He sure does. Press play and you will find out why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2Mjxk9ZSU

I'm not religious, but the answer is "faith".

It's another way of saying, "I don't know for sure, and it probably can't be objectively proven right now, but I choose to believe."

Not to be confused with "blind faith".

**** Tapatalk by the way. How are you still using that ****? What is this, 2005?

What I find totally ironic is that if the people of your country ever found this post they would hang you by your ****ing pathetic small balls until you were dead and then they would **** your wife and your virgin daughter over and over again right next to your dead body.

Gg dubai

Yeah that's not irony though. You American by any chance?

Well if it's not true, then tell me the email address of your boss and let me send that message directly to them.

I didn't say it wasn't true. I said it wasn't irony.

That makes sense. I'm merely curious by individual as to what about your particular religion seems more true than others

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Agreed, but at least more interesting than the political threads which are an even bigger waste of time.

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falhawk why are you so stuck on this 8th grade cafeteria gotcha? smarter people than you have been religious, and smarter people than you have been irreligious too.

the religions that survived for 2-5 millennia didn't do so by random chance, they made it the same way everyone else did: survival, i.e. competition. it is self-evident that they are the best. judaism did so by picking rules that actually worked at a time when other religions were doing stupid **** like sacrificing their own children. christianity did so through proselytization. islam through unification of religion and government.

if you want to know about religion and the history thereof there are plenty of resources out there. i can help you find some if you want. otherwise i wouldn't worry about it, you don't really know what you're talking about. you're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie.

Harsh but accurate.

and to give you a more specific answer, the religious are aware of concepts like "metaphor" "perception" "subjectivity". the wisest and most religious person in my life, my grandmother, was a devout roman catholic who made waves in the local diocese in the 50s and 60s for hosting church women united, an organization that does exactly what the name says across all christian denominations.

she sounds like a truly awful nazi. glad she won't have anything to do with south africa and tribalwar.com, thankfully

what's the south africa connection did i miss something?

another reason a person might believe their own religion is true without questioning others would be something called the wars of religion. this event happened in the 17th century across europe when every gay weeb was making up his own christian denomination and they all kept massacring and exiling each other and going to war against other kingdoms and dumb **** like that.

at the end of many pointless deaths a little known document called the peace of westphalia was created to say okay this is the border that every religion has to stay in and if any one of you *****es steps out of line you get ****smashed got it?

you went to high school right?

Bingo. For example. The Christian Bible is a metaphorical masterpiece. Can literally rebuild civilization with what is contained within it. The trick is understanding how to read it.

Allegory

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Hermeneutics.

Also a proper evaluation of Neoplatonism and Gnosticism will help the seeker of self attain a better understanding of the work of the Demiurge as it is well known Neoplatonism and Gnosticism were extremely influential in the development of what would later become the Christian Faith.

Dianetics

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LRH was a modern scammer. What us adults are talking about is very ancient.

Religions are outdated in our modern world and need to be re-written. The problem is, they say things like "Allah's word is perfect." The Quran has over 100 passages telling their people to kill those who don't believe. It was written in a time when conquering lands through war was the way of life.

Christianity means good, but saying the earth is only 2k years old, there was an ark, the earth flooded, and so on is BS. The stories were written 2k years ago by people drunk on wine. It's that thing where you tell a story over and over, and it changes. I'm sure there was a flood a couple thousand years ago. But saying every animal got on a boat, the earth flooded for a month, and now we're here, no. Just no.

Attempts at making religions today are whacked cults. Scientology is the example of this.

So what's the answer? Make a bible based on real history, that tells people to be good.

1. The 3 major religions do not worship the same God.
2. The Earth was flooded. Half ass study geology and that fact becomes crystal clear. Of course putting every animal would not work. What would work is ---.
3. Only the worthy have a right to the truth. Many of you can not handle simple things such as politics. Spoon feeding those types the most important of truths will not end well for anyone. Things are hidden for good reason.

Tehvul123

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My friends call me Big Red, but you can call me anything but that.

i still want to know what south africa has to do with anything

this thread is sucking

someone coax gandalf into saying the earth is 6000 years old

People don't really believe that, they just like to be contrarians, like flat earthers

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my older sister, without hyperbole or exaggeration, believes the earth is 6000 years old. she is a practicing baptist.

Baptist huh? Loads of fun. -_-

Does she engage in conversation about it?

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This is my belief as well.

I do think it is interesting what people believe and why. Is it because of where and when they were born? Were they just raised that way? Did they find something later in life that just made sense to them?

The use of religion as a form of control over the masses is also interesting.

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Same.

The Catholic Church mastered the control aspect.

There is very little someone over the internet is going to say to make you believe what they believe if you don't already want to. For me I have been questioning a higher powers existence for decades. The textbook answer here is he has worked in my life and speaks to me. I was basically atheist and know what my internal voice and conscience sounds like. That is not the voice I hear when I pray, or at other times in my life.

If when the curtain falls I was wrong. So be it... I am happy with what I turned in.

Looking at many religions they are very similar and may fall to the same God but skewed here or there. Some of the greatest scientists have trouble looking at the universe and thinking it just happened with no creative influence. There are many times they fall to perhaps just a higher power.

Accurate description of every political thread on tw

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I miss the Church of Mountain Dew thread. Shame all the links are dead.

That is why politics and religion are held in the same category as far as some institutions for subjects you shouldn't breach.

Not really man. I just had **** to do and generally discussion with you is non-productive, so it was much more of a dismission if anything. You were literally trying to teach me what the word "edgy" means, which in itself is the veiled passive aggression that you accuse me of. Even if it had been sincere, I was an English teacher for 8 years, and you teaching me English is nothing more than a waste of my time.

When you argue with everyone constantly about everything, you start seeing everything in the form of argument and attack. You are like a bull seeing red everywhere he looks.

Calling others "weak" seems to be your go to when in actuality running around throwing insults at numerous other individuals recklessly is an actual sign of weakness. I will follow this up by saying that I do not think you are a weak person, nor would I ever want to accuse you of anything negative recklessly.

Showing kindness to others is a sign of strength. It is a reflection of a healthy inner state of mind.

I realize the M.O. is to cause as much damage to as many people as possible, but you may want to rethink your behaviors and the consequences that they have on both other individuals around you as well as yourself.

Since this is a religious based discussion here you go: "A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it."

One of the reasons the bible is not foolishness is that it has actual life wisdom that is priceless, such as the above. When your words are mean, hateful, dirty, it is an outward reflection of a corrupt inner state of mind.

You are welcome to reply with more mean-spirited childish nonsense if you choose, but your breath will be wasted and you will only be harming yourself.

Godspeed Mitch. Wish you all the best.


Totally agree. It is a lot more interesting.

Definitely got me posting...

It was a good thread imo.

I generally don't talk either in work situations but regular conversation

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i talk on the toilet when i hear someone else comes in the bathroom

i'm like hey man do you believe in god