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Hardest questions to ask a religious person

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Steve-Brown
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yah, we're trying to ask our pastor super hard questions so...shoot some about all religions or just plain religions

+k for legit questions
-k for hate or just dumb questions!
Jun 8 2011 6:43PM
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arandomname
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I just feel like it's more logical to believe in the big bang theory for instance rather than anything that different religions believe.  But yeah, it works either way.  It seems more logical to a christian to believe in god but to an atheist to not believe in god.  No point in arguing.
Jun 9 2011 4:22PM
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hockeyplayer
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yea i feel ya
Jun 9 2011 4:25PM
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Steve-Brown
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i dunno i know a few atheists but they all are more agnostic than anything

personally i don't know how you can believe nothing exists, that there's absoulutley no higher being...or power..i don't think that, me i can't grasp my brain around that idea, so i have faith that Christianity's legit..
plus i think atheist remark back to someone with religion should be like..

"oh well if there if you're right ill see ya in hell"

thats just me...
Jun 9 2011 5:25PM
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TechnoPotamus
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Jun 9 2011 5:30PM
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deleted5
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wow way to make this thread fucked up
Jun 9 2011 5:34PM
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hockeyplayer
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in all honesty it would be completely different world.... I almost think life might be.... well, boring.
Jun 9 2011 5:34PM
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TechnoPotamus
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how so?


Imagine if terrorists did not attack our country and kill thousands of innocent people in the name of their (insane) interpretation of their religion.

The picture points out how unfortunate it is that people do such evil things in the name of religion.
Jun 9 2011 5:36PM
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Jun 9 2011 5:40PM
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hockeyplayer
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Christianity is stupid, but i much rather believe in a bloodsucking zombie than in nothing.

PS. the sign about atheism is true, the sign about chrstianity is fabricated
Jun 9 2011 5:45PM
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TechnoPotamus
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what's your religious stance? i'm asking out of curiosity because i've seen you say you hate people who don't believe in religious, but then you also think christianity is stupid, but you'd still rather believe in it than nothing.

not insulting you, i'm legit curious what religion you follow because it's confusing based on your posts
Jun 9 2011 5:48PM
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neutralzombie
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how long did it last the first time you slammed your wife?
Jun 9 2011 5:52PM
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Edew19
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It wasn't too long ago that people couldn't grasp their brain around how the sun came up everyday either...

My question would be: Why did god give whales vestigial leg bones?
Jun 9 2011 6:16PM
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Aaaron.
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small extremist sect is a GREAT representation of religion.

wonderful contribution.
Jun 9 2011 6:52PM
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Park_Ranger
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ask your pastor if he is a religious pluralist, inclusivist, or exclusivist, and why he deems his view valid over the other two.
Jun 9 2011 6:56PM
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Dwarftosser1
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*cough* Crusades *cough*
Jun 9 2011 7:00PM
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arandomname
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Exactly.  I've pointed out how religion is what killed thousands of American lives during 9/11, and people tell me that one small group of people in one of the many religions does not count for the whole.  So then I bring up the crusades and how that involved a lot more than just that one small group and they say that was 800 years ago.  So we can forget about that huge war 800 years ago because it was 800 years ago but we still worship the same god that was created over 2000 years ago?  Something here seems fish to me...

I always joke around with my friends saying whoever created the idea of religion and that there is a greater being called god(s) out there is the smartest man who ever lived.  And I believe myself.

Jun 9 2011 7:53PM
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act.resist
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yea well that was just the imagination of the director i think, it wasnt meant to be literal, at least not that i know of
Jun 9 2011 8:53PM
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GayWolf420
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How does jesus keep his robe so white?
Jun 9 2011 8:55PM
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GratefulDead
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If everyone has a different perception of God, how can we all believe in the same God?
Jun 9 2011 8:57PM
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MacNsteaze
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how do you know which religion is true?

how do you explain scientific facts about earth being created and evolution?

