_V0RTEX_ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (In advance, I'd like to say that I don't mean to offend anyone here) I'm not sure if its the way I was raised, with a non-religous family and an athiest father, but whenever I hear people praying to this "god" character, I just look at them as ignorant. People try to back it up with coincidences that the religious community declares as miracles and such. I just don't get religion, and why some people are super religious. It makes no sense to me. For all of you religious people out there, what does religion do for you? How has it improved your life and do you TRULY beleive in an all seing "god?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
have a nice day Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 gives me hope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Lowell Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 It brings up a ton of questions for me, personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambro Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (I don't mean to offend anyone here) I just look at them as ignorant. Yeah no offense here that I can see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_V0RTEX_ Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Yeah no offense here that I can see Sorry for opressing you, I will go check my privilige level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demo demo pan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Nothing I disagree with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambro Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Sorry for opressing you, I will go check my privilige level. If you could not tell I was joking and am not offended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lib3l Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I love studying it, not as a religious person but as a "soft atheist". Just seems really interesting to read holy books and crap and hopefully I can keep studying. Besides the internet I haven't really seen any negative sides of religion in public and find it's mostly atheists who think they are better for not believing "lies". (Fro.m some rural-ish part of England so it's not very exciting) And also It's great to see people who are motivated by religion and their faith keeps them going however there are plenty of ways to do that outside of religion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dynamite Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Nothing Really It's Blind Obedience To Something That's Not Real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrafterofGenius Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 For all of you religious people out there Nothing Really It's Blind Obedience To Something That's Not Real Nice shitpost man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dynamite Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 · Hidden by puddingkip, June 11, 2015 - No reason given Hidden by puddingkip, June 11, 2015 - No reason given Nice shitpost man Being Right Is Apparently Called "Shitposting" Link to comment
ThatOtherChigga #Mack Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hope, peace, community, a sense calmness, more aware of my moral codes, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gent♥ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Gives me something to think about. And I love having shit to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboNEET Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Being Right Is Apparently Called "Shitposting"Wrong. Not contributing something noteworthy to a thread is called shitposting. I can only give you the good advice of stopping it before you get a warning. Oh and sorry for going off topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ŴƬЯ-A Vakume Kleener Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 · Hidden by puddingkip, June 11, 2015 - No reason given Hidden by puddingkip, June 11, 2015 - No reason given shit i did a doublepost. pay no attention to this. read below Link to comment
ŴƬЯ-A Vakume Kleener Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Well I was always raised as a Christian, but in my earlier pubescent years, around 11 and 12 I lost faith completely because of how hard middle school was on me and I just felt like nobody was there actually watching over me. Midway through 7th grade I got the mentality that what's the point in NOT having a religion, because no pleasant afterlife if you don't believe in anything, right? My life miraculously got better. I was failing like three classes and I started to become focused and was getting Bs on my tests, and making decent letter grades and understating the material. I felt happier and focused on what I needed to and I felt like there was a purpose for me to be a better person. At this point I believe God is real but I don't care if he's not because of how much just the idea of him has done for me, if this isn't him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakamoto Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 My grandparents were VERY strict Catholics, yet that did not carry over to my mother. Religion made me really fat since we'd get donuts after church on Sunday, nothing else really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowder Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Midway through 7th grade I got the mentality that what's the point in NOT having a religion, because no pleasant afterlife if you don't believe in anything, right? Kinda reminds me of Pascal's Wager (idk if this is shitposting) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gent♥ Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Kinda reminds me of Pascal's Wager (idk if this is shitposting) You're fine, it was at least somewhat constructive. Pascal's wager and Agnosticism are very similar concepts, solid overlap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chowder Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Not really calling anyone out but I would also like to point out how you can be agnostic (or gnostic) and atheist at the same time. Agnosticism is about the possibility of knowing about god's existence (maybe he does exist but there is no physical way of finding out? Or maybe the fact that REAL miracles-suspension of physical laws and NOT the 1 in 999999 chance bs- literally mean they cannot be replicated by man and will never be proven to be true?) while atheism is the just the lack of belief (usually brought about by lack of evidence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keroro1454 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Being Right Is Apparently Called "Shitposting" No, being antagonistic (not to mention being "correct" in only your own mind) for the sake of being antagonistic is shitposting. Also, learn when to capitalize. No one likes when people capitalize every word, and grammatical speaking its incorrect. As for the question, it's led to the creation and sustation of my extremely good (and kinda elite I guess) Jesuit high school, for which I am really grateful for. It also allows be a load-off in a way from the terror I'd feel for the alternative after death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai9001 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I wouldn't say religion, but spirituality gives me security in myself, my family, and the world we live in, and that's something I think that no atheist can ever truly feel. I understand that it can be hard to have faith in something you can't prove that exists, but that is kind of what faith is. There are three kinds of atheist, one of which that I can respect like Steven Hawkins who believes in the limitlessness of man, in that god hold's people back. Which in some cases, that may be true in that in the field of science, some people are blinded by faith (or lack there of) to skew the evidence in favor of what they believe. Which is an understandable trade off for what they believe is logically/morally right. Then there are the atheists who have some sort of problem. Either they don't trust god because they say something like "Why does bad things happen to good people," because they lost someone close to them. Not to criticize them, but they are so caught up in grief that blaming god seems to be the only cope with the pain. Then they will look around and see all the horrible things in the world and ask them selves 'why would god let this happen?'. I can't say I know why bad things happen go good people, but I believe that there is a divine reason for suffering. Then there are the people who don't have any serious problems in life. Sometimes these people have a large ego and they think they are a god in some way. Whether that is with their money, comfort, power, or abundance of pleasure. An example of this is your typical neck beard. Then when shit happens, they fall into of the second category of atheist. tl;dr God gives me closure in the unexplained and faith that everything will turn out all right in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyperqube Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 How has it improved your life and do you TRULY beleive in an all seing "god?" Studies have shown that religious people are in general more happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apo Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Religion gives people answers so they don't have to think for themselves. They "know" [believe that they know] all the answers. That's a huge ego boost. "I'm right and everyone else's beliefs are wrong" It gives them a sense of superiority. tl;dr Religion makes people feel good about themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demo demo pan Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 What it does for me, well nothing religion has done nothing for me and I see it as pointless, it's cased more problems than its solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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