Since we've gotten told to stop talking generally about religion twice in the Homosexuality and Religion thread and were told that, if we want to talk generally about religion, we need to make a new thread, I have made a new thread.
Full disclosure: I am an agnostic atheist and anti-theist, but I'm very interested in theology and religion.
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edited 9th Feb '14 1:01:31 PM by Madrugada
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Have faith.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
Trust your instincts and always question yourself and your path.
The people I see most confident in their faith are people who aren't afraid to question it and continue to educate themselves to make sure they are making sense and working for good, not evil.
"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur
A nice butterfly
Use the force. Trust your instincts. And for fuck's sake Don't miss that exhaust port or else we're fucked.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Good answer.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
@Corvidae: Unfortunately, by general agreement, we have very little other choice, even if you happen to be secular. There appears to be no way of knowing where your life choices will lead other than by living them and finding out.
United Earth
Listen to these words:
Now break it down hard!
edited 28th Sep '15 5:37:55 PM by TheHandle
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
It's a bird.
Believe me, back when I had faith I was a lot less fun.
Well that sounds really cheery and hopeful.
United Earth
It's a bird.
Why is everyone so obsessed with mountain climbing anyway?
V
Because a mountain is there.
Keep Rolling On
Causing freakouts over sourcing since 2018
Datuk Jamal Md Yunos, the leader of the Red Shirt rally claims that Islam requires him to prioritise his race before his nationality
. Yeah, either this guy is really that stupid or he is willingly ignoring the tenets of his own religion as he sees fit.
Weren't those practically the same thing back when the Koran was written?
I don't think race was even an issue back then. It probably was more about tribal allegiances.
A nice butterfly
Some NASCAR fans really take it too far
It's a bird.
Can't help but feel a bit annoyed at this. Claiming that your holy book of choice says something that it doesn't might be silly, but it's not like he has some sort of obligation to believe in all of it. No True Scotsman and all that.
Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
United Earth
The Qur'an is not the shaky compendium that is The Bible, it's meant to be the literal Word of God; you have to believe in all of it. Except when bits contradict each other, then the rule is that the most recent bit prevails over and "clarifies" past ones.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Collector Of Fine Oddities
I can't help but wonder how Christianity would have evolved if it had a rule like that when everything got more organized.
A nice butterfly
In the future, there will be a religion based on online fanfics.
It will be a terrible, dark age for humanity.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
The law in the night
Snopessism?
Inter arma enim silent leges
i'm hoping more for a religion based on Monty Oum
Bumbleby is best ship. busy spending time on r/RWBY and r/anime. Unapologetic Socialist
It's a bird.
Says who? If you don't already believe that you have to believe in all of it, why would you have to? What's to stop you from going "Most of it's true, but not this part that says it's all true."
Sure, that might come off as cherry-picking, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong.
Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.
In general, the Abrahamic faiths get very intense about scriptural inerrancy. I'm not entirely sure of why, but I've heard that it's actually a fairly recent phenomenon. In ancient times, people were apparently less literal about it. I don't have a source for this.
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How do you tell which ones lead where though?
Still a great "screw depression" song even after seven years.