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Halx · 01-28-2004, 04:02 PM

I'd prefer not to be argued with on these points, but respond to them however you wish. I'm simply thinking aloud to the forum. I have my views, you have yours. There should be no anger between us. I'll discuss if it's civil.

1. There are hundreds of thousands of religions in the world... each one would have you believe that IT is the ONE.

2. A lot of religions stress humility. All religions have leaders. To lead is to disregard humility. "Do as I say, not as I do"?

3. Many people have very customized visions of God. "I refuse to believe God is _____." "My God is _______." I don't know if this is self-delusion or self-confidence.

4. Man created God. God created man. What? How can God even exist by this logic?

5. I'm going to write an essay one day about how devout religion is simply autoschitzophrenia.

6. I can convince myself that Jesus speaks to me too. Very easily. The human brain is able to do that. I completely understand the mechanism through which you are communicating to God.

7. Here are two ways to look at religion skeptically. First is focusing on the fact that God is infallible. If God is infallible, then I have no options. I either conform or get left behind. This severely threatens my individuality. I enjoy humanity because we are all different. If everyone in Heaven is a conformist, however, that wouldn't be Heaven. That wouldn't be very interesting to me at all. Don't give me that, "You're free to be yourself" crap either. I've seen how religion turns people into drones, no matter how individual they may seek to become.

Second is focusing on the fact that God is *in* everything. First, that's creepy. So, God is evolution. God is science. God is nature. We have a conflict here. Where did my free will go? I'm not jiving in your world filled with God. Am I having these negative thoughts because of him? What's wrong with me? There must be something wrong with me. Where do you draw the line? Where does God end and Man begin? Well, the line is where ever you want it to be, isn't it?

8. Religion is always changing. We have gone through thousands of years of constantly changing religion. There are no cold, hard rules of religion. Thousands of years from now, they will be looking back, reading our IRC logs from #christianity and #islamrocks, and they will be going, "Shit, those motherfuckers had it WAY wrong."

In short.. I'm not religious. I'm critical.

01-28-2004, 04:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Little musings on religion I'd prefer not to be argued with on these points, but respond to them however you wish. I'm simply thinking aloud to the forum. I have my views, you have yours. There should be no anger between us. I'll discuss if it's civil. 1. There are hundreds of thousands of religions in the world... each one would have you believe that IT is the ONE. 2. A lot of religions stress humility. All religions have leaders. To lead is to disregard humility. "Do as I say, not as I do"? 3. Many people have very customized visions of God. "I refuse to believe God is _____." "My God is _______." I don't know if this is self-delusion or self-confidence. 4. Man created God. God created man. What? How can God even exist by this logic? 5. I'm going to write an essay one day about how devout religion is simply autoschitzophrenia. 6. I can convince myself that Jesus speaks to me too. Very easily. The human brain is able to do that. I completely understand the mechanism through which you are communicating to God. 7. Here are two ways to look at religion skeptically. First is focusing on the fact that God is infallible. If God is infallible, then I have no options. I either conform or get left behind. This severely threatens my individuality. I enjoy humanity because we are all different. If everyone in Heaven is a conformist, however, that wouldn't be Heaven. That wouldn't be very interesting to me at all. Don't give me that, "You're free to be yourself" crap either. I've seen how religion turns people into drones, no matter how individual they may seek to become. Second is focusing on the fact that God is in everything. First, that's creepy. So, God is evolution. God is science. God is nature. We have a conflict here. Where did my free will go? I'm not jiving in your world filled with God. Am I having these negative thoughts because of him? What's wrong with me? There must be something wrong with me. Where do you draw the line? Where does God end and Man begin? Well, the line is where ever you want it to be, isn't it? 8. Religion is always changing. We have gone through thousands of years of constantly changing religion. There are no cold, hard rules of religion. Thousands of years from now, they will be looking back, reading our IRC logs from #christianity and #islamrocks, and they will be going, "Shit, those motherfuckers had it WAY wrong." In short.. I'm not religious. I'm critical. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals] Last edited by Halx; 01-28-2004 at 04:36 PM..