Science vs religion

Medicine in any form is in one way or another "playing god" or showing a lack of faith. Why have medicine? Dont think god will heal you?

hows the flamewar?

i agree with ya, religion can be a good thing, not only does it offer comfort but religion brought people together to form societies (in the early stages of man).

Indeed, I only recently started returning to faith after it brought me to my girlfriend, and she later told me that it had also stopped her two years before from committing suicide. I don't want to start an argument with anyone who is reading this, just tired of seeing these posts and threads.

whatever floats your boat, i'll stick with a lack of faith, it's more fun that way.

To each their own

Isn't atheism about not having any beliefs?
Or is it only not believing in a god?

Technically speaking, Atheism is simply the belief that there is no god.

It doesn't actually preclude having other religion, for example, my Rabbi always says that believing or not believing in God isn't nearly as important to being Jewish as the way you act.

it's believing in nothing non-plausible

it's actually more about progressing yourself and society through means of reason more than superstition. but since it technically has to guidelines to it that means people can get what they think is right out of it. what someone believes could be different from someone else's but they could both be atheists. the same thing goes for structured religion too. they both have their fanatics that make them look bad and then there's the actually smart people that get the bad rep for the dumb people.

Peace and love.

The bible says that you should kill non believers and the children of non believers. These people are down playing the bible not blowing it out of proportion

The problem is, that most religious people are ignorant bafoons like that.

I see you troll

wut?

"If a man lies with a male as with a women, both of them shall be put to death for their abominable deed; they have forfeited their lives." (Leviticus 20:13 NAB)

All who curse their father or mother must be put to death. They are guilty of a capital offense. (Leviticus 20:9 NLT)

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be doomed. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Aww hell, I'm fucked if Jesus ever finds out about all that shit I did for the Daedra Lords...

Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I have come to turn a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.
-Matthew 10:24-36
That doesn't seem like peace and love to me...

Maybe they read the bible to learn about the religion before they decided to be atheist? You know, so they weren't just jumping on the religion bandwagon.

i'm an atheist and i study religion (ALL) because it is genuinely interesting.

When did I say I was athiest, and I was looking up that quote to prove that the bible doesn't just teach peace and love...

he never said he is an atheist...

To prove you wrong

no religion " we are going to say stuff in thin air and pretend it makes everything better "

atheism " can we fix it ? not yet . can we research it ? yep . let's do that and then fix it . "

that would be nice. but just not the human nature.

Unfortunately you're right. looks like we are headed towards a future with more useless wars.

Religion

Saying that religious zeal inspired the 9/11 attacks is not the same thing as saying that all religion promotes violence constantly.

Similarly, that Science led to the Atom Bomb doesn't mean that science always leads to destruction all the time.

It's funny how they have no problem pinkieing down something logical when it's against their beliefs.

9/11 was still caused by religion deluding people into this shit.

Both religion and the fanatic that follows it too seriously.

Quran (9:29) - "Fight those who believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of Truth, (even if they are) of the People of the Book, until they pay the Jizya with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

www.thereligionofpeace.com/...

Again, who hijacked those planes and flew them into those towers? A book can't hijack a plane. It was PEOPLE. PEOPLE are responsible for their actions, regardless of what their religion requires them to do. You can't blame religion for the tragedies and acts of terror carried out by zealots and extremists. It is unjust for whole religions to be condemned because of their intolerant counterparts. If the religion of Islam is responsible for the 9/11 attacks, then why isn't the WHOLE world being engulfed in the flames of religious wars? Islam is one of the most-practiced religions in the world, sporting 1.2- 1.7 BILLION followers! If their religion really is as horrible as you right wing extremists think they are then why aren't they trying to take over the world? Simple; Because their religion IS NOT one of hate and intolerance.

You can blame their religion insomuch as they would never have been inspired to do the attacks if their religion didn't exist. Religion has it's positive aspects yes, but that doesn't mean that the negatives should be swept under the rug.

source?

Thanks for the warning.

awww snap

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