Pope John Paul II

ecchi · 2005-02-15, 04:26 PM

And to get the ball rolling:

re - "I say religion is evil because people make life decisions based on it" Anything that people make life decisions on is evil ? What you mean like "financial advisor's" "careers services", "teachers", "daytime talk shows", etc. (OK, I'll give you the last one.)

re - "IMO religion is nothing but uneducated understanding of our world around us. It is like not having a black cat as a pet because you believe that keeping a black cat will cause you to have misfortune in life" Superstition IS a religion to many people. And to many others religion is a superstition. Also a lot of superstition comes from religion (eg. the origin of it being unlucky to walk under a ladder is that a ladder resting against the wall forms a symbol of the "holy trinity" and breaking it (by walking under it) will offend God).

re-"Religion is simply a way for governments to control their peoples" Actually it is most often the other way round. Look at Britain from the middle ages up to about 60 years ago, or more topically look at the way George W. is cow toeing to the "bible belters".

2005-02-15, 04:26 PM	#25
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	And to get the ball rolling: re - "I say religion is evil because people make life decisions based on it" Anything that people make life decisions on is evil ? What you mean like "financial advisor's" "careers services", "teachers", "daytime talk shows", etc. (OK, I'll give you the last one.) re - "IMO religion is nothing but uneducated understanding of our world around us. It is like not having a black cat as a pet because you believe that keeping a black cat will cause you to have misfortune in life" Superstition IS a religion to many people. And to many others religion is a superstition. Also a lot of superstition comes from religion (eg. the origin of it being unlucky to walk under a ladder is that a ladder resting against the wall forms a symbol of the "holy trinity" and breaking it (by walking under it) will offend God). re-"Religion is simply a way for governments to control their peoples" Actually it is most often the other way round. Look at Britain from the middle ages up to about 60 years ago, or more topically look at the way George W. is cow toeing to the "bible belters".