shit is real... Unicorns, I am not sure...

[helloeverybody]

Religion was created to control people in a time where no rules were set, it served its purpose and it did it well. Giving people something to fear more than man himself meant they would be more likely to follow rules set by someone in authority. Jump forward a few thousand years and we have rules built of these religions and even without the fear of burning in a pit for eternity we can stick to them pretty well. Religion is no longer needed other than for those who need comfort because of insecurities of what may or may not happen. Slowly people will waken and realise that they no longer have a need for a god or gods, how long this will take though? who knows.

[jupiterdianysa]

i agree. the fear of death and the unknown is what fuels these beliefs. people need to believe in something greater than themselves. they need hope that they will live on and see their loved ones again. to think that their life has no purpose is too much for them to accept. it's much more comforting to believe in what makes you feel good.

More than thinking about seeing loved ones it focused on another life and infinity. People like to think about this infinite and excellent heaven full of joy.. knowing that youll vanish, burn to your ashes, no soul will fly thru sky bla bla( soo fucking romantic actually:D) is so hard to accept. We as humans cant accept the end of living form as a body or soul.. this is where archaic fears are born.