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  1. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    To be fair there is no historical records of Jesus at all \/('~')\/
  2. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    I grew up a conservative Christian home. My parents believe very much like you. I grew out of it. There is a very clear functional difference between education and indoctrination. Do you teach your children about Islam? Do you teach your children about Buddhism? Do you ever even entertain the...
  3. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    Hey so long as you accept reality I don't mind people being whatever religion.
  4. Monk Of Reason

    Definition of who you are

    I believe who we are is the culminations of our actions. Our intentions do not matter. Our beliefs do not matter. Groups and labes are just social tools used to help us understand other people in a vague sense so that we may speed up social processes. All we ever are is what we accomplish...
  5. Monk Of Reason

    Just Accidental?

    There hasn't been a single case that hasn't been refuted. But we knew from the get go that you don't deal in facts or information. You assume I have always been a proponent of evolution? I was raised by a conservative YEC christian family and had my primary education in the bible belt where...
  6. Monk Of Reason

    Is this Statement Correct in Your View?

    I would almost put religion as a sub-section of philosophy but you may be right.
  7. Monk Of Reason

    Is this Statement Correct in Your View?

    To most athestis the "why" is a very importnat question. However it usually takes the form of "how" rather than "why". Just because you don't ascribe intent and purpose to the universe doesn't mean you don't wonder where you came from. In fact I find the answer to be far more interesting since...
  8. Monk Of Reason

    Freedom, Democracy, and the Republic

    We are a Democratic Republic. It involves democracy but it isn't a direct democracy. A direct democracy is where everyone votes on every issue. Its a bit like a tribe or something that every time a decision needs to be made they would gather everyone around the campfire and vote. However with...
  9. Monk Of Reason

    Just Accidental?

    Your feelings being a factor at all is terrible. You are talking about irriducible complexity. It has been debunked. Not a single proposed example remains. Its meaningless to you because it goes against your already established belief system. Why? Seems like a baseless statment. And even if...
  10. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    Oh I agree. Education, open mindedness, cultural exchange and free thought are all things that are of the worst for advancing Christian beliefs. But what you do is shelter and cage the children mentally. Personally I feel that is a bad way to go. I also think that indoctrination is child abuse...
  11. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    I'm just trying to get a clear picture of your dynamic relationship with the defilement and acknowledgment of evil to the minds of children. Its coming out vague to me.
  12. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    I think we agree with the not lying thing to children. I think the best examples of a healthy family are ones independent of many things you have added. Yes having husbands and wives that are faithful is extremely important. However even more important is being kind and loving to one another...
  13. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    As a firm proponent of freedom I think that it isn't damanging for children to read so called "innappropriate" books. I wouldn't give a kid a porno mag but even if someone did I don't think it would ruin them. I think that our society's uber secrecy of sexuality to our children is also wrong...
  14. Monk Of Reason

    "Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church"

    Thanks. Its what I thought it was. I had hoped not but it was. Mathew 7: 1-5 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.B)" data-cr="#cen-NIV-23318B" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; vertical-align: top; top: 0px;"> 2 For in the same way...
  15. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    I think there is an issue with one fundamental property of religion. If you take a "liberal christian" or even a "liberal muslim" or really any Jew, they have a concept of reality. They understand and accept the world around them as non-religious people do but have for whatever reason a...
  16. Monk Of Reason

    "Six Reasons Young Christians Leave Church"

    Can you clarify this bit?
  17. Monk Of Reason

    United Nations to ban religion?

    Eh. This is dumb. Its horrifying to people who are religious and funny to those that are not. I personally believe the world would be a better place if we took steps to actively remove religion from the world. But I don't think that banning religion would get us anywhere. If someone wanted to...
  18. Monk Of Reason

    Does religion cause problems or supress it to the world?

    It may have done well in the past before we had any tools to help us construct a society. Secularism and government are far more effective at social order than religion but I suppose having religion during antiquity would have been preferrable for social control and order than pure chaos. But...
  19. Monk Of Reason

    Just Accidental?

    You are saying right now that you cannot contemplate the world outside of your own worldview. This castrates any attempt at being persuasive or objective with your arguments. You are claiming that your beliefs on the matter are PURELY and FUNDAMENTALLY based on your own emotional inability to...
  20. Monk Of Reason

    The Book of Mormon vs. The King James Version of the Bible

    This seems to be in strong contrast with what the early church and Joseph Smith himself stated. Care to enlighten me about the correct interpretation of the Lamanites? And we further know that no one from the middle east made it to the America's till the 18th century at the earliest. As...
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