"Most people understand religion is bullshit." (Reply #36)

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Mon Dec 30, 2013, 04:10 PM

el_bryanto (11,636 posts)

36. "Most people understand religion is bullshit."

There is is.

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94 replies	Author	Time	Post
Salvation for Dummies [View all]	Scuba	Dec 2013	OP
Brilliant!	longship	Dec 2013	#1
+100	billh58	Dec 2013	#87
I just came home from a Christian funeral	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#2
So almost every believer is essentially a liar?	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#3
The club has its ceremonies and they are OK with it	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#4
That's Pascals wager - but again your statement is that most believers	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#5
Pascal's wager applied when those that didnt believe were really on the fence.	rhett o rick	Dec 2013	#6
Than why do non-believers go to church, as this person claims?	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#8
I'm a godless heathen, and I go to church for funerals and weddings	MynameisBlarney	Dec 2013	#13
I would have preferred a wake to a memorial service, but they didn't put it up to a vote	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#20
I hear ya.	MynameisBlarney	Dec 2013	#29
They aren't "non believers" They are people for whom the social atmosphere	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#15
"I think most Atheists can feel the truth of God in their hearts; they just reject it."	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#16
Not at all. Just silly.	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#21
Rather depends on how you define "God" n/t	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#42
I don't have to believe to take your $50. That's the point	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#10
White lies aren't really lying	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#9
Do you have any evidence?	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#11
Not necessarily.	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#18
OK let me spell this out for you very clearly. I believe in God. I don't go to church for social	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#19
Before I reply, answer me this	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#23
No I'm a pacifist, more or less.	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#26
I diidn't want to irritate you further if you were a gun owner	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#52
Shit or get off the pot	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#56
If you communicate regularly with spirits, yeah, it would seem so.	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#59
And anybody who believes fits into that category	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#61
Is a person who believes in astrology delusional?	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#65
You've made your point	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#73
What I think of believers	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#74
Trying to get back to safe ground, eh?	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#75
Good point.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#77
The OP graphic was about the instututions. Jesus isn't here to speak for himself.	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#79
Like i said I go to church every week; I don't feel extorted	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#82
Well	phil89	Dec 2013	#85
Are you you delusional if you believe in God?	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#62
Didn't she say, in her opinion, almost everyone?	FSogol	Dec 2013	#24
She called almost every Christian a liar and a phony	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#27
Why do you believe God wants you to go to church?	AuntPatsy	Dec 2013	#50
Because I have prayed and felt a connection to him; and among other things he'd like me to do	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#51
I know quite a few who differ with not only how they perceive God but also what they believe	AuntPatsy	Dec 2013	#67
I would say a good chunk of them are...most people just give it lip service	snooper2	Dec 2013	#34
"Most people understand religion is bullshit."	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#36
I should have added "In the Western World"	snooper2	Dec 2013	#37
If you think that's what the Bible requires than you really don't know anything nt	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#38
I was shocked by that as well.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#39
This is getting interesting but I have to go meet a friend to play Golden Tee	snooper2	Dec 2013	#41
How do you choose which commandments to follow? n/t	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#43
There's no commandment that requires you to summarily execute your neighbors	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#44
You might want to re-read Exodus and Numbers. n/t	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#47
Point me to the scripture and I'll look it up.	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#49
OK	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#53
OK you've made your point	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#55
Don't blame us for what YOUR BOOK tells YOU to do.	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#58
I blame you for being so stupid and unengaged	el_bryanto	Dec 2013	#60
It's a worse argument to suggest your Holy book doesn't say things that it says.	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#89
Not my religion. I rejected it long ago. Don't blame me for it's content. n/t	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#88
Good question. to me I follow what makes sense and what I think comes from God.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#46
Letting your conscience be your guide is an excellent approach.	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#54
I know I don't know so I also know they don't know. I'll find out when I need to.	brewens	Dec 2013	#35
What an offensive post!	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#7
How is Bluestreak's post offensive?	FSogol	Dec 2013	#12
3rd paragraph.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#14
Still don't see what you are getting offended about. n/t	FSogol	Dec 2013	#17
Saying believers are not being true.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#22
Didn't she say, in her opinion and almost everyone?	FSogol	Dec 2013	#25
who is she to speak for them?	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#28
Did she say she was speaking for you? She stated an opinion.	FSogol	Dec 2013	#30
Yes and I found it offensive.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#31
Say hi to everyone at the "Church for the Perpetually Outraged" next Sunday for me.	FSogol	Dec 2013	#32
I am Episcopalian so I will miss their services.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#33
Not true to reality or to their religion typically.	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#45
I follow what I think is divinely inspired.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#48
Your post sums up what church is about.	Vashta Nerada	Dec 2013	#64
And that my friends	SCVDem	Dec 2013	#40
I can't remember the last time I heard anybody complain about	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#57
That's usually my line.	SCVDem	Dec 2013	#66
Yep. Pretty much.	Vashta Nerada	Dec 2013	#63
Yeah!	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#68
I'll pass your comments along to the Episcopalian Minister who sent me the graphic!	Scuba	Dec 2013	#69
Cool story bro.	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#70
She's my sister.	Scuba	Dec 2013	#71
Neat!	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#72
I'm curious why she is in the ministry	BlueStreak	Dec 2013	#78
I'm not aware of any reluctance on her part as to speaking honestly.	Scuba	Dec 2013	#84
I would be interested to know if your sister has seen this thread	cbayer	Dec 2013	#81
I sent her a link but don't know if she's seen it yet.	Scuba	Dec 2013	#83
Thanks. If she does see it, I would be interested in her response.	cbayer	Dec 2013	#86
It exposes the truth about religion throughout history?	Rex	Dec 2013	#76
Exactly. And the best way to expose truth is through intolerance.	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#80
Faith is believing things without justification. That has elements of delusion to it. n/t	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#90
Which is exactly why those of us with an obviously superior intellect must	Glassunion	Dec 2013	#92
Religion is harmful. It needs to be called out.	Gore1FL	Dec 2013	#93
Love the insults by some in this thread.	hrmjustin	Dec 2013	#91
Lock	Sissyk	Dec 2013	#94

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