Does Religion Influence Your Life?

[D-rock]

Yes, it has an influence on my life. I have my own view on religion and tend to think for myself however. It wasn't from blind obedience.

 

[bigbadbrody]

fuck no, religion has never influenced my life and it never is going to. I was raised in a christian household but never ever believed in god or religion. i find a lot of the stuff in the bible, especially the old testament to be total b.s. and garbage.

I could right better b.s. stories then the ones that are in the bible.

and whats with all this b.s. about god forgiving everyone on earth, i find this very hard to believe as he would have a very very hard time forgiving people like hitler, osam bin ladin and fidel castro, any fool would never forgive them

 

[Awakened]

Religious freaks piss me off to, although I dont loose sleep over it. Just stop careing all will be well.

Same. I was just joking with that lack of sleep though I learned to ignore that, but i do get SEVERLY pissed off whenever i hear anything religion related.


Also, Juiceman - Points for knowing Arcanum

 

[C11]

I born officialy as Catholic but really i'm not a religious person,i think that anyway can believe in that they want,but nowadays,i only believe in my work and my sacrifice

 

[amstrad]

I born officialy as Catholic

You were not "born Catholic". You were born and your Catholic family indoctrinated you against your will. It's a form of child abuse.

If alcohol and driving have minimum age requirements, so should religion. Religion should be kept away from children until they are old enough to understand its disastrous ramifications. And, just like smoking, if they choose to partake once they are old enough, well, it's their own damn fault.

 

[Nester6]

:dunno:

Please dont worry about us! You have allot in church to accomplish, in order to get to those pearly gates!

Really if it makes you happy, godspeed! You do it your way and I will do it mine.

:glugglug:

Thats what I don't get. If god is all knowing,,,didn't he know I'd be damned to hell before he created me? Who would create someone to damn to everlasting torture? What fucked up ideas we are indoctrinated into are very hard to shake!

 

[Becks...poamr]

I don't believe in organized religion, so...


NO.

 

[Galactic]

I'm atheist. Does religion influence my life? Sorta, i can't sleep at night because i'm so pissed off at religious freaks

Ambien, my friend. Ambien.

 

[Galactic]

It affected my early years.....fucked me up right proper for a long time. To be honest, I don't think I believe in shit these days.

Nothing makes any sense any more.

But I could be wrong.

 

[Peter Gazinya]

What effect does religion have on your life? Did it change over the years? Do you have any doubts?

Yes it has an effect on my life. It makes people vote republican, which in its own right is not necessarily a bad thing. But then those motherfuckers cowtow to the religious right by enacting laws criminalizing gambling and recreational drug use which in turn creates a draconian, fascist society in which freedom of choice is greatly suppressed in the name of duping those under the rule of government into thinking that their chosen leaders are actually doing something good for them when in reality they are only stunting the natural growth of humanity and prohibiting free thinking people from making their own decisions while ignoring the true nature of government which is to provide for the defense and security of the nation when, what we really got, is one fucked up society.

 

[ChefChiTown]

:dunno:

Thats what I don't get. If god is all knowing,,,didn't he know I'd be damned to hell before he created me? Who would create someone to damn to everlasting torture? What fucked up ideas we are indoctrinated into are very hard to shake!

That's why all forms of religion are complete , IMO.

"God knows everything. God created everything. God created you."

Ok, if that is so, then God has also taken everything out of my control because he has already set in stone what my life is going to be. So, if I murder 300 innocent people for no reason, then it's not my fault. It's God's fault for making me do that. Yet, I'll still go to prison for the rest of my life.

Becoming religious is a person's last resort in finding a "meaning" of it all. Believing in God and the afterlife does nothing but give you something to look forward to when you die. IMHO, I find most, not all, but most religious people to be some of the most mentally unstable people on the face of the earth. They begin to lose comprehension of reality and replace their sanity with a system of beliefs that worships something that is completely make believe.

I don't get it. I really, really don't get it.

 

[YMIHERE]

:dunno:

Thats what I don't get. If god is all knowing,,,didn't he know I'd be damned to hell before he created me? Who would create someone to damn to everlasting torture? What fucked up ideas we are indoctrinated into are very hard to shake!

This is a very well known theological issue know as Predestination. It has been debated for ages and as far as I'm concerned the contradiction has never been resolved. The main answer seems to be God works in mysticism ways. Yea right.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination

 

[Nester6]

This is a very well known theological issue know as Predestination. It has been debated for ages and as far as I'm concerned the contradiction has never been resolved. The main answer seems to be God works in mysticism ways. Yea right.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predestination

Sure, then they throw in the "free will" thing. Again if god is all knowing he knew that free will would be used for evil.
Also if god created everything, did he not create evil and allow it to prosper?
If a fallen angel became the devil,,,, wouldn't he have as much power as god?

 

[C11]

You were not "born Catholic". You were born and your Catholic family indoctrinated you against your will. It's a form of child abuse.

If alcohol and driving have minimum age requirements, so should religion. Religion should be kept away from children until they are old enough to understand its disastrous ramifications. And, just like smoking, if they choose to partake once they are old enough, well, it's their own damn fault.

Really i'm agree with your opinion

 

[youwanttoshagme]

^C11, chop down your sig, it's MASSIVE!! (Good choice of cyclist though, but still too big!)