religious debate thread

[Noodle]

No one said you HAD to it's just he would like us to.

So it it better to.

Right, so he simply suggests that you do as he'd want you to...

...and if not you can burn in hell for the rest of eternity.

Quite the choice you have there.

[123savethewhales]

An "all knowing" God giving "free will" is a contradiction.

[Meganerdbomb]

Atheists need to stop being so anal about religion. It's really a fascinating subject. Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them, but it doesn't really matter what religion you believe. Just go find one that suits your tastes, and be happy. 

[Urjak]

Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them

Please show me them, or at least the source of this info.

[Sage]

Fully believing in a religion eliminates the unknowns of life, and because the unknown is one of the greatest factors in fear of death, "knowing" what happens when you die removes that worry and allows one to travel through life without that worry nagging at their minds.

[123savethewhales]

Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them

Please show me them, or at least the source of this info.

Self report surveys conducted by religious groups.......  Sorta like how Pepsi generated it's 85% people choose Pepsi over Coke.  When you go up to someone asking "would you like to take a survey conducted by Pepsi" guess who's going to respond?

[Serge]

Fully believing in a religion eliminates the unknowns of life, and because the unknown is one of the greatest factors in fear of death, "knowing" what happens when you die removes that worry and allows one to travel through life without that worry nagging at their minds.

The opiate of the masses.

Intelligent beings, like me, don't need such nonsense to be happy .

Atheists need to stop being so anal about religion.

Well, we're in a debate thread. I know it's all very wrong to oppose your views and we will be damned forever and we will burn in hell and whatever, but please don't use that line.

[Naryar]

I don't need nor want a prebuilt philosophy to adhere to. I'm smart enough to build my own system of morals and my own philosophy  and live without guilt nor regrets.

[GameKing3]

I think religion is a total sham. Also I believe the only reason it exists is because some people can't accept that once you die then your dead and thats it. Another point is how many places in the bible dont make sense. Such as Adam and eve,  Adam and eve had two sons Kane and abel so how did they populate the rest of the earth. It just doesn't make sense.

[Serge]

how did they populate the rest of the earth without spawning a metric fuckton of genetically-impaired trisomic kids

FTFY

[GameKing3]

Exactly lol.

[Naryar]

Maybe back then their genome had no flaws ?

[Meganerdbomb]

Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them

Please show me them, or at least the source of this info.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11392866

[Noodle]

Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them

Please show me them, or at least the source of this info.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11392866

It's providing credibility to the saying "Ignorance is bliss." I suppose.

[Enigm@]

LOL RELIGION.

[Pwnator]

Maybe back then their genome had no flaws ?

NO WAI THAT CONTRADICTS THE MECHANICS OF EVOLUTION :O :O :O

[Incredirobotwars]

That is SO true.

[GameKing3]

Atheists need to stop being so anal about religion. It's really a fascinating subject. Besides, scientific studies show that people with religious beliefs are happier on average than those without them, but it doesn't really matter what religion you believe. Just go find one that suits your tastes, and be happy.

I find this rather shallow and pedantic.

[Incredirobotwars]

Find one that suits our tastes? OK...Atheism!

[GoldenFox93]

Pastafarian.