Brian G wrote:
am wrote:
On 11 Feb, 13:29, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-02-11 10:15:27 +0000, "RedOnRed" said:
"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On 2007-02-11 09:37:25 +0000, "RedOnRed" said:
"Brian G" wrote in message
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ahmad wrote:
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Abolish all religion - it causes more trouble than its worth!
I'm sure there's some bloke looking down from heaven saying "it
was only
a
wind up, I didn't really expect them to be following the stuff
2000 years
later."
Save the world from slaughter and become an atheist.
Where does one sign up for that? Do you know the address of the
local temple?
...and why would an atheist have a temple? A temple to worship,
erm, nothing?
Ah, but you see, it's a religion in itself. A decision not to
believe in a god.
There are people of like mind, so therefore it is a religion.
Not really, since A-theism by DEFINITION is not about a choice NOT to
believe in god, but more or less decision to constrict a world that
ignores the possibility, probability or otherwise, as *irrelevant*.
The religious amongst us would like to puzzle us with questions like
'when did you stop beating your wife' but the response of 'I don't
have a wife' seems not to satisfy them.
Well of course it doesn't. The initial premise is incontrovertible.
Surely you wouldn't want to promote heresy?
Why not promote heresy - the world would a damn sight safer place to live in
if religion was abolished (it would certainly remove at a guess around 90%
of the causes of war and terrorism).
It would not remove the causes, it would simply mean some other lever
would be used to move thew cannon fodder down the well worn road to Hell..
It doesn't matter whether its Nationalism, Nazism, Communism,
Christianity, Zionism, or Islam, there are always surplus people who
feel ****ed on by the world, just waiting for someone to come. put a gun
in their hands, and tell them 'he did it: Get him' and then walk
quietly away and watch the carnage while they pull in the rewards of
being a 'charismatic leader'.
As far as suicide bombers go, think of it as evolution in action. They
are simply weeding out the more useless members of society, and
providing the rest with entertainment and something to get excited about.
Brian G