Posts by SacrificialLoon

Well I can walk fine without it, but being an evil socialist apparently I realize that the needs of the many can outweigh the needs of the few or the one. Lots of people still need to believe in a God, it can give purpose, it's comforting, it creates a societal unity (and conflict). I think it's inevitable that religion will wane, but it will be a slow process. You just can't yank the blankey away and not expect a temprer-tantrum.

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God, Morals, and Atheists

by UnDisfellowshipped in

my version of the "moral argument for god": .

(i have derived the following arguments after studying c.s.

lewis', norman geisler's, and victor reppert's arguments, and i want to give credit where credit is due).

SacrificialLoon

Look how civilized many European nations are SLoon. Atheism is more prevalent. I think religion has done far more harm than good in this world.

Yes, now, but I'm not saying it's better, it's more like a stepping stone on the way to a more advanced society. Like how we've advanced from groups to a tribe, to city-states, to nation-states, and now on to a more global society. Religion as part of society has followed a similar evolution from shamanistic, to polytheism, to monotheism... to atheism? Religion is simply a part of what has made humanity what it is today.

I do think that humanity could achieve more without the crutch of religion, but are we mature enough as a species to walk without that crutch?

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God, Morals, and Atheists

by UnDisfellowshipped in

my version of the "moral argument for god": .

(i have derived the following arguments after studying c.s.

lewis', norman geisler's, and victor reppert's arguments, and i want to give credit where credit is due).

SacrificialLoon

Who cares as long as you serve it with beer, eh?

Oh yeah that's beauty eh! Only hosers don't drink beer!

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God, Morals, and Atheists

by UnDisfellowshipped in

my version of the "moral argument for god": .

(i have derived the following arguments after studying c.s.

lewis', norman geisler's, and victor reppert's arguments, and i want to give credit where credit is due).

SacrificialLoon

I mean before they got there.

Well if the threat of punishment worked 100% of the time we wouldn't need prisons. Now, as to whether everyone that's in prison actually belongs there is a whole nother story.

I do not believe in a God or gods, but I do think that religion (has) serves(ed) as a framework upon which a society can be built. Religion is one of many levers that can be pulled, although it is a big one. Maybe someday we'll outgrow it, but not in my lifetime.

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God, Morals, and Atheists

by UnDisfellowshipped in

my version of the "moral argument for god": .

(i have derived the following arguments after studying c.s.

lewis', norman geisler's, and victor reppert's arguments, and i want to give credit where credit is due).

SacrificialLoon

Canadian is the worst kind of religion they worship a false bacon. It's ham you dopes!

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God, Morals, and Atheists

by UnDisfellowshipped in

my version of the "moral argument for god": .

(i have derived the following arguments after studying c.s.

lewis', norman geisler's, and victor reppert's arguments, and i want to give credit where credit is due).

SacrificialLoon

Prisons are full of believers.

Of course, why wouldn't God love, and forgive a narcissisist?

Good thing most people aren't completely credulous.

Prison isn't a fun place to be (I'd imagine) so they do reach for that opiate of the masses thing.