Just listen to the rhythm of my heart?
uh... that's a completely conflicting oxymoronic statement.. not to mention just plain moronic. if you were as open minded as you seem to wish everyone else was, you wouldn't care or bother to argue and put down anyone else just because their beliefs are different than your own.
by open minded, i didnt mean accepting...i meant being able to think for themselves....i would more likely accept someone who has converted to another religion or something...not someone who believes faithfully in a religion cuz thats how they were raised (brainwashed) by society...trust me it makes sense
i see, we just have different understandings of 'open minded', no biggie... it is ignorant of you, however, to think all religious people have been brainwashed and don't choose for themselves whatever or whomever they want to believe in. generalizations suck.
How do you know that?But that is what would happen every time if you theoretically were able to replay the instance given the exact same settings and variables. People dont really have the free will they believe.
How do you know that?
apparently, he's the only person on the planet with 'free will' who is able to decide his own beliefs even though what he doesn't like is people who don't "use their (nonexistant) free will" and believe in organized religion... soooo, i guess he hates everyone?
solo, dude, you're wasting way too much time on this crap...
im agnostic. sorry to say but any specific religion is complete B.S. Sure there is a possibility of a higher being but most likely not. I get too heated in conversations with religious people because i find it unbelievably frustrating how people cant be open minded because they have been brainwashed. Religion is nothing more than mass manipulation on a global scale. however, even though i hate the idea of religion...even if i had a chance to abolish all religion in the world, i wouldnt. Because i do believe that the morals and values most religions teach IS a good thing and if there was no religion there is a good possiblity the world would plunge into chaos (unless another system of morals would develop). I also agree that religion is a coping mechanism for the human brain and helps some people feel like they have a purpose or whatever which also can be good. I was raised catholic(though renounced it), im a really good person, and i think religion is absolute B.S. i just wish other ppl were open minded enough to see it the same way
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I'm certain that if there is a God, none of the religions on this planet have it right as to what his/her/it's "plan" is, especially Christianity.
The idea that if you believe in something else you go to hell is absolutely ludicrous and hypocritical. A God that would send a Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, atheist, etc to hell just because they don't accept Christ as their savior is not the kind of God I would worship. Not to mention the condemnation of homosexuality. But all that is just my opinion.
because as i said. humans are a product of the external stimuli of the past. subconsciously or not you take it all into consideration before "choosing". idk how else to explain it...im not too good at that part. let me give you an example of how people are products of their environment:
if you were born in an environment where no one ever told you about jesus or moses or abraham or muhammad or whatever, then you would NEVER know about it. Then theres the people who are like, "oh i would know anyways cuz i can "feel" it. No you cant. You would just like to think you would. Thats just your instinctive defense mechanism protecting your manipulated "files" in your brain. Maybe in this scenario of an environment free of the known religions we have today, you would create your own to cope with what you cant seem to understand (life).
I'm not in the habit of accepting things people tell me as absolute truth without any backing whatsoever. Especially when the claims cover the entire universe.trust me. its true. and its exactly how i said. its fact. if we went back in time to yesterday without us having the knowledge of how this all unfolded...we would do the exact same things...if you dont want to accept this, dont. You are who you are, i am who i am. and im dont talking about it.
(BTW - I notice a lot of you are practicing a form of epistemological hedonism. Don't think that because you think it and it feels good that its correct. If you feel good from praying thats because its creating a placebo effect. God is just an empty dummy pill that billions of people swallow, or are forced early on into swallowing wholeheartedly - which is a serious problem.)