Religious Poll

[Herr-Berbunch]

According to Ninian Smart's respected definition of a religion, even football (either proper football or 'handegg' ) is a religion... including the wars!

This forum is no missionising board or a board over confessions on personal fantasies one holds.

Says a man on a mission

[antikristuseke]

This about covers my opinion on any and all religions

[jumpy]

hehe funny links.

I always figured that god knew adam and eve were flawed beings (as he made them) and that they would not be able to resist temptation, so in their naivety, the test he set them to endure was beyond their nature to resist.
Doesn't seem like a fair thing to me; what's so loving and forgiving about a setting someone up for certain failure? For what?

That's pretty much the first thing I recall thinking about bible stories as a youngster.
That, and later on, comparative reading of classical greek literature reinforced my understanding of religion to be of earthly origin - essentially there's some very human qualities associated with god/gods, not because we are created in their image, but because man invented religion and peopled it with deities derived from what he knew about the world around him. The greek gods are good examples of this - a certain honesty to them that betrays their origins; capricious, constantly fighting amongst each other, *******, drinking and generally making life better or worse as they saw fit, for those mere mortals who dared to be noticed.

The practising of one's religion ought to be a private business, not some public organisation with a reputation for fallacy, trampling about the world getting up other peoples noses with its own hubris, as is often the case.
But that's only what I think.

[NeonSamurai]

Lets step away from the sermonizing please.