What's your View On Religion?

Your idiocy saddens me.

wait were hipsters for not believing the bullshit story?

case in point

fuck off

Can you explain why I didn't have you at 10 already?

On another note, a god/power or whatever could definitely exist. There is obviously no way of proving whether one does or does not exist, if it were possible for us to validate the existance of a God then it would largely make God redundant anyway.
My point is though, if you choose to believe that a God exists, why the hell do you feel the need to sign up to some specific cult with it's own specific rules? Why can't you just believe in God? Why do you feel the need to add on all this random shit onto your belief in God? So many people in this thread come across as very laid back Christians, who clearly don't agree with certain bits of Christianity. Here's a suggestion, just because your parents or your friends call themselves Christian, doesn't mean you need to. You can believe in God and not be part of any organised religion, and I wish more people of the godly inclination did this.

Well actually, I can answer that. It's because it gives people a reason to believe in God. After all, without all these terms and conditions, what would be the use in a God at all? Ok so I believe a God exists...how did this make any difference to my life at all? It doesn't, religion as we know it today was made up in order to make people buy into it.

And now I'll contradict my self once more. There is one way believing a God exists would have a difference on my life. One way and one way only. If there is some power or creator of all that we know, that would mean that, in a way, everything was connected, spiritually connected if you will, though I hate to put it like that. I think a connection like this could help people see through prejudices they might have and give incentive to people to help their fellow mankind.

Spark notes: God could exist, without organised religion believing in god is near pointless...but not quite.

That is all...though I kind of want to go into more detail.

how is it pointless.. I am religious because I believe in God, I do not believe in God because I am religious. The reason I go to an organized church is simply because I learn a great deal about my beliefs there, its almost like a school, plus I meet a bunch of people who believe the same way that I do. Another reason is because I see my church doing good things for the community, and it is a way to get involved. Organized religion as in the sense of the catholic church trying to control everything is not good for God, however I feel that a church whos main goal is to educate people and do community outreach (volunteer work) is a positive thing. If there were no churches I would still believe in God.

why do you need a church to support the community?

So, what about all the other thousands of gods recognized in religions around the world?

yeah what about me and my church? The Church of Chuck Norris & Macgayver

How is it pointless?
Give me on reason to believe in a God I don't know exists, without using the reasons organised religion gives you obviously (i.e. you'll go to hell if you don't etc.). Simply believing there is a power that created the universe has 0 effect on your life, and is therefore pointless, it would make no difference whether you believed in this power or not.

However, being Christian say, means you go to church, you pray, you think you go to heaven, etc etc etc. and therefore your belief in God is given reason.

Jesus said, as the Father hath power in himself, even so hath the Son power. . .

In my opinion this is one of the most powerful scriptures. I believe in a spiritual evolution just like I believe in biological evolution. Shit had to come from somewhere, nothing is magic, we just don't understand yet. Religion on the other hand takes the words of the scripture too literally, it is just a fucking book and lol @ the atheists who take the scriptures just as literally as the believers. Over zealous atheists and religious people alike bug me because they base their believes on the absence of data instead of looking at our known data and considering the endless possibilities.

You know who else has the power........

you know who else has the power?

BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL!!!

All I saw in that passage was "I go to church, so that they can tell me what I'm actually believing in.".

Sorry, but I couldn't interpret it any other way.

"The " kingdom of heaven" is a condition of the heart- not something that comes "upon the earth" or "after death"." -Friedrich Nietzche. The belief in God and Jesus give me hope and a sense of heaven on earth while I am here. In contrast to this quote, i believe in life after death/reincarnation.This hope that i carry with me everyday is not pointless to me because it effects me everyday. It's value is priceless and carries me through the worst of times. I can not imagine coping with the death of a loved one without the belief that they have a soul.With a little hope , I have a little less fear (example : death) and I can live my life with a little less hate :) skiing has a similar effect on me as well.

^^ is that an alias? is it?

Well, you could say that every living thing that is cherished has "a soul", but why not just think about this logically and believe that there is no life after death, no heaven, no hell, no nothingness. you cease to exist only as a memory and silently fading away from the common consciousness if you're "no one special".

Now that is something that is with me every moment of my life and carries me through the worst and the best times - I am insignificant, but only as insiginificant as I make myself out to be. I can make a difference, I can make myself a more rooted memory or I can just be and go with the flow. Life is not magical, life is not a miracle, but that's a good thing! We are feeble creatures, who have evolved to be able to question even ourselves and our being.

By knowing that I could become nothingness just by taking a little fall and cracking my head open, gives me much more perspective to life than believing that there was something else waiting for me - I think that is just plain selfish.

Should I take that comment as an insult ?

lol @ quoting Nietzche to justify belief in god.

Im not planning on reading this whole possible shitstorm but ill make an honest post.

I am Roman Catholic. I go to a catholic school, go to church, and believe in God.

I do have some things about Church that I do not agree with. I do not particularly agree with the fact that the Priest is treated like a king during the mass. Yes, he is an important figure in the church, but not to the point where he needs an alter boy to hold a book for him or wash his hands. It's simple things like that that I don't like.

I find it interesting to see that people call other peoples religions out, meanwhile most of them are based on the same ideas. Jewish people believe in the same God as Christians. They believe that there was a man named Jesus, but they think he was a prophet, not God.

Muslims believe in God and Jesus but believe that Muhammad is the messenger of God instead of Jesus.

Rastafarists believe in the same trinity as Christians. They believe in Jesus. However, they believe that the Emperor of Ethiopia is the second coming of Jesus.

It's pretty interesting that they are very alike. If anybody would like to have an intelligent conversation about this feel free to PM me.

Haha. Freddy would have had a good time with you.

The reason why there seems to be more atheists online than in real life is simple. Online you are, for the most part, unfiltered. ANY and ALL ideas can be expressed or exchanged. You had have better damned [irony] good evidence for any ideas you suggest. Or else, like in this thread, you will be heckled.

lol @ knowing what Nietzche even is.

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