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Mortos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:09 PM Original message |
Relgion - Good or Bad for Mankind? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. I like my version of the faith, which is live and let live. Can't stand |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Kneejerk reaction: bad |
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markbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Religious Fervor |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Religion is good when it's a personal thing. |
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Mortos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Or to be in a place where they could impose their own religion |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. That's more like it, Mortos. |
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notundecided (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Organized religion is bad. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Spirituality = good. Organized religion = bad. staunch religious supporter |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Staunch religious supporter = Bad? |
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da_chimperor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Asbestos armor (and mask, it's bad stuff you know) on . . . . |
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pocoloco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. "no religion too" |
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ernstbass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. Seems to me that billions of people |
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eyepaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Well this thread's gonna get lit up-- |
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markbark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 02:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
60. Yup... Most of the problems in the Middle East |
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NCN007 (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
70. true |
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Sterling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
12. Both |
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loyalsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Exactly |
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mcscajun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Personal Spirituality, Good. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. If Jesus were to |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Perhaps he wouldn't even be recognized? |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
15. Bad |
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Ron Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Religion is a rich man's game of oppression, but so are several other |
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mpendragon (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 05:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. quote from Napoleon |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. That wasn't Einstein's opinion. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Einstein was a physicist |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. He was also a brilliant thinker. |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:33 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Sorry, but you have to do better |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. It's not about me... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. So what is it about |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Riiiiight |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Because... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Within the constrains of the understanding of the time |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 05:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Time is irrelevant... |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. That is a definitive appeal to authority |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 07:07 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. To you, maybe |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:06 AM Response to Reply #56 |
72. How could someone who quotes a Taoist |
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Algomas (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Religion is for people... |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. More people have died "in the name of religion" than any other cause... |
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MXMLLN (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Actually, ... I think that more people died under communism. |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Naaa, religion beats communism over the centuries. n/t |
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MXMLLN (66 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. No ... actually it doesn't. |
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BurgherHoldtheLies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Some of your data are wars that blend religion and politics... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 08:18 PM Response to Reply #33 |
50. The Taiping rebellion was quite religious |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:02 AM Response to Reply #28 |
66. Doesn't that depend on the historian? |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
19. It's like diapers. Necessary for a young civilization... |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. Before you make up your mind... |
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Just Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's not so much "religion" that harms as it is humanity. |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
26. Bad question |
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Midnight Rambler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
30. Personally |
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Az (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. It can both divide and join societies |
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m berst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
45. kick n/t |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
46. Live and let live, believe what you will |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
47. as was said ... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 07:33 PM Response to Original message |
48. Organized religion is an extension of culture |
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sphincter (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. Religion. |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 08:00 AM Response to Reply #49 |
58. How nice of you |
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Harry S Truman (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
51. The darkness |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 08:01 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. So it's your truth we must follow |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
52. Depends. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. "Organized religion--bad" Aren't you all special and superior! |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
69. "Militant atheists" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:19 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Militant atheists are people who |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
76. Did you notice, Lydia, that the original poster said he had |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 04:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Yer crackin' me up! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-04 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. I think Mick Foley is Catholic |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
55. Not a valid question |
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AliciaKeyedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
57. Today's dose of bigoted flamebait |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
61. bad , bad , bad. n/t |
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MrsCheaplaugh (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. Religion = Bad? |
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Cobalt Violet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:06 AM Response to Reply #62 |
67. And what do those "religions" call people who don't believe? |
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Princess Turandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 02:00 AM Response to Reply #67 |
75. Personally, as a Roman Catholic.. |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
63. Individual spirtiuality is good..... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. Did you even read my post? |
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prairierose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Lydia, I was not responding to you but to the original post. ...... |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
68. Depends |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
71. *shrug* mixed bag, I guess |
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indigobusiness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-11-04 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
73. Ego death has a lot to teach. |
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