The New "Religion"

[Feuergeist]

Good and Bad are relative to each side.

[Anonymous]

good and bad aren't relative, the yin yang is bogus. Good has already won.

[jewpinthethird]

Yes good has definatently won alright.</sarcasm>

4/27/04 (CNN) -- Two female soldiers have decided not to return to combat in Iraq after their sister was killed in Baghdad this month, a spokeswoman for the family said Tuesday.

The death of a person can never be justified as "good". Sometimes necessary, but never good, no matter who's side you are on. And I do not believe in good and evil. What may be evil to one, may be good to another. So therefore, it is nonexistent in my opinion.

[alainbryden]

Good has already won.

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[Zugman]

I'm Catholic and I have to say that homosexuals go to hell no matter what. they are commiting a crime against God and nature. If God meant for there to be GAYS, he would have made Adam and STEVE, not Adam and EVE!!!

[Laharl]

This thread is not about homosexuals at all. Go banter that nonsense somewhere else.

I'm a very devout Mormon. I believe homosexuality is wrong, true. But that isn't to say I have a thing against gay people at all. It's a sin. But then again, I vaguely remember Jesus telling some people "Let he who is perfect cast the first stone". Telling a group of people "YOU'RE GOING TO HELL" is as much a sin as whatever it is that group does.

If you do these 3 things, you will be fine in life:
Love God.
Love yourself.
Love all people.

[Jam930]

Love God.
Love yourself.
Love all people.

ahahahaha....im in a mormon family as well laharl, but i myself am neutral.

and for the "do these 3 things" no offense, it sounds like something wise and simple but its impossible. it's against all nature, instinct and reduces our free will to nothing.

and the bible being the word of god, meant to teach us how to live righteously...doesn't consist of just 3 lines saying

Love God.
Love yourself.
Love all people.

=/

[Chrissi]

I just read every post in this thread. Well I'm agnostic like a few others here. Zugman is very much a moron. I won't even get into how many mistakes his paragraph has. I'll just say I'm sorry for him.

I'm agnostic because I think that we, as humans, are too puny to comprehend stuff like God. Maybe there is a God, maybe there isn't. I don't know. There isn't any evidence for/against Him. Various people believe one or the other. Many people believe it very strongly. There is so much variety in religions that, well, I've sampled many of them. None of them make enough sense TO ME to follow. I'll just remain open-minded kthx.

Here's something I thought of.

The potential number of religions is infinite. The different ways to believe are infinite. There are so many things that one could consider is right. I could say that goats are Gods and that I'm supposed to bow down to them and eat their babies. I don't know. It's crazy, but I could believe that. There are an infinite number of things I could believe.

None of them have proof. Nobody can prove God exists. Nobody can prove God doesn't exist. Therefore, nobody can say that they are undeniably correct.

Now, if you consider that only ONE religion is right, like most religions do, it becomes easy to figure out.... one religion is right, out of an infinite number of them. One in infinity becomes so close to zero that we might as well consider it zero.

Therefore, nobody's right.

[Laharl]

Love God.
Love yourself.
Love all people.

ahahahaha....im in a mormon family as well laharl, but i myself am neutral.

and for the "do these 3 things" no offense, it sounds like something wise and simple but its impossible. it's against all nature, instinct and reduces our free will to nothing.

and the bible being the word of god, meant to teach us how to live righteously...doesn't consist of just 3 lines saying

Love God.
Love yourself.
Love all people.

=/

The way I see it, everything else is a derivative of those 3 things. By the way, I'm not just spouting this because it's what I've been told by people my entire life, but because it's what I've found to be true.

Love God: You'd be surprised what saying a prayer every night can do for a person, if it's honest and heartfelt. Also, doing so will help keep you on the right paths through life. If you utruly love God, things you'd later regret wouldn't ever occur, nor would things you may in fact not regret after all but should. :P

Love yourself: It doesn't do anyone any good to beat themselves up because they made mistakes, or are imperfect. I've been there. It sucks. It's vital to take care of yourself, to stay in good health both phyusically and emotionally.

Love others: Now, I don't mean to say, give everyone you ever meet a hug and be best friends with them. Some people, it's best to avoid contact with. It's just the nature of things. What I mean by saying that, is to never look down upon anyone else, for whatever they do. Being a conservative Christian man myself, often people accuse me of "hating gays" becasue I dissaprove of homosexuality. Truth of the matter is, they are people just like anyone else, just like *gasp* me. Sure, they are doing what I concieve to be a mistake or a sin, but no one is perfect.

You're right when you say this concept is against all nature and instinct. But how does it reduce my free will? It allows me to be friends with anyone, on my own choosing. It allows me to say hello to anyone, to be friendly with whomever I encounter.

Or are you accusing me of following my religion blindly? If that's the case, you're incorrect. I do this of my own choosing, because I've discovered it's true, and a worthy way to live my life, something I'll be proud of at the very end.

[Blondeybabe123]

What makes this country so great is the fact that you can believe in what you want. And anyone who doesnt believe that is ignorant.

I agree with you entirely.... I beleaive that we live in this country to have freedom which entitles us to beleive in what ever we want to. Now, I also think that it is supid for people to fight about their disagreements because not every person is 100% correct; therefore, you shouldn't "fight" with someone because the two of you disagree. You should simply accept the fact that the other person beleives something diffrent than you do and you shouldn't whine about it. But, unfortunetly... we live in a world where alot of people are too conceeded to see that they arn't always correct... so we will always have people fighting. Anywho... I really have no clue what I just said and it is late so I will be going to bed now.

[Blondeybabe123]

Sure, they are doing what I concieve to be a mistake or a sin, but no one is perfect.

Do you mean no one is perfect in your eye? Becuase somone who isn't perfect to you could be parfect to somone else.


*One man's trash is another man's treasure* (I dunno why I am putting this in here really.... it has nothing to do with this thread but I still feel like putting it in here)

[Laharl]

I quite literally mean no one is perfect.

You can't tell me you disagree with that, because you know I'm not lying.

[Anonymous]

YA know what I think??? THese people who say things like, "you can be perfect if you think you are" are fools. (I am really not trying to offend anyone, but i probably did anyway) So most people agree that killing in cold blood is wrong. And that people who commit these hanious acts are a danger to society. Well, if you believe that good and evil are relative, then killing people is fine. In some people's eyes, killing people is morally OK, look at Charles Manson. BUt if you beliefe in relative truth, you have to accept his morality, and let him continue to kill people.

[Chrissi]

I don't understand. Who says that thing about being perfect? People? I've never heard that. And are you saying it's all right to kill people?

[Jam930]

What makes this country so great is the fact that you can believe in what you want. And anyone who doesnt believe that is ignorant.

we can also choose what not to believe.....and that makes us ignorant?



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"We're all running around in twisted circles. Save yourself some time and find your eternal sleep."