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Old 08-25-2017, 01:43 PM
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This seems like a Seinfeld thread - a thread about nothing.
I had fun with it.
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Old 08-25-2017, 01:55 PM
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I had fun with it.
And I learned from it, not that I am a fan of religion.
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Old 08-28-2017, 01:42 PM
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And I learned from it, not that I am a fan of religion.
The only reason there is religion is because our species developed self-awareness. The resulting fact is that as a species we can't accept death, much less all too frequent stupid, meaningless, absurd accidental death along with the violent malicious death that we perp on each other on a regular basis. Thus the almost universal delusion.

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Old 08-28-2017, 02:04 PM
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The only reason there is religion is because our species developed self-awareness. The resulting fact is that as a species we can't accept death, much less all too frequent stupid, meaningless, absurd accidental death along with the violent malicious death that we perp on each other on a regular basis. Thus the almost universal delusion.
Yep, a lot of people need an artifice to help explain the inexplicable.
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Old 08-28-2017, 02:14 PM
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Religion is one of those interesting arguments - one one hand you can't prove there is a God, but on the other hand you can't prove there is not. :-)
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Old 08-28-2017, 03:59 PM
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Religion is one of those interesting arguments - one one hand you can't prove there is a God, but on the other hand you can't prove there is not. :-)
For me it's more a question of why humans appear to need the threat of an angry god and a hell in order to treat each other, and the beasts and the children humanely?
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:25 PM
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You misunderstand. They need the threat of an angry god and hell in order to meet the needs of the priests and scribes for a comfortable living.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:26 PM
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I vote for religious terrorist. All kinds of religious nuts due evil in the name of God.
But no other in Modern times had the impact of 9/11.
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Old 08-28-2017, 04:29 PM
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But none in Modern times had the impact of 9/11.
That makes for certain feelings on the part of some, and not on the part of others.
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