Comments on: Arguing with religion

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:59:22 +0000

“I’d just be a happier person if people weren’t so goddamn SMUG when they use their fairy tales as arguments against something that someone put work into.”

Couldn’t have said it better myself. Yay for people living in ignorance.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:52:53 +0000

“Religion” is a 4-letter word meaning: rite, pomp and circumstance, tradition.
Excusing human behavior is what “the suits” do in order to look in the mirror – that’s where the smugness comes into play.
Faith is like love – undefinable but real; and faith, much like hope, keeps some of us going. Be it faith in God, turkeys, or the sun rising the next day.
No, you can’t change someones mind – but ahh… enlightenment… it never hurts to get your toes wet.
I’ve been in enough churches to have been churched to death. Same cliques as anywhere else in society. Which makes me anti – social regarding my time with God. Now it’s personal and private.
Churches rape.
God; he – she – it , is there because I have to believe in something – hope in something.
Church – religion – can go hang. But me and God, we got somethin’.
It’s my world, let me be happy in it as much as you’re happy in yours. Let’s also enjoy it when our worlds cross paths and touch. THAT’S RELIGION.

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:52:19 +0000

Religion is only good for two things:

1) Instilling some sort of moral fiber
2) Bringing the community together in some way

Now with the advance of technology and how easy it is to find people to interact with, it’s really only saving grace, if you will, is the morality clause.

I too have suffered the argument you have demonstrated, and every time it pisses me off.

Not generalizing, by any means, just recollecting past interactions.

Me: I refuse to believe there’s some invisible man in the sky dictating everything we do, creating everything we know.
Religious Nut: Prove that he doesn’t.
Me: Doesn’t it work the other way, more-so when we’re trying to prove or disprove the existence of some mythical being?
RN: No, because everyone knows there’s a god.
Me: I must have missed the memo.
RN: Probably.
Me: I compare religion to mythology and scientology, the only real difference is that we know the people that wrote the books…
RN: The bible isn’t a myth, it tells stories of events that really happened.
Me: How come I can’t walk across water then turn said water into wine? How come I can’t part the sea?
RN: You weren’t chosen by him to do so.
Me: Or because there isn’t a sandbar near the top of the pool, or a low tide exposing one that ‘parts’ it.
RN: Not everything can be explained with science and ‘logic’ (said very sarcastically).
Me: And this is why we can’t have nice things.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:06:48 +0000

I dunno so much about that percentage, but I would say the bad apples sometimes have the loudest voices. :)

By: TehBilly

TehBilly — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:14:48 +0000

It’s always a few bad apples, right? It’s just depressing that the bad apples seem to take up 90% of the religious population.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:55:08 +0000

I just hate it when people think all Christians are like some of the people who attend Liberty. Fanatics that don’t want to hear anything you say unless it’s agreeing with them. I wish people would realize that there are “cool” Christians out there along with the PURPLE ones :)

By: Teh Billy

Teh Billy — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:43:43 +0000

I generally don’t swing a generalization hammer, and I don’t mind people with theistic leanings. But that one argument difference is what gets my goat! *cry*

By: Beni

Beni — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:50:58 +0000

Not all religious people are the same. Them being religious probably has little to do with the way they debate you. I think that’s more of a personality trait. You should know that since you used to aspire to be a youth pastor and obviously had a good reason for that. Saying that people who are religious all act the same way is just like me saying that all atheists have “purple” hair. While that may be true for some, it’s not true for all.

I hate it when people classify you as something just because you’re religious. People are all different religious or not.

By: TacoMonkeyGod

TacoMonkeyGod — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:47:42 +0000

PURPLE!!! I think that will be my new favorite response to things. On serious note I don’t know if I could agree more with this.