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 what is your position on religion? (36)

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what is your position on religion?

lets talk religion. give your side on what you think and what you believe in.

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2 points

I don't believe in god because, as a scientist, I don't choose to put blind faith in something without tangible evidence. If you do believe in god or gods, then that's great for you. My only stance on religion is to keep it to yourself. Don't shove jesus down my throat and don't use your faith to justify harming someone else. If you can do that and still be faithful, then awesome, keep doing what you're doing.

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The missionary position.

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Religion is for the lazy minded individual who choose not to question what they have been told or what they read, you only have one life to live and to live it by the rules of a religion is a waste!! religion only eases the fear of death for those who fear it, you should fear not living your one life not what comes after it!! as a youth I went to a religious school but I had the common sense to question the dribble I was told, when you truly break religion down and the rules it try's to enforce, its laughable and defies me why anyone could be so blinded and not question it??

flewk(1193) Disputed
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Everyone is lazy. It takes a lot of effort to question what we accept as truth. This is not limited to religion.

minimurph83(194) Disputed
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Your right we are lazy, but religion is the biggest culprit for lack of questioning, we don't accept many things these days without some form of substance to back the theory up? I don't think it takes to much effort to look at religion and breakdown what it preaches to think its just all a bunch of man made nonsense.

I absolutely detest religion. It is not only a retarded thing to believe but the main religions are all evil (not including Buddhism as I do not class it as a religion).

flewk(1193) Disputed
2 points

What about the violent sects of Buddhism? Is it not also evil when they promote murder and destruction?

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There are no violent sects of Buddhism. Please proceed to name them. Both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism are fundamentally peaceful. Anyone who is violent cannot be a Buddhist, it contradicts everything Buddhism is about. Buddhism encourages peace, religion encourages violence.

EgyptianLady(11) Clarified
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on the other hand i can understand where you're coming from, but it's not religion that's evil, it's the people that use it as a justification to terrorize or use force on others.

EgyptianLady(11) Disputed
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The fact that you claim that all religions are evil, proves how little you know of them. I advise you and all the others that criticize them to invest some time into understanding religion before stating your point of view. Furthermore I find your comment very offensive for many reasons. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't mind you stating your opinion, but insulting others is not the way to do so.Moreover your opinion on Buddhism demonstrates how little you know about the true meaning of religion and faith

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I know plenty about religion, thank you very much, you condescending so-and-so. If you would like me to I could provide informed reasons as to why every religion is evil, meaning the actual beliefs themselves, not just the actions of those within them. You are clearly just some stupid left-wing apologist. In that case I am glad I have offended you.

FYI: I was a Buddhist for almost 3 years and I daresay know more about it than you are likely to.

Well for an atheist it has no meaning;for a priest,he has high regards for it and for me,I sit in the mean;To me ,as I've always said it's the belief we hold and I follow my instincts and beliefs.

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I am agnostic, I don't believe one way or another. If asked I would awnser, possibly. Without evidence for or aginst I don't wish to make an uninformed judgment. And it really has no current affect on my personal decisions so Manet later in my life I will research a bit more and make a choice one way or the other but really the belief in a deity should have no effect on a person's life choices. If you need to consult someone else about making a decision it may not be the best choice to do it.

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Against agnosticism: Don't think you can get away with not choosing a side. Newsflash--you're running out of time. You ship has already embarked on the journey. You'll die someday and by then it will be too late to make up your mind.

MKIced(2511) Disputed
3 points

Agnosticism means you don't know if there is or is not a god or gods. I am not religious because there is no proof of a divine entity and I don't put blind faith in something without proof. I am not atheist because lack of proof does not equal lack of existence. In the middle ages, Europeans didn't know the Americas existed, they had no proof. That didn't mean that America came into existence only when they sailed over here.

Furthermore, I think if there is a god and a heaven, I'm not going to be penalized because I didn't go to church and pray. I live a moral life and I'm a good person; if this "god" can't see past that and sends me to your "hell" for not worshiping him/her/them, then I don't really want to go to their heaven.

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Agnosticism is most certainly a side, simply on a different spectrum. There are two spectrums that make up religious belief theism to atheism, and gnosticism to agnosticism. One can be like me, a "Pragmatic Agnostic" (I didn't choose the term), and believe that humanity is incapable of knowing. That is hardly "on the fence", as people often say.

minimurph83(194) Disputed
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I've made up my mind, religion is a load of old tosh!! we as humans fear death its what awaits us all, and funny enough religion try's to ease that fear by creating a false after life, we go to heaven and live for eternity my arse!! we die and our time on this world is over, our one shot at life is complete, as soon as you get to grip with that reality religion serves no purpose!

Religion is fine just as long as no one shoves his/her Religion on another or uses hatred toward others based on his/her Religion.

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4 points

Oh crap the troll has returned.

What you're saying is a bit like "no need for dairy products ... only cheese".

daver(1771) Clarified
3 points

Now that's udder nonsense.

1 point

There's atheist Christians out there, but I don't think this guy is one of them.

minimurph83(194) Disputed
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