Posted on 02/19/2005 11:58:48 AM PST by chaco canyon
Religuous people are good people that are being led astray. They are systematically being manipulated to remove the power that they have to use their potent brains. It is easy to believe someone who says he has an alluring answer, an answer that cannot be logically disputed. The fundamental mechanics of religion are the same as a virus. It attacks those that are mentally weakened, and when they are young and suscepable to the concept of magic.
Understanding of the beautiful complexity of the world is opening up to individuals that grasp the complex concepts. The universe seems to be alive and intelligent to those that do not have a closed mind. Religious dogma's do not approach this level of understanding. We live in a remarkable time, where so much is being learned so quickly, we do not yet have time to take it all in, to synthesize this. The vast majority of human problems are caused by human thinking. The religous order hamper human exploration, becuase they believe that they have answers. The intelligent universe seems to be telling us to live sustainably and to grow mentally to become more like what we seek. This is counter to most religous organizations.
WE must recognize that ancient knowledge is incomplete and often incorrect. The world is dynamic and these variations must be taken to account to adapt our moral code to survive and grow. We cannot afford to revel in ignorance forever. The limits of ancient knowledge are met at Armaggedon.
Evil MEN praise God to gain power. Hitler was a friend of the Pope and a good catholic. He called on God often for help. Terrorism is viable in a religous context, because people believe in what will happen when they die. Religion has always been used to manipulate the masses, the dark ages can return and get even DARKER.
Faith eventually destroys good will between men, because faith give all men the idea that they have their private truth. But there is only one truth in the world. When there are differences between religions, they should be resolved. People working together to find THE truth, not advocating their private truth. Fighting over differences means that the understanding of truth is limited. Fighting will not find truth. Only an open mind can find truth. The most savage places on earth are the most religous. Puritanism kills. We are not becoming a kinder nation.
There is a Mathematical principle call Godels theorem. It says that all systems, no matter how perfect are incomplete. These create paradoxes (religious differences). Paradoxes, are not something to fight over. They are GATEWAYS to a greater system, to a more complete truth. I call this the Mathematics of Peace. There are many advances that we are not utilizing for the social good. We are rehashing ancient failures, each time they are becoming more deadly and heinous as we become more powerful. The religous system creates good and evil and conflict. Signicantly different paradigms are available to people willing to think. Good and evil, heaven and hell are primitive that are keeping us in a prison. We are reaching the time when there are too many people in the world to survive with this type of thinking. Free your mind. Do kind compassionate things without the need for a reward for heaven. Try to understand the how the universe works, and work in sync with it. It is understandable and useful for peace and growth.
LOL!!
Bless your heart..You have chosen this special time to humiliate yourself in front of all of us.
Thanks.
Hey, Stalin didn't have religious motives, so he must have been misunderstood; just like the dude who started this thread. ;-)
These are your words, are they not? You did not say "Hitler CLAIMED that he was a friend of the Pope and a good Catholic."
Once upon a time .. I may .. just may have been dumb enough to try that
But I've matured since then .. I'm a responsible adult now :0)
You have a wonderful sense of graphics.
What you advocate in place of religion is no less a mental disorder. The idea that there is a utopian existance waiting for the people of earth if only they do such and such is the falicy. The human condition is wretched as a whole because of the number of jerks in the world. Individuals can find their truth and can live at peace (under many religions or no religion). But a related concept here is that people need to leave others alone in their beliefs.
BTW, I believe conservative ideas are better for the world as a whole than the ideas of liberals. I believe noral relativitism, (the idea that there is no right and wrong) is a bunch of cr*p. I don't believe anyone who says they know the truth (for me) I don't doubt that they have the truth for themselves. Religion is a personal thing.
Sorry. Right and wrong, good and evil exist. So do fools.
Indeed ,it is !
Disagreeing with us is one thing, BUT those who would take that would try to take that liberty will one way or another meet a sad ending
SO they death threats that I have been getting arent trying to silence me ?
Where were you between November 21st 2003, and January 25th 2005?
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I must have missed those,,please point out the post ?
I bet ya he tells you you're not smart enough to understand what he's saying. Because if you were smart enough then you'd understand what he was saying.
Death threats from who and when?
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