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Originally posted by Haydn_17
When ET arrives and shows themselves to us i am hopefully wishing them to show how our galaxy started, to prove evolution and explain to us that god does not exist.
Ive just realisded what a big problem religion is, its like the voice in your head demanding you must do this and that, and an old book dominating your life..
You must live like this or you will burn in hellfire forever and ever.
So come on ET put everyone out of there misery.
Originally posted by Blueracer
What about the religious-like UFOlogy where aliens are worshipped as if they are God? "The aliens will come save us". "The aliens have all the answers". "The aliens will show us the way".
Originally posted by Haydn_17
So come on ET put everyone out of there misery.
Originally posted by felonius
The reason folks like you hate religion is your spoiled brats that were never told "no", and were in dire need of an ass beating as a child....and didnt recieve it.
Originally posted by converge
I don't know why other people hate religion, but the reason why I dislike most organized religions is because, as they have in the past, they continue to hinder social and technological progress.
"When the churches literally ruled society, the human drama encompassed: (a) slavery; (b) the cruel subjection of women; (c) the most savage forms of legal punishment; (d) the absurd belief that kings ruled by divine right; (e) the daily imposition of physical abuse; (f) cold heartlessness for the sufferings of the poor; as well as (g) assorted pogroms ('ethnic cleansing' wars) between rival religions, capital punishment for literally hundreds of offences, and countless other daily imposed moral outrages. . . . it was the free-thinking, challenging work by people of conscience, who almost invariably had to defy the religious and political status quo of their times, that brought us out of such darkness."
Steve Allen
Originally posted by felonius
Nihilistic, hedonistic young prat.
Are most religious groups corrupted (at the top at least)? I believe so.
Are most religious (other than those that preach killing) people good folk that follow a code? I believe so.
The reason folks like you hate religion is your spoiled brats that were never told "no", and were in dire need of an ass beating as a child....and didnt recieve it.
[edit on 23-10-2009 by felonius]