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No religion is horrible at it's essence. It's those that change it or add to it then pseudo-follow it that can be horrible.
Quote from: 7™ on December 08, 2005, 05:59:03 AMif I had to choose I'd say Buddhism is the least horrible religion. No religion is horrible at it's essence. It's those that change it or add to it then pseudo-follow it that can be horrible.
if I had to choose I'd say Buddhism is the least horrible religion.
i think there´s a higher power but i don´t think God has made up any rules for how we should live or anything like that(i just do whatever i feel is right regardless of what anyone else thinks).
Quote from: Pissin' On The Throne on December 09, 2005, 05:31:47 AM i think there´s a higher power but i don´t think God has made up any rules for how we should live or anything like that(i just do whatever i feel is right regardless of what anyone else thinks). So your a Deist?
When I was younger, my parents opened me up to religion. My dad was hindu and my mom christian. my dads mom is a hare krishna and ive been to her temple a whole lot. I dont understand anything about hare krishna except they are vegetarians. and hinduism not too much. but since canada and the us were founded on christian beliefs(ie Christmas, easter being stats), ive been attending a christian church once in a while, listening to christain audios and praying to Jesus Christ. anybody else experience this.Im not saying being a christian is better but that is what i have chosen.
Quote from: J Bananas on December 08, 2005, 04:17:30 PMI beleive in a God but I think religion has been one of the factors that makes human civilization one of the most violent. The concept of torture was created by religious people to convert non believers.I think most religions are rooted in concepts of a huge force for good out there, and how you should try to be part of that force and choose that whenever you can. Most people I've ever met (the vast, vast, VAST majority) are that way already in their souls. I think people are born good, I think children and babies and such wouldn't hurt a fly until they start getting perverted by their own parents, sadly. I think our natural state is to do good and want to help others, because I've never felt pleasure like I feel when I help somebody... so I think naturally, we are drawn to good... and good is synonomous with God. I think nearly everyone, spiritually, in their soul, are religious in the sense that they strive for what's right and good. That's most people's religion. I don't believe anyone who isn't a christian is going to hell, because that seems unfair to me. If it seems unfair to me, and I'm just a young child of god... how would it seem to him, all knowing? By definition, God is the most fair entity in the universe (if he isn't... then someone else would be, and HE would be God)... so I can't understand (and maybe that's the problem) why people try to divide those of a different faith from themselves.At the same time, if you take a guy like Jesus Christ, or the written account we have of him, he's flawless. You cannot argue with 1 thing that Jesus ever said... so I can understand when people don't live by his teachings, or don't read about him, or don't follow him... I can understand that.... but when I see people mock him and publicly speak out against Jesus and his teachings, it really makes me wonder where their heart is. You'll never see me mocking a buddhist! for instance, or a hindu for what they believe. If people believe something good and think it helps their lives, more power to them.
I beleive in a God but I think religion has been one of the factors that makes human civilization one of the most violent. The concept of torture was created by religious people to convert non believers.
Agnostic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic