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CCS's thoughts about religions: requested by TM
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A lot of people are nice and peaceful lol.
I live in the 2nd most Hindu populated place in the country. You know a lot of them celebrate Christmas and aren't even Christian.
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Dragon
Yeah we celebrate Christmas. But we don't go to church or anything.
Eternal Dragon
Monster
It's fun doing that.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
A lot of people are nice and peaceful lol.
I live in the 2nd most Hindu populated place in the country. You know a lot of them celebrate Christmas and aren't even Christian.
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Dragon
Because Christmas isn't a Christian holiday. It's very secular and culturally adapted. Just like Easter.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Christianity (Protestantism) - Often complicates what Jesus actually professed. Exhibit A: the American church. Bickering and quarreling over church leadership and change. Plagued with selfishness and corruption.
Catholicism - Very awesome. I was watching The Godfather Part 3 yesterday and was reminded of how much I wish mainstream Protestantism would adapt this. I think we would be far less full of ourselves and more in touch with our own sinfulness.
Islam - I very much appreciate Muslims' ability to self-discipline and their appreciation for the sacred. Sometimes I think that women get a raw deal in some scenarios, but overall, Islam seems to be a pretty legit religious tradition. It gets a bad reputation because of controversies surrounding Wahhabi and connections with jihad.
Judaism - There wouldn't be any Christianity without Judaism. I appreciate its devotion to the Law.
Atheism - Live and let live, I guess. Many intelligent people deny that God or a supernatural exists, so there must be some pretty good evidence supporting that. I also commend Atheists for knowing more about the Bible than most Christians. I wish, however, that it was easier to engage them in conversation without either side getting overly defensive.
Buddhism - I have a difficult time with Buddhism in the sense that it teaches one not to feel, to an extent. This is a good system of belief if you are simply trying not to feel emotional pain, but it also tends to prevent reaching levels of happiness.
Satanism - I think it is a selfish way to live. It turns everyone into individualists who are capable of only self-love.
Those are my thoughts. I thought I would add something legitimate to make this thread actually have some decent conversation. I hope no one was offended...if so...let's discuss!
Eternal Dragon
Monster
Jihad's become such a bad word. It's not supposed to be.
Oh and the reason I said the Christmas thing was because one of the Christian friends at my lunch table got mad at my Indian friends for celebrating Christmas.
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Dragon
Oh and the reason I said the Christmas thing was because one of the Christian friends at my lunch table got mad at my Indian friends for celebrating Christmas.
Flames Out
Dragon
Christianity (Protestantism) - Often complicates what Jesus actually professed. Exhibit A: the American church. Bickering and quarreling over church leadership and change. Plagued with selfishness and corruption.
Catholicism - Very awesome. I was watching The Godfather Part 3 yesterday and was reminded of how much I wish mainstream Protestantism would adapt this. I think we would be far less full of ourselves and more in touch with our own sinfulness.
Islam - I very much appreciate Muslims' ability to self-discipline and their appreciation for the sacred. Sometimes I think that women get a raw deal in some scenarios, but overall, Islam seems to be a pretty legit religious tradition. It gets a bad reputation because of controversies surrounding Wahhabi and connections with jihad.
Judaism - There wouldn't be any Christianity without Judaism. I appreciate its devotion to the Law.
Atheism - Live and let live, I guess. Many intelligent people deny that God or a supernatural exists, so there must be some pretty good evidence supporting that. I also commend Atheists for knowing more about the Bible than most Christians. I wish, however, that it was easier to engage them in conversation without either side getting overly defensive.
Buddhism - I have a difficult time with Buddhism in the sense that it teaches one not to feel, to an extent. This is a good system of belief if you are simply trying not to feel emotional pain, but it also tends to prevent reaching levels of happiness.
Satanism - I think it is a selfish way to live. It turns everyone into individualists who are capable of only self-love.
Those are my thoughts. I thought I would add something legitimate to make this thread actually have some decent conversation. I hope no one was offended...if so...let's discuss!
Aww you turned my thread idea to get CCS banned into actual thought.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Hopefully you lovingly told them that they are idiots.
In terms of Jihad...it's the extremists/the media that have turned the word into such a terror.
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Steamboat Ricky
WZCW's Living Legend
Is there a particular reason why you don't believe in God?
Edit: or a "god"...don't want to offend polytheists.
more broadly...the realm of the supernatural...
Edit: or a "god"...don't want to offend polytheists.
more broadly...the realm of the supernatural...
At this point, I am not willing to state that god doesn't exist. I realize that there is no definitive proof one way or the other and there won't (probably) ever be. I realize that faith requires a certain lack of faith, but I simply can't make that leap. I think that the concept of God is comforting and I would like to believe, but I just can't accept his existence as fact.
I differ from many other athiests and am in many ways a weak athiest as I won't outright deny him.