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Originally Posted by latinasojourn
on earth, religious faith is a cultural artifact.
you believe what you do because of two things:
WHEN and WHERE you were born in this world.
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So you won't argue that your athiest or agnostic views are a product of WHEN and WHERE you were born. What makes your view right and someone elses wrong? After all, your belief structure is just a product of your enivornment and experiences, just like everyone elses. But oh, you've got it all figured out and everyone else wrong?
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i was shooting in thailand a few years ago, and the bargirls in the room did not want me to kill the spider crawling in the corner because they thought it was one of their ancestors who had not done good works in his life, and these girls were serious.
crazy silly shit.
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What makes your belief that it's "crazy silly shit" have more merit than their belief? Because your experiences in life have led you to believe this, while their experiences have led them to believe something else. But you're right and they're wrong? It's not like you can examine the situation from any perspective that's not influenced by your own experiences. So you take your bias into every situation, as does everyone else. Whose right? Whose wrong? Maybe there is no right or wrong, only perception of being so based on experiences.
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in 2007 if you don't believe religious faith is silly yet, then get on a jet and fly 10,000 miles to bangkok, or calcutta, and visit the temples, listen to the people worshipping cows and buddha,
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if you wanna mix science and religion, I'd say buddhism makes the most sense. Quantum physics and lsd might help you understand buddhism a little better.
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then get back in the airplane and fly to tulsa oklahoma and go see oral roberts, or go to west virginia and listen to jerry falwell, or watch benny hinn cure people with cancer.
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so you've found someone exploiting people to make money? they prey on weakminded people and exploit them. really is this any different than parts of this industry? bad apples show up everywhere, not just in religion.
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science is not perfect. but it is based on the concept of observation, and proven, repeatable results.
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Nothing is provable. Everything comes back to subjective experience.
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religion is created to reduce human stress, take the fear out of dying. it is mother goose stories for adults.
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And you don't use science to impose that exact same feeling upon yourself? "No need to worry about burning in hell. I believe in science!"
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about the best we can do is to be a good person, pet a dog, be kind to a child, be a good friend, love your family, do something for someone.
then die in peace.
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i agree.