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Originally Posted by badgoalie85
people may spin things on all sides, matt, but there's NO denying that christians and many other people who are devout in their one particular faith are the greatest spinners.
an exchange i had with a particularly religious friend of mine sums it up best for me:
we were discussing religion and i told him about how i based my beliefs on reason and logic. i, on one hand, make observations about the world over the course of my life and form conclusions based on what i have observed. he, on the other hand, told me that he had developed his beliefs at a very young age (or rather his beliefs had been "given" to him by his religion) and it was up to him to form his conclusions about life based on those beliefs. the refusal to accept the possibility that previously reached conclusions could be wrong is a VERY dangerous thing and is what makes organized religion quite non-sensical to me.
it is for this reason that it is usually impossible to carry on a logical discussion about religion with someone of faith. proving the existence of some "first cause" is NO reason to accept hundreds of pages of doctrine in a 2000 year old book that has been edited beyond recognition.
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i agree with ,most of your statement...organize d religion is a very dangerous thing...but you have to realize that the bible must have some truth in it, even if it is 95 % false, (which i doubt) there still is an inkling of truth in the tome itself....so that gives credence to some of the biblical stories from samsson & delilah, to the woman who turned into a pillar of salt from looking back at the destruction of sodom,..maybe its all false, but I WANT TO BELIEVE...does that make me an idiot?? I have hope and faith in the human race, i know there are good ppl out here, and bad as well...i have also witnessed things with my own eyes that defy the laws of physics as we know...and we have no clue why we use such a small part of our brain to function in our everyday routines...if we live(our race) long enough, i think we'll figure it all out, but sadly, there are too many Sadaam, Osama, etc. types in this world for us to have a solid chance of living into the next millenium....an