An Atheist Reads The Bible

[El Mono]

Quote:Also, Mono I asked you for your beliefs, in your own words, and for an explanation. Your fondness for apparently basing your beliefs on youtube videos aside, I would like to know what your thoughts are.

You seem confused. The Video was a response to your question about free will not my beliefs, watch it and you'll understand.

Introcluse stop being a little girl and insulting poor old myth

I personally don't believe what people think a deity is. That there is something sitting there watching. There is no evidence to suggest that there is one or many, I don't want to make people disbelief there is a "God" or "Gods" but I do want people to see how religion/religious books aren't good for life. I don't understand how the Bible gives morals, when it comes with so much extra baggage - genocide, rape, slavery, torture etc. I also don't think you should shape your life around what a book says, you should be able to question right/wrong by life experience.
But I don't want you to stop believing, I don't want to change your life, this forum is an outlet for discussion.

[Midnight EyeZ]

50 Reasons why Religion sucks...

1) There are too many religions, how does a believer know he picked the right one?
2) Offers religious people the wrong understanding of the world they live in
3) Has caused many wars
4) Further separates and classifies people
5) Full of contradictions
6) No proof other than the inability to disprove
7) Does not agree with science
8) Disrespects the hard work of the scientific community
9) Religious claims have yet to have scientific backing
10) People do not need religion to have morals (ex: learn to respect others, not kill or steal)
11) Waste of time
12) Waste of money
13) Waste of space
14) Waste of lives
15) All churches would be better off being shelter for poor people
16) Religion unites people for the wrong reasons
17) Leaders often times use religion to bring their people to their sides
18) Most religions are outdated and lack any historical backing
19) No scientific or supernatural occurrences have been discovered yet
20) Religions change and evolve overtime depending on the general populations beliefs
21) Does not explain life before life
22) No way to know what comes after death
23) Easily accepted by naïve people
24) Religions do not respect each other
25) Religion does not make people more comfortable
26) Religions are corrupt in many levels
27) Though different in names, most major religions are all similar, somewhat proving that they really come from the same source
28) If god knows the future then there is no free will
29) Has caused hate crimes
30) Heavily religious countries have not shown to be “better” off
31) Discriminates against free thinkers
32) Discriminates against harmless people with different beliefs and sexual orientations
33) Can give probable cause for anyone to do anything “I slit her throat because god told me to”
34) Many animals have been killed due to religious sacrifices
35) Does not disprove atheism legitimately
36) Operates on scaring believers by using places like hell and eternal punishment to keep them in line
37) Many people have been killed due to religious sacrifices
38) Religions are taught in schools as fact
39) Many children are raised religious at a young age without a choice to reason and choose what they want to believe
40) Prayers have yet to have been proven to be effective
41) No “miracles” have been documented
42) Religion does not offer a valid explanation of the world around us
43) Religion confuses people
44) Some religions do not allow its believers to question their faith
45) Religion requires blind faith
46) Religion is not the cause for technological advancements, in fact, it only slows it down
47) Older religions have trouble accounting for new scientific discoveries that directly contracting the religion
48) God has yet to show up and give us an update on is going on
49) Things such as guardian angels, reincarnation, resurrection have yet to have been proven or witnessed
50) Even the most religious people tend to mourn and fear death, despite the fact that heaven appears to be a very nice place – contradiction?

[Gezus]

*chokes this thread with a magical force that denies all logic* I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[Midnight EyeZ]