WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RELIGION, WHICH IS THE ONE TRUE GOD? OR ARE WE JUST BAGS OF WET BACTERIA WITH A NEED TO FEEL INFERIOR?
Imagine if you can a country somewhere in this world, It would also apply on another world, but let's stick to what we know. let's make it an island so that they are isolated.
In this country there is perfect peace. No crime and no wars. The people of this country are very pious and they regularly worship God and thank him for their health and happiness. They have never seen their god nor does he speak to them, but they have a book written by their ancestors which has stories of people that god has spoken to and of how the world was created by God, so they are sure that what they believe must be the truth.
One day a strange ship arrives. Full of curiosity and generosity the islanders welcome the strangers.
The strangers are horrified that the people on this island don't worship the same god as them and tell them that they must all be evil and will be condemned to hell if they do not immediately convert to their religion, worshipping their god, who is described in great detail in a book written by their ancestors. The islanders are very confused, but will not convert as their god must be the one and only god because they have been taught so for their entire history.
So you get the picture, right?
These two religions have never met each other and worship different gods, each religion convinced that theirs is the only true religion because that's what they have always been taught.
How will they ever be reconciled?
One religion's book teaches respect for the world & all the creatures in it and also for Nature itself. This book teaches that after death one's deeds and what one has taught to one's children are all that live on.
The other religion's book states categorically that to kill is a mortal sin and yet the book is full of killing, murder and violence. This book promises eternal wonderful afterlife to everyone who is a true believer in their god, even if they are a thief, murderer or rapist, just as long as they confess their sins just before they die.
The point I am trying to get across is that people, the human race, white, black, yellow, gay or homophobic, male or female, will believe what is drummed into them from birth. Not many have the intelligence or the will to lift their heads and see that other people have been indoctrinated differently and are just as convinced that they are the only true believers in the only true religion.
anyone who has spent any time talking with me KNOWS i am opinionated and yes Arrogant.
this is one of my favourite subjects to debate, Blue you have a innate insight into the human psyche in this matter,
let us go back to the very basics.
In the beginning there was GOD (who or whatever you choose to call him or her as you prefer, my father called him Huey, so i will choose that)
and he beheld the great nothingness
for his own reasons this displeased him and he created the universe
(big bang, creation, whatever you choose to believe)
some people believe it took 6 days and then one of rest
personally i tend to think a omnipotent god (Huey)
wouldn't need 6 days but a mere thought would create the universe instantly
but aside from that TIME hadn't been created yet so a measure is irrelevant
so lets jump forward in the newly created time line,
to the evolution of man and his intelligent (SIC) thoughts
man doest have the ability to comprehend infinity so there is no way he can comprehend GOD (Huey)
so he tries to create a framework that he can fit to the universe as he knows it
and of course due to MAN's limitations his theories are full of errors and false premises
and as usual with man where there are two or more persons (number = X) there will be X + 1 -> infinity number of theories
and yes they are theories because they cannot be repeated or proven by any scientific process
Man has created religion to assuage his inability to comprehend the incomprehensible
these 'religions” have been handed down orally since the first religion was INVENTED by man
then along comes a genius who creates writing so these stories have been written down and instantly become FACT
animism was the first recognised religion the belief that every thing has a spirit (read GOD)
Then we have the Egyptian civilisation and SUN worship (this has some merit as the sun is the source of all energy that allows existence on earth)
but like all religion it was corrupted by man
(Remember this statement)
then along came Abraham, with his Israelites and because of differences of opinion they split into Jews and Muslim, again caused by man not GOD as you know him. these tw2o groups have been fighting over the same piece of ground over since.
then another split followers of Christ and traditional Jews who were at each others throats from inception the followers of Christ were corrupted into the Christian religion which itself has been splintered into myriad factions.
Are you seeing a pattern here?
GOD is Good until man intervenes, organised religion has been the root of all war and persecution from its inception man corrupts religion for POWER and MONEY, so believe in GOD , and throw religion out dispose of it quash any organised religion, the minor good it doe3s is far outweighed by the damage it continues to do, oppression of the poor, not to mention what they have done to children that they are given custody of.
nothing more than hypocritical corrupter of power and money and have laid waste to the world from time immemorial. you have all been brainwashed into following MEN not GOD.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_religion
Same TOS as Achat. You would be made welcome.
