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In reply to the discussion: Religion is not the Problem: But is it the Answer...? [View all]skepticscott
(13,029 posts)64. He used those words in connection
with a whole lot of people, including you. Sorry if it stings to have his bigotry brought to your attention, but there it is in black and white. If you don't like religious believers being called ignorant, take it up with him, and don't blame the person who put in under your eyes.
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IMO, the greatest danger of practicing religion is that it trains one to evaluate life issues
ladjf
Jan 2013
#1
There really is no true objectivity. Even science cannot withstand the role of the self. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#2
Religions are numerous and they are pliable. There is the religion of Tibetan Buddhism which
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#25
Religion is a symbolism of what the mind cannot possibly grasp. There are no gods no, but there is
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#8
1000's of years anecdotal history of spiritual experience by my ancestors, and my own personal
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#10
I don't see why thousands of years of history should be dismissed? You can even place this history
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#17
The central premise of religion was never meant to withstand the "evidence" you are talking about.
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#36
You're not seeing what religion is actually about. Religion is very simple, it needs no evidence,
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#50
Because no one has ever gone through a black hole and come back with factual data.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#72
That is all a misunderstanding of religion on either side. That is precisely the issue I wrote
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#20
So much of what religion teaches is fact based, you are cherry picking fundamentalist teachings....
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#55
He is documented historically. That Jesus lived is a fact. It's been investigated ad naseum.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#71
Per Wiki: Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#75
There is actually according to "The Jesus Dynasty" tremendous amounts of historical records of
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#80
Josephus the Jewish historian. Some prime evidence is the existence of the oral history that led
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#85
The best answer to the question of why should I go to church came from a priest many years ago.
rug
Jan 2013
#21
That is really the essence of the spiritual path vs the religious. They each fulfill their time
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#24
Yes, the Catholic Church became a powerful component in the world. Still is.
Tigress DEM
Jan 2013
#74
Well scottie, it seems it's you, scottie, not him accusing me of having a "myopic worldview".
rug
Jan 2013
#45
Sorry, I have no clue what your talking about. Could you rephrase? I am a fool after-all:
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#46
So true...to actually present a religious conservative with The Beatitudes is almost comical, if not
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#27
I think we really don't "need" religion but the fact is that by account of a spiritual path there
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#31
Religion is the byproduct of a master's teaching disintegrated by the ego's that follow.
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#78
You cannot combat a misunderstanding with a misunderstanding is more apt. nt
Flabbergasted
Jan 2013
#79