Side discussion on religon from Mumbai thread

[Onkel Neal]

I've moved this out of the Mumbai thread.

[Skybird]

Now exclude the Star Trek items, please - Vulcans are areligious. The rest could be thrown together with Rockstar's bible class from today.

[Safe-Keeper]

Morts, I've known you for some time over SS & MSN. So I ask you, dont make fun of Iceman, ok? He is obviously very religious man, so let him be and belief to what he wants.

Don't be ridiculous. Iceman makes a post in which he chooses to enter a discussion, saying, among other things, "you crack me up", and we're supposed to just leave him as if he didn't say anything? Just because we happened to be discussing religion? If we were discussing Obama and I jumped in and attacked a McCain voter for opposing Barrack, would you leave me alone if I said that I very strongly supported Obama and wanted my beliefs to be left alone? Of course not.

As for Iceman's post, it sounds to me like an Orwellian "freedom is slavery" mentality - you need an authority watching and judging your every move, 24/7 for every single day of your life... or you're not free. If there's no Great Omnipotent Divine Stasi, there's no reason to be good.

As has been pointed out by so many on this forum so many times, this is simply incorrect. Take a trip to a democratic country with a strong atheist poulation (Norway, Japan, Canada, et al), and then get back to me. Note how most of the countries on the Top 10 of the HDI are secular and/or have a strong atheist population... and then brag about how great it is to slave under Yahweh.

Well, what do expect from the "religions of peace"??? The world has had this problem since the 7th century. It is not just an American, Jewish or Christian problem. Anyone that is not Muslim is an infidel and you have two choices according to their "holy book", either convert or die...

All three major Abrahamic religions have been incredibly violent over the years, and all have incredibly nasty books they for some reason cling to. You Christians are mostly good people, you really are, but you'd be so much easier to discuss things with if you actually read your Bibles.

[kurtz]

Yes go on read it, or to save you the trouble here's the picture version;

http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_law/index.html

Paganism 4tw, At least this way I have a chance of being a bastard son of Zeus, Gods know I have his temper and love of Mortal wimminz.

And no, screw you, I'm not getting a blood test.

[Hylander_1314]

Skybird! You believe not in the Halls of Valhalla?! Where the dead live forever!

[Stealth Hunter]

All of your Gods are inferior to Horus.

[Vinay]

Originally Posted by Hylander_1314

Skybird! You believe not in the Halls of Valhalla?! Where the dead live forever!

What about the modern version of it with the 72. He may not be able to handle the 72. So request the rest be parcelled to me.