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Originally posted by: Regicidal_Maniac
Chaltab I rejected religion when I found out it was based on myths and lies and has ABSOLUTELY NO BASIS IN FACT OR IMPACT UPON THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
If something is not of this world it bears no consideration whatsoever.
I went to a Catholic High school and I spent my youth before that in after-school Christian bible study classes. A damned fine waste of time that was. Come on people let's all be happy and praise Him.
Don't presume to tell me what I know and do not know.
I enjoyed reading the bible in the same way I enjoyed reading Aesop's Fables or Hans Christian Anderson or Greek myth or the writings on the origins of religious belief of scholars like Joseph Campbell.
I was an argumentative child and my Priests and Brothers never had the correct answers they'd always falter and stumble under the weight of irrefutable logic. Then just as you do they'd retreat back into the words of their God, who said it so it must be true and we know it's true it is written and it was written by God and that's how we know it. What a circle jerk.
I don't care what you believe Chaltab just know that you're the blind fool and I don't give a shit what your book says about me.
I'm not insulting religious people, who for the most part are pretty pleasant and docile creatures thanks to their beliefs, I am insulting religion at large. The organisation that has surrounded the belief in the supernatural and wormed its way into the highest levels of world government passing moral judgements and laws that are based on a fantasy.
I don't know if there is a God or not, and neither do you. The point is I don't care either way because it is only through the falsehoods grafted onto ancient historical events and awareded significance by interested parties that you feel some measure of fear of this thing called God. The true God if there is one has no power here on Earth and it meets all who seek to join it in the end.
Just live your live Chaltab, it's likely the ONLY ONE you'll get.
One life, but it last throughout eternity. Be careful where you choose to spend that eternity, Reg.
If "religion"has no basis in fact then how do you explain miraculous healing? Demon posssesion? The miracles and Ressurection of the Lord?
I know for a fact there is a God. It is utterly impossible that this world that is so complex could be the result of a cosmic explosion. And there is nothing you can say that will make me belive otherwise.
And seriously? Why not be happy? Beats depression? Why not praise Him? It beats cursing or ignoring Him. Reg. You have revealed youself to be an enemy of the living God. I pity you. Yeah, I am angry, and I honestly believe that Satan sent you my way just to mess with me. And ultimately, Reg, you only make yourself look like an arrogant prick, ignoring facts and rejecting God.
You can belive whatever you want. Know one is trying to force you to belive, and God wants you to have that choice, because forced love isn't really love. I don't care what else is said here. After this this thread is officially dead to me. Don't even bother replying, because I won't be reading it.