Do you understand the meaning of the term 'gratuitiously condescending' ?
Hundreds of millions of people draw comfort and spiritual sustenance from their faith and beliefs. For you to dismiss them as 'deluded .. have issues' is offensive.
Fair point but you do seem to be getting very defensive about scientology. Hmmmm.
"A cult is a religion with no political power" - Thomas Wolfe
AFAIK, no religion instructs its followers to kill people in their basic doctrines.
It is fundamentalists who interpret the basic teachings of their religion in a particular warped way who then cause death and destruction in the name of their religion.
The vast vast majority of religious people don't go around killing people.
I think maybe members of the Greek orthodox church might get them too but within christianity I don't think anyone else does, no.
Edit: From googling, it seems they don't. Episcopalians do though apparently - maybe that's what I was thinking of. Sure dere all de same dem funny religions.
Sure, I agree most religious people don't kill people, but that doesn't change the fact that religion is responsible for the majority of wars throughout history.
Speaking as a non-believer...
Howzat!I thought the thread was about Cricket when I saw the title... just shows how much of a heathen I have become!
A huge amount of problems would go away if society got real about religion and started talking about it honestly, i.e. it's a delusion and shouldn't be taken seriously.
I don't think you understand the meaning of the word "tolerance". I have repeatedly said they should be allowed have these beliefs.
I'm just a realistic person who has no interest in being politically correct so I stand by my statement that people who live their life according to obvious make believe have issues. For starters, they can't accept the reality of life, e.g. This post will be deleted if not edited immediately and your dead granny aren't waiting for you when you die.
Fantasy confused as reality should not be encouraged, although I am willing to tolerate it because so many people suffer from this delusion, and as seen here, it's a topic people are very sensitive about.
A girl in work came in with ashes this morning and a couple of people were laughing about it when she went out of the room. I thought that was pathetic.
Another thing I find funny about people defending religion is the fact that we know religion is the most destructive thing in the world (nothing kills more people than religious beliefs) yet most people would rather ignore this fact.
However I know I'm mostly wasting my time saying all this because most people will believe whatever they think they're supposed to believe.
Sure, I agree most religious people don't kill people, but that doesn't change the fact that religion is responsible for the majority of wars throughout history, as well as many other problems such as women being forced to wear burkas, women being stoned because they were raped, people getting AIDS because it's wrong to wear a condom, etc.
A huge amount of problems would go away if society got real about religion and started talking about it honestly, i.e. it's a delusion and shouldn't be taken seriously.
Eastern Catholic Church /also called Greek Catholic Church/ members will
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