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Originally posted by Xtrozero
Originally posted by reasonable
Countries vast in 'non-believers' seem to be doing just fine, such as Sweden & denmark AND they rank in the top for quality of life! Just imagine if we followed their lead.
Well how about communism that between Russia and China has killed well over 100 million in their non religious endeavors. Japan wasn’t very religious during WWII and neither were the Germans, Pol Pot wasn’t either and neither was Genghis Khan. It seems normally when religion is absent things are much worst.
So in the examples you gave do you think it is a lack of religion or just social structering that has developed them to how they are. I would think religion, or lack of thereof, has nothing to do with it.
Originally posted by reasonable
I don't see how you can compare non-religious from eons ago to non-religious now. There is a huge difference in why they are non-religious but I don't have time today to get back into this thread. I would say that the Atheist movement now is born out of wanting to progress humanity in the most civilized way possible through science, environmental concern and concern for fellow man, etc.
Originally posted by briantaylor
I think you might have missed the memo on this one...
The God gene doesn't exist.
A few years ago some "scientists" thought it did.
And while we are able to watch brains "light up" in certain areas when we think about god or faith, it is not caused by a gene.
ps I agree 100% that religion must end.
Originally posted by 21cdb
Religion has all the answers!
Science has all the answers!
Sounds like someone's religion is science.
Originally posted by masonicon
Science and Religion are best friends until Capitalism Hijacked the Science
Too bad astrology is not "religion".
Right now, I'd take psychics, astrologers and priests and I'd put the all in a big sack, tie off the top and I'd hit them all with sticks..
.. and I really wouldn't worry who got the worst of the belting.
To any other the people who to the difficult questions in life; the 'What comes after death?', 'What happened to my dead loved ones?' or 'How can I stop myself dying?', the difficult questions, gives you some easy bulls@#t answer and you say "Well have you got any evidence for that?" And they say "There's more to life than evidence....."
"Get in the feckin sack."
And if Copernicus and Kepler were blocked then why praytell do we know of them?
i thought i cured you of this nonsense, you crack me up.
I don't see how you can compare non-religious from eons ago to non-religious now. There is a huge difference in why they are non-religious but I don't have time today to get back into this thread. I would say that the Atheist movement now is born out of wanting to progress humanity in the most civilized way possible through science, environmental concern and concern for fellow man, etc.