Jun 9 2011 9:02PM
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act.resist
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^plagarism
Jun 9 2011 9:06PM
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LittleFoot
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the guy never had to work a day of his life. people threw palm leaves on the ground when he walked
Jun 9 2011 9:08PM
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MitchPee
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You can't grasp your brain around that idea because that isn't what you have been taught since a young kid, I am assuming. It's probably hard for you to believe Joseph Smith talked to god, Bhudda became the supreme being by individualistic improvement, Native American spirits gave them power when they sacrificed, going on a pilgrimage to Mecca will bring you salvation, or any other obscure religious practice that isn't pronounced in your specific dogma.

People can believe nothing exists because they haven't been given a reason to otherwise. Miracles generally have a logical explanation and are so broad they can be accredited to identified things. I choose to remain humble and open-minded about our origin. I can't say nothing exists, but I can for sure say it didn't happen how the Koran, Bible, New Testament or any other religious document says it did.

Your pastor saying people born in other religions will be forgiven if they have been "good" is very degrading. That goes against all we have ever learned as humans on being logical. Those religions have the same "evidence" of god as his religion does. Brings us back to the most simple minded way of thinking we can obtain. The wheels go round and round.
Jun 9 2011 9:13PM
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Relish_man
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seriously?
to someone who thinks a being created the whole universe, getting a woman pregnant without sex must be fuckin cheetos, dumbass.
Jun 9 2011 9:16PM
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TechnoPotamus
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oh my bad, did you want me to discuss the rest of the extremist muslim religious sects, perhaps israel and palestine, maybe the holocaust while i'm at it? just to name a few...


Would you like a history lesson? i'd be happy to provide one for you if you'd like.
Jun 9 2011 10:19PM
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arandomname
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The Holocaust had nothing to do with extremist muslim religious sects... and I hope you are not saying Israel and Palestine as two separate things, which would mean you are saying Israel has an extremist muslim religious sect, which is absolutely ridiculous.
Jun 9 2011 10:26PM
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TechnoPotamus
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I'm saying they all have to do with religion, genius.

Of course the fucking holocaust and israel/palestine don't have to do with extreme muslim religious sects.

Learn how to read before you try and call out my post.
Jun 9 2011 10:57PM
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esotericjive
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If we were here to bag on religion, I'd be posting the bible belt/uneducation graph. On the picture though, you can't say a fairly small group of extremists represents the rest of the religious world. You're right that too many people have died because of religion, but most religions are focused on good values. Still, it's all fine and good until they start up about the higher power/god thing.
Jun 9 2011 11:22PM
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fdsa
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So it's the victims' faults that someone persecuted them for their religious beliefs?

The logical extension of your argument makes:

Rape the fault of the woman
Bullying the fault of the bullied
Crimes in general the fault of the victim.

If you want to bag on religion, be my guest, but please be at least slightly intelligent about it.
Jun 9 2011 11:54PM
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Steve-Brown
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called it perfectly
wow.

mind=blown
Jun 10 2011 1:02AM
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Pee_and_Ski
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 i go to a catholic college, and used that as a justification for being piss drunk on a monday afternoon
Jun 10 2011 1:21AM
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Pee_and_Ski
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sorry for the double

 

ask why the major feast days in Christianity happen to fall on the same day as many ancient pagan festivals?

ask why three on the largest religions, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all worship the same god yet try to kill each other all the time?

How can killing be clearly against the laws of Christianity yet is so often used for an excuse for wars and mass murder?

 

A bunch of years ago I got kicked out of ccd (jesus class) for being disruptive by asking the questions seen above

Jun 10 2011 1:40AM
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californiagrown
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If you grew up in a hindu household would you be hindu? and if so(correct answer) why do you still fully believe in your current religon
Jun 10 2011 2:12AM
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TheTristanator
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winning /thread
Jun 10 2011 2:17AM
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POWDER.RANGER
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how can you prove religion was not a figament of imagination helped along by a couple hyperbolized coincidences that eventually worked its way into the brainwashing of billions??

