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masmdu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:33 AM Original message |
Anti-Theism. Does Religion do Anything Good? |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. simple answer: No. |
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masmdu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Quibbles |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
8. religions were formed to fill in the blanks, where |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:20 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Were they? |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Weren't they? |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Aye, I view religions as being institutions in practice |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Knowing the terms |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. I'm not discounting folk knowledge |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 03:21 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Bonus points for "lager lout" |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. Religion is supernatural belief. n/t |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Is it? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
47. "Father, Son, Holy Ghost...." n/t |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. I think you missed the point |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
58. I religion rational - NO. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
64. I agree with this.... |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
4. It provides a comforting |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. so the answer is to have religion in order to prevent death? |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. That answer is "pushed" |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
5. Instead of re-building the wheel over and over, why don't we have non-denominational charities? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
63. In some cases they do cooperate, like in hurricane relief on the Gulf Coast |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
6. No, religion does not do anything good. It does the opposite. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. +1,000,000 |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #6 |
33. Well said... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:53 AM Response to Original message |
7. I was forced to go to a religious school through high school. I stopped believing |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
10. Starting the countdown... |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. I just can't agree with this |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
12. Somewhat counterintuitively for me, yes it can |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'll repeat it: Religion is Organized Insanity... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. In a rational, scientific world it is only holding the human race back |
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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. Hawking: Religion will be defeated by science |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
18. For the last 2 years I've been getting food from a food bank |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. A good example - but onesided as stands. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Its not an example. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. What on earth does one do to preclude the other? |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. it is clear as the midday sun that these people are evil |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I think it's more germane that this message is neither uniquely Christ's nor uniquely religious |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:09 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. Compelling argument for religion inspiring some good in this world. nt |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
20. Does "anti" do any good? |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:36 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Interesting |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
66. Nailed it. +1 n/t |
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Junkie Brewster (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. I'd love to meet some of those people |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
65. Yep, I'm in Georgia too.. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. I suggested to my children to use pantheism. |
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Junkie Brewster (301 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Religion doesn't do any good. People do. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. I agree with you. |
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mod mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
29. be careful who you say it to.... |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
34. Is Anti-Theism a bigotry against religion? Or if not, how is it not? |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Of course it is. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #34 |
43. Sure - but anti-pedophelia is bigotry against pedophiles too. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
39. It seems misguided to blame "god" for what are ultimately our all-too-human foibles |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #39 |
62. But it makes complete sense to praise "god" for our virtues... -nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
40. Depends who you're asking. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
42. False gods will not cease to exist simply because we have become so modern |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. So you're saying that everyone has a religion, and they always will? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So you cannot imagine others use words differently than you, or associate them |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:43 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Words have meaning. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 07:24 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. God-shaped hole! God-shaped hole! |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:46 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. Fallacy spotting |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. You seem to be describing materialistic priorities rather than a religion. nt |
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Silent3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. What is it about those with religious sentiments... |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yes. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
55. It doesn't do anything good that |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
57. Are you slowly believing in a god and simultaneously being against it? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
59. Religion is for SUCKERS. |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
61. It doesn't do anything UNIQUELY good. |
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