The New "Religion"

[Anticrombie0909]

i have realized that i can be quite closed-minded when discussing my beliefs with someone of another religion/belief. it's true that hardcore christains truly are some of the best people on earth.

What the HELL does your first sentence have to do with your second one? You just basically said "Yeah, I learned we're closed minded, but don't really give a damn, we're just gonna keep doin it."

abstinence will keep you safe!

No it won't. Abstinence will keep you antisocial.

[Laharl]

i have realized that i can be quite closed-minded when discussing my beliefs with someone of another religion/belief. it's true that hardcore christains truly are some of the best people on earth.

What the HELL does your first sentence have to do with your second one? You just basically said "Yeah, I learned we're closed minded, but don't really give a damn, we're just gonna keep doin it."

And? You have a problem with that? You're close minded, yourself, you know. Don't be stupid and claim otherwise. If you were "open-minded", then the possibility of your beliefs being wrong would be ever so strong in your mind.

I'm proud to say that I'm close-minded. There are things I will never do, nor ever believe are right. I'm 100% positive I'm right, and those that disagree are, well, wrong. I'm sure they feel I'm 100% wrong and them totally right, so it's a fun cycle.

abstinence will keep you safe!

No it won't. Abstinence will keep you antisocial.

Abstinence will allow total and true joy to occur in one's life. And no, it won't have a damn thing to do with your social life. I know plenty of kids that are still virgins, and are among the most active people I know socially. So don't make dumbass remarks, please.

[Anticrombie0909]

And? You have a problem with that? You're close minded, yourself, you know. Don't be stupid and claim otherwise. If you were "open-minded", then the possibility of your beliefs being wrong would be ever so strong in your mind.

I know that. I'm not a hypocrite. I am closed minded, and I don't give a damn. Though one might argue that I'm simply close minded against people who are closed minded themselves, and won't accept any other opinion. See, I'll listen to uber-religious freaks that insist God will punish me with hellfire. I won't like it, I won't believe it, I won't care about it, but I'll listen. Uber religious people are just like racists, when it comes down to it- they are convinced they are right, and won't listen to reason or anyone else.

abstinence will keep you safe!

No it won't. Abstinence will keep you antisocial.

And I was kidding about that.

[Laharl]

And? You have a problem with that? You're close minded, yourself, you know. Don't be stupid and claim otherwise. If you were "open-minded", then the possibility of your beliefs being wrong would be ever so strong in your mind.

I know that. I'm not a hypocrite. I am closed minded, and I don't give a damn. Though one might argue that I'm simply close minded against people who are closed minded themselves, and won't accept any other opinion. See, I'll listen to uber-religious freaks that insist God will punish me with hellfire. I won't like it, I won't believe it, I won't care about it, but I'll listen. Uber religious people are just like racists, when it comes down to it- they are convinced they are right, and won't listen to reason or anyone else.

abstinence will keep you safe!

No it won't. Abstinence will keep you antisocial.

And I was kidding about that.

If you backpeddle anymore, you'll run through the wall.

[Anticrombie0909]

If you backpeddle anymore, you'll run through the wall.

If you actually read my post and thought about the message I was trying to get across, you wouldn't have to make smartass comments.

[Anonymous]

So much of my opinion of "religious" people has been tainted. But then I have so say to myself "No, these people are not 'christians'."

SO true, I consider myself a "hardcore christian" and I have never forced my beliefs on anyone. I have never told anyone that they were going to hell (cept my friends as a joke). I have told many ABOUT my beliefs, but you have to make your faith your own.

And also, please don't make uneducated remarks about a person's religion. Mine or anyone else's. I took very high offense to the remark early in the thread about "having complete faith in a book" or something like that.

1. The bible isn't A book, it consists of 66 seperate books, gathered together by the early church, and put together into one big "file cabinet."

