religion

Patriam1066 · #9 10-08-2014, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by paulgiamatti [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And speaking of societies without diversity of opinion, culture or thought, have you looked at Iran lately? Have you looked at North Korea? Do you know what a theocratic dictatorship is? Did you know that this is what religion created?

Iran has been islamic for 1400 years, and for most of that time, it was a world or at least regional power. Now, it is a retrograde shit hole, but not because of Islam. It's because the elites believe that their philosophy is superior to all others, and others should submit to the correct thinking. It's the exact argument that you make. You keep saying how your positions are superior, and you'll be damned to see any other position. You are intolerant.

Oh and by the way. Iran banned slavery back in the Achaemenid era, because of Zoroastrianism. Most of the world had slavery at the time, but the Persians stopped due to religious teaching. Riddle me this Batman, what was evil about that edict?

Religion is millennia of culture, art, philosophy, and literature. I honestly don't understand why you guys don't get that. I am not 100% sure that God exists, how the fuck could I be. I don't believe in spirits, the soul, and while Id like to believe in an afterlife, I'm certainly not convinced that there is anything beyond this. What I am 100% certain of is that there are good christians, bad atheists, and vice versa. I am also 100% certain that different cultures and their religious beliefs have practical values to give modern humanity. The Upanishads, Quran, Bible, and the Avesta all have something useful within their pages.

im done again. There's no point arguing

You're convinced that the world started in the post Christian period, and that the modern culture you enjoy has no connection to Christianity. Those are both unequivocally false precepts, but I couldn't xonvince you otherwise even if I wasted my whole life trying.

Keep hating everyone around you. I'll have a smile on my face with all the other idiots at the shrine praying to the sky God. We'll all do charity and try to feed the hungry, and you'll be in your basement expounding on your supreme morality on Internet forums.