Jun 10 2011 2:39AM
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tomahawk
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ok bromigo
Jun 10 2011 2:40AM
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Zimmerman
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threads
Jun 10 2011 8:02AM
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TechnoPotamus
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that's quite the reach there buddy.


i'm saying that due to religion and it's more extreme believers with ideas that other religions and/or people are inferior - innocent people have died. a ton of innocent people have died and/or been injured over it.
Jun 10 2011 8:05AM
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hockeyplayer
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Lost power for 18 hours.. But anywho to answer your question I'm born Jewish but never really took a liking towards it. Had my bar mitzvah then sort of dropped the whole jew thing. I guess I'm agnostic. But not a typical one, I don't think their is a correct religion I think that people should recognize a God and leave it at that. No violence or persecution because thats not how a Creator would want it. Religion has fucked so many things up it's just given itself a bad name. I
Jun 10 2011 10:50AM
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hockeyplayer
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I pray often but I'm not labeling him as Allah, Hashem or God... The greater being is all of these names because he's percieved through all these people. It's the people who taint his name imo.
I guess I believe in a god because I just can't accept the big bang theory. I think something created the Universe then let it do its own thing... I'm not sure if he watches us or guides our lives I just know a long time ago he made us. I'm content with this feeling and I prefer to believe in something rather to believe in nothing.
Jun 10 2011 10:54AM
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ohmythugaim
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This is such a strange argument.


Why do you find it easy to believe that something existed forever and then created the universe? Perhaps the universe has existed forever. Why does it need a beginning and your "higher being" doesn't?
I think if you learned more about cosmology and theoretical physics you would have an easier time accepting this. I reccommend you read Stephen Hawking's The Grand Design or The Breif History of Time.



Again, this whole "believing in nothing" thing seems really strange to me. Everyone has beliefs. Its not that atheists believe in nothing, its just that they do not believe the universe/life was created by a supernatural being. I still believe in being kind to other people, empathy, the existence of dogs, i believe the sun will rise tomorrow, i believe we are the 3rd planet from the sun etc. etc.
Jun 10 2011 11:04AM
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TechnoPotamus
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your response (both parts) was excellent and i would tend to agree with a lot of what you said. I respect what you said and honestly that response was refreshing.
Jun 10 2011 11:06AM
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hockeyplayer
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I guess I just have faith. I believe. I'ts just hard to put a label on what I believe because I'm not a huge fan of religion and refuse to be labeled in this category. It's possible the world always existed but i prefer to believe something created it.
Jun 10 2011 11:07AM
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deleted5
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"religulous Movie" - Awesome video clips here
Jun 10 2011 11:58AM
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forum10
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it's easy to label it... you believe what your parents and the community that your parents placed you in, told you to believe... and yes the world was created by something but not by some lovable yet insanely angry being in the sky.

religion has time and time again throughout history, shown to be not only be a source of how to live life as a good person but also as a temporary "solution" to the unknown. that's until science comes along and provides an answer that's ALWAYS fought by the church because you know, the church is NEVER wrong... ever.
Jun 10 2011 12:20PM
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Elg
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"If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people."

I think thats from a House episode, and i honestly think its true..
Jun 10 2011 12:57PM
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hockeyplayer
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haha the church.... but srsly I guess my parents have convinced me in a god, but my god is much different than theirs.
Jun 10 2011 1:31PM
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hockeyplayer
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Thanks man, I enjoy sharing my true feelings about these matters. People just get so brainwashed sometimes its scary.
Jun 10 2011 1:32PM
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corona
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as him "what do little boys feel like"
Jun 10 2011 1:33PM
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NickSki.
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Qu'ran**, and the New Testement is in the Bible and tells nothing of the creation of the Earth, thats the Old Testement. Learn about Religion before you trash/promote it, PLEASE.
Jun 10 2011 3:27PM
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