A world without religion is absolutely impossible, given the nature of humans. We're very self-centered, so we latch onto any way to make ourselves happier. Envisioning an afterlife after we die makes us very happy. We also like to eradicate suffering. Many religions seek to do this as well...
1robin: "Are you saying that an act to stifle or attempt to stifle God's grand plan should not be viewed as bad in my view?"
Who are you to say that God's grand plan is actually being stifled? If your argument is that life begins before birth sometime, then the baby is "alive" when it is being...
*doesn't know where the language debate came from*
*disregards*
I believe that the "right religion" is no religion at all, but of course, many people disagree with me, and I understand that. I think. Sometimes.
I believe that out of all of the world religions, those that are least considered a...
Please. It is commonly agreed by scholars that the Book of Isaiah was written by three different authors! The author that wrote 40-48, about the rise of Cyrus the Great, was alive when Cyrus conquered Babylon. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Isaiah
What? Is this trying to prove something? Because really, this sounds horrible. "Appeared out of nowhere" is not what anyone believes (I don't think). His story was clearly fabricated, and the response seems so scripted that I'm fairy confident that this exchange never happened.
I don't believe...
Quite simply, I put other because I take things a step further than merely not believing in God; I am [almost] completely against the belief in God in general.
This post oozes pure ignorance. Are you making sense? (:no:)
My brain is the control center of my body. You act as if your brain doesn't "control" your body. Are you just walking around as "God"'s tool? The brain sends nerve impulses to move around, and chemicals that trigger feelings such as...
I've read and reread and reread this quote, and I still don't understand how it's relevant. If you'd care to translate into a way that makes sense with the current argument, that would be great. :help:
Correct. I believe that I am a body and a brain, and that is enough to be a living being.:facepalm: I don't see how that's a problem, and how that's a sufficient response to my response.
Yes, that's been established already. After death, I am a dead body. It's easy to say that there is an...
I was looking for a forum where I could have intelligent discussions with people of various religions (and absence of religion thereof). Seeing as I'm not in high school yet, I haven't had any of these debates with people in real life.
Then, I found this site. It looks promising.
I'm a very...
Contrary to your belief, unless you were implying something else, I do believe in happiness. However, yes, I do think that belief in an afterlife is nonsense.
No plan? Yes, that's what I believe. You're making it sound like it's ridiculous, which it's not. It's even more ridiculous to think...
There's no answer to this question, considering that God doesn't exist.
In lieu of this, I am rephrasing it so: "Why would God create homosexuality?"
And there is no answer. First of all, I don't like labels, and I would call myself a homosexual, but that would be misleading, for if Ms...
I'm sorry, but... Can you stay healthy forever with religion? What kind of question (wait, sorry; it's lacking a question mark, although I will assume that it's a question, rhetorical or not). Trust in God won't get you any of these things, I'm afraid. I'd prefer to use science to eat healthily...
It obviously depends on our beliefs here. If we are assuming that we're all monotheistic; sure? But in other polytheistic religions, there are gods and goddesses with set genders.
However, assuming that we're talking about the Christian god, like what Penguin said, sure. Most people say "He,"...
Well, I'm sorry - I'm not a scientist, but I'm sorry if that sounded unintelligent. I'm only 14.
I'm sorry if that created any problems. I meant what I said, and the post's meaning still remains the same. Even if our Sun will not become a black hole, Earth will eventually be sucked into a black...
This is one of these idiotic "would you rather" questions that really accomplishes nothing, even though the answer is extremely obvious. A world without religion would be much better than a world without science. In the end, it depends on how you define science. Science is everything related to...