Pope John Paul II

[ecchi]

RE - "I've always used this important rule when it comes to forum posting...don't discuss Religion or Politics." I have to disagree, I wish more people should post on these subjects. It makes for heated threads that can be extremely interesting to read. But don't stop at this, hit any topic that people have strong views about. For example the best threads I have ever started are ones where I "suggest" that America might NOT be the greatest country in the world. And when another webmaster board offered a prize for the most read and most posted to threads, both of these were won by a thread that someone started with the opinion that women should NOT run adult sites.

However, don't expect to make many friends this way. I play the devil's advocate on the boards a lot less than I used to a few years ago, but I still think that when I die, instead of getting me a tombstone, they are going to have to put a dance floor over my grave.

[ecchi]

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".

[Mr. Blue]

*steps carefully away from this topic*

[ecchi]

Coward.

[Mateusz]

Originally Posted by Cleo

I just believe that religion is evil and a left over superstition from the days when humans had less of an understanding of the world that we live in.

Anyway... not sure how it works but its proved that people who belive in god (doesnt matter which one) live by average 8 years longer than people who don't.