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CRe8
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 Posted - 09/07/2005 : 22:02:46
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It seems to me that the religions of man are always popular because people want to belong. Most folks just want someone to console them and say that they are forgiven and accepted. The reasons for superstition are as many as the number of people who have lived. Eons of behavioral, cultural and political interaction have shaped this idolatry. Also, a lack of brave originality seems to prevail in our race. We copy one another like parrots (hence the popularity of the mimics in religion and entertainment). So eager to follow and horrified to stand against the current insanity. I repsect those who think for themselves and kiss the totem pole goodbye. It is sometimes lonely there.
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Dry_vby
Skeptic Friend
Australia
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 22:53:27 [Permalink]
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Hey, I aint kissin' no-ones totem.
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"I'll go along with the charade
Until I can think my way out.
I know it was all a big joke
Whatever it was about."
Bob Dylan
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CRe8
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 23:01:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dry_vby
Hey, I aint kissin' no-ones totem.
agreed, no pole kissing here. |
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 09/07/2005 : 23:33:26 [Permalink]
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CRe8, do you think, for a moment, that perhaps you are oversimplifying things? Is there no individual creativity in personal religious observation? Is religious leadership always corrupt, or are many priests and rabbis the religious equivalent to social workers?
And does not the tendency to copy often benefit humankind? Do we not learn through imitation? Is not cohesive civilization built on compromise, as well as cooperation?
What is the point of this thread? Only to call religious people weak and mindless sheep?
As for loneliness, I am not lonely. There's 3 skeptic/atheist/humanist orgs in my town and a UU Church, plus an atheist meetup. There's a huge national movement. There's an even huger online community for nontheists. There's a long and proud history of doubters.
Religious people do not think of themselves as just "religious". They categorize themselves with their specific religion. They become a minority, just like we are a minority. Therefore, might a religious person not feel as lonely as an atheist? |
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 09/08/2005 : 00:19:44 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by CRe8
It seems to me that the religions of man are always popular because people want to belong. Most folks just want someone to console them and say that they are forgiven and accepted.
Yes, and others crave leadership, power and to control others.
That is why we have religions.
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"Any religion that makes a form of torture into an icon that they worship seems to me a pretty sick sort of religion quite honestly"
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CRe8
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Posted - 09/08/2005 : 23:24:46 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by marfknox
CRe8, do you think, for a moment, that perhaps you are oversimplifying things? Is there no individual creativity in personal religious observation? Is religious leadership always corrupt, or are many priests and rabbis the religious equivalent to social workers?
And does not the tendency to copy often benefit humankind? Do we not learn through imitation? Is not cohesive civilization built on compromise, as well as cooperation?
What is the point of this thread? Only to call religious people weak and mindless sheep?
As for loneliness, I am not lonely. There's 3 skeptic/atheist/humanist orgs in my town and a UU Church, plus an atheist meetup. There's a huge national movement. There's an even huger online community for nontheists. There's a long and proud history of doubters.
Religious people do not think of themselves as just "religious". They categorize themselves with their specific religion. They become a minority, just like we are a minority. Therefore, might a religious person not feel as lonely as an atheist?
Good point. You are very informed. |
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