I get what Bill was saying, and I'm a fan of him. But sometimes he's just an arrogant douche. Which, in this situation, makes it seem like h e is telling this guy to kill himself. Even on his facebook page, he blocks people who disagree with him even a little. He made a post about gun control and how no one needs guns. I said, "I get what you're saying, but we shoudn't just ban guns. I mean people have used them to defend their family, friends, or even complete strangers from armed criminals. They have a purpose" And now I'm blocked from liking/commenting.

It's hard to not sound condescending when you're opponent believes in a book full of talking animals and other fairy tale things. But he takes it to another level

Not being a douche here but when you say rederick do you mean rhetoric? It just so happens to be my word of the day so I thought I'd oblige you with proper spelling, again... not trying to be a douche

thats true but they say it in a mean way...

You realize how hypocritical that point you are trying to make is right? "as soon as you start to refute even the MOST BASIC SKILLS OF SCIENCE, it's time to take a step back and re-evaluate your belief."

So basically you are saying you must believe in science or you are stupid and wrong. but if a christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Catholic or whatever religion says to you if you don't believe in the most basic teaching of our religion than you need to re-evaluate your belief then all of a sudden everyone gets all mad and criticizes them into oblivion. grow up and learn to accept other people regardless of what they believe.

I'm not religious so spare me the hate talk just saying i'm sick of stupid people like you who try to make religions look like a bunch of idiots who don't know what they are talking about.

Man that was deep....thanks.

We sin everyday, whether viewed as a small or large sin in society, we still sin everyday. Christians are justified from the sin by Christ absolving our sins from us as we commit them and then seek forgiveness. So, with Suicide being a sin (Not specifically stated in the bible) that gets absolved by Christ, along with all the other Sins that we commit, What makes this one special? You steal something one day and you seek forgiveness, Then you kill yourself wanting to be with Christ and you are forgiven of you sin all the same. "ts a sin" isnt a reason why not to kill yourself to be with God.

Fool proof argument my friend. This wasn't my way of venting and going extremest Christian. I also don't dabble on the bible for i don't really agree with a lot of the organized religion. All of my focus was on the fact that the most logical answer to the question at hand, was being denied.

I was giving the obvious answer that would defend the man. Don't try to look too deeply into it.

This guy forgot where he's posting at.

who?

I was making a joke about how people on FunnyJunk.com respect each other.

I think it was more the shock that some one seriously asked him why not just kill yourself.

thats why my christian friend turned muslim. we only belive in one god and his messenger, mohammed

Because it was an expression of God's extreme love for us, that he would give his only begotten son to die in our place. Jesus was not only God's son, he was also God in human form who came to earth and experienced life as we did, complete with temptations which he resisted. Thus Jesus was just as wary of death as we all are, and even prayed that if there were any other method, God might spare him. But he knew God's will and thus went up on the cross, knowing that he would suffer horribly before death, because by that sacrifice we would have a much better understanding of his love.

why would an atheist want to give up the only thing he believes in... "yeah, we're all gonna die, so let's speed up the process"...idiocy... an Atheist has a very unique view of religion, unlike religious people, I, like most atheists, look at all religion the same. Religion is kind of like sports rivalries, it's like 'YOUR TEAM SUCKS, but my team is better because it's closer to my house...' If you were born in America, probably christian, born in india, probably hindu, born in denmark during the viking time, you'd believe in Thor... religion hinders progress

also, I didn't say every atheist, I said most, nice reading skills anon

so you don't look at all religions the same? then how did you come to that conclusion? sorry for pissing you off from little to no reason anon, sorry for trying to convince people that atheists were the one's with open minds...

>Implying that if you are religious you cannot be open minded

again, not what I said, as I see it, religious people tend to look at their religion as right, and the one true religion, not many say, yeah, I could be wrong... but MOST, not all, atheists are the ones looking for change

But if religious people don't believe that their religion is the 'best', then why should they believe in it lol.

that is being close minded, shutting out all other religions because you believe that you're right, if religious people looked at their religion the way they did other religions, they would see that it's all a fable

there would be no point for religions to exist, then

that's kind of my point, religion offers nothing but a false sense of security, it hinders development, tries to kill science, and contributes nothing to the world, the only way religion tried to have peace, was by killing the non-believers, but I thought 'thou shalt not kill'? I guess it's okay if they have a different imaginary friend

you're overly generalizing and exaggerating. there are many people around the globe that believing has helped them. wether god exists or not, you cannot deny the fact that miracles happen, because some people's faith is just too strong. believing helps those people progress mentally and physically, they might believe in nothing, but they do believe that they believe in something, with such passion that it actually has a huge factor in their life, you cannot deny that, something like a placebo

it is a very real theory, the belief in belief, but it does not progress a culture, it may give hope to the individual, but if we all got over it, we would have been 50 years scientifically ahead, religion constantly fights science, and it's about time that changes

I only have one life so I intend on dragging this bitch out to the fullest.

Yeah but if you're dead you can't care

Im not so I do.