2. Here are some facts on the bible...

Everyone in school has read the Illiad right? how many manuscripts were found for that book? 643, a HUGE number! no one ever questions the authenticity of that book, well how bout Plato? only 7 for him but not a single person questions if he wrote that. aristotle has 49, and Sophocles 193. so the illiad and sophocles seem to be leading in this one, well For The New Testament, they havefound 24,000 manuscripts. all 24,000 manuscripts were handwritten too, not by word of mouth.

How much time in between the date of writting and the earliest known manuscript? well Aristotle is at 1450 years between the writting and earliest manuscript. plato is at 1250 years, and homer is at 500 a very low number considering all the others. well the New Testament has the number of 15 years from the first writting to the earliest known manuscript.

How Accurately were the manuscripts written? oblivously the more accurate the better. well there were three books a Non-Christian scientist looked at. The Illiad, The New Testament, and the Mahabharata which is a very big religous book for Hinduism! The Illiad had a 5% distoration rate, meaning that 764 lines of the illiad were distorted or copied wrong, one every 20 lines. The Mahabhrata had a distortion rate of 10%!! which means 26,000 lines were corrupted, The New Testament, was .2% out of 20,000 lines, 40 were distorted.


WEll I hope you read this incredibly long post, cause there's good information in there

[QreepyBORIS]

Distortion doesnt have a WHOLE lot to do with complete accuracy. Obviously, if the distortion is REALLY high, it could be innacurate, but otherwise, 10% or below isnt really bad.

I forgot what exactly my point was going to be.

Oh, and register, you!

[makaveli121212]

good post...i especially agree with your statement abotu defacing others' religions

[Anticrombie0909]

Well, to be honest, I was expecting some thing like "sinners! you'll all be dammed to hell!" but...there was some very good information in there. That's really very interesting, I didn't know a lot of that. By the way, you should like, log in next time.

[Laharl]

You want me to try again? Fine. I wasn't making a "smartass" comment. I meant what I said. You are retreating on your feet.

I know that. I'm not a hypocrite. I am closed minded, and I don't give a damn. Though one might argue that I'm simply close minded against people who are closed minded themselves, and won't accept any other opinion. See, I'll listen to uber-religious freaks that insist God will punish me with hellfire. I won't like it, I won't believe it, I won't care about it, but I'll listen. Uber religious people are just like racists, when it comes down to it- they are convinced they are right, and won't listen to reason or anyone else.

Tch. I won't like, believe, or care about what you tell me, but sure as hell I'll listen. You claim to be on the high road here, claiming the other side are "racists", when you are no better.

You're right when you call me 'close-minded'. I honestly don't care what you have to say about this subject. You've never stayed up crying from tears of pure joy like I have. I know you haven't experienced what I have that lets me know that I am right, and it makes me sad that you refuse to give it a shot. Unfortunately, you're intelligent, so there is a part of me that will always say "That's a shame he went that route." I wish I could be indifferent. I really wish I could.

abstinence will keep you safe!

No it won't. Abstinence will keep you antisocial.

And I was kidding about that.

You pick a really odd time to kid about something.

[prodigallink]

I agree, wholeheartedly, and that's why the whole "NO RELIGION IN SCHOOLSS!!1!1!" movement pisses me off.

How about a no forcing your atheist ideas movement in schools? If people want to claim they want a live-and-let-live-world, they better start to live it themselves.

That is something i agree with. I am in a way living this world, i'm not really relegious, and i really dont care either. people were given the choice of relegion and most people should respect that choice, rather it be a devout one or an aeithest one. and on that note, people should mind their own business instead of trying to judge someone because they dont beleive the same morals as he/she does.

[prodigallink]

and im not saying this in a way that should piss anyone off about aeithiest beleifs or not. but some people should just mind their business.

[prodigallink]

damn straight!

[Laharl]

Damn Straight what? That seems to have come from nowhere.

[jewpinthethird]

Kids arent taught atheistic believes, they are taught science. Mainly due to the fact that scientists are able, for the most part, to get their stories straight and not cause wars over what they think is right.