In 2000, a People for the American Way poll among Americans found that:
29% believe public schools should teach evolution in science class but can discuss creationism there as a belief;
20% believe public schools should teach evolution only;
17% believe public schools should teach evolution in...
Actually, If you choose the right belief system you don't have to make any compromise intellectually... They go hand in hand... Oh courese this doesn't work with a number of religions...
Although I agree with you in part. Religion does incourage ignorance and narrow mindedness(not all of course, just most of them). By doing so it creates the atmosphere for people to defend there beliefs so harshly due to the fact that their religion tells them that everyone else is wrong and...
Not to mention logician that the facts of when and where he was born or that he ever existed at all has no real proof other than a fairy tale reacord of contradicting statements that they refer to as a "bible". It is really sad that so many humans still remain such simple creatures as this. You...
The God delusion is a very good read for those who have already or are in the process of breaking away from the shackles of "religion". I don't belive that it will have its intended purpose of openening the minds of belivers and freeing them. Its hard for them to comprehend the obvious truth on...
When will jesus return?
Well, assuming a great number of things....My guess is when we find his remains and clone him. Otherwise not a chance. Unless perhaps you belive in reincarnation, in that case he has probably been back a number of times.
If we could clone jesus, to the shock and...
Just wanted to pass this info on to anyone, like myself, who might have missed this going on in the news. Its another example of a religious group trying to gain control within the government so they can tell everyone who lives here what they can and can't do. Here is a sugguestion to you...
Thanks Luna, and I see what you meant with the sign, good point. As far as the disappointment of religion...I am not with God, just what mankind has done with what knowledge it has been given through the formation of many of the religions. They took a perfectly good thing and distorted it until...
I never said you were mindless, a little defensive arn't we...You know pete, to much oxygen deprevation to the brain can be a bad thing for some...others just make the best of it...the whole lemons and lemonade theory...:drool:
I agree Baron, I do not teach my children such lies. It would be a good control device as it has always been, but my children are free of such restraints.
Pete, I grew up a christian, went to a christian school, joined the church as a minister out of college where I preached for 3 years. I think I am just a little qualified to discuse christianity. You see, that is the problem with most christians. All they know is this watered down...
An accurate road map would have one path saying "The way to oneness with God(ie the Universe) while the other path would read..."The way to man made religious confusion"...Sad to say that if you want to quote something from the bible that did hit the mark..."The pathway to heaven is narrow and...
When you say scripture debate, do you mean all scripture? Or just what the current christians call the bible? Ill go ahead and answer the question you ask though. It is quite simple: It is 2 parts of God(good/pos-evil/neg) merging together onto the physical plane into the living body. The...
Well since lucifer only exists in the beliefs of christian and anti-christian types...He is as bad as you believe he is. In other words, the religious icons that you are talking about are actually thoughtforms. A thoughtform is a collective grouping of energy assigned a name or label. It has...
LOL...A christian calling me or my beliefs myopic....Thanks Peter, I always enjoy a good laugh. Not to get off topic on the OP, but I was explaining why most christians quote the bible for everything versus using there own thoughts. I don't really want to get into a religious debate with you...