Hey, we haven't had a religious thread in a while...

SSSnail

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You know, a thread where someone goes off the deep end on some religious mumble jumbles and pseudo intellectual bullshits disguising as legitimate deep thoughts on why we exist?

Xenu is with you! Live long with the force, and be one with emptiness.
 

reallyscrued

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So why isn't believing in religion classified as a mental illness yet?

Someone is talking to me :: 3,000 years ago > Prophet

Someone is talking to me :: Now > Schizophrenic

Weird, no?
 

Northern Lawn

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I saw a preacher on tv the other day, he was praising the great works of another preacher who was doing "great works" in Stockholm, Sweden. Then he said in Stockholm, only 1% of people go to church. The lowest number anywhere.
 

PingviN

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I saw a preacher on tv the other day, he was praising the great works of another preacher who was doing "great works" in Stockholm, Sweden. Then he said in Stockholm, only 1% of people go to church. The lowest number anywhere.

Wait what 1 whole percent goes to church here? o_O Must be some old people and some immigrants.
 

Northern Lawn

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Wait what 1 whole percent goes to church here? o_O Must be some old people and some immigrants.

NO... don't you know anything about Sweden?

Old people go to long houses and pray to Oden or Thor, your immigrants go to mosques.
 

Raizinman

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There are over 1000 religions in the world. Yes, I’m counting tribes in Africa who worship the Coke Cola bottle too. Which is the right religion? Is it the one my parents taught me? The one with the majority of followers? The one whose believers come knocking on my door on Saturdays? The one who has the most TV time? The one at the airport with strange haircuts and chants? Perhaps I should choose the one most convenient to me? Perhaps being religious should be tough and I should pick a religion with lots of rules and requirements? Perhaps devout my entire life to religion?

What is the purpose of religion? Is it to give my money so that the head preacher can molest children and live in a large mansion? Is religion even needed today? Was religion just a way to scare and control people since there was no government thousands of years ago to do this? There is no proof of heaven or hell.

Is there any real proof today that God even exists? Why would he hide himself if he was really there?

Could religion be just a made up fairy tale? Well, for me, I’m going to find me a Coke Cola bottle.
 

JackBurton

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So why isn't believing in religion classified as a mental illness yet?

Someone is talking to me :: 3,000 years ago > Prophet

Someone is talking to me :: Now > Schizophrenic

Weird, no?

Anyone pretending to drink their God's blood every Sunday should be classified as having a severe mental disorder.
 
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Hey guys, I found Jesus. Turns out he was some character in some book. Its pretty old, like predated Tolkien by quite a while (so its like waaaaayyyy before Harry Potter), but I heard him and some other dude used it as inspiration for like Narnia and shit. Who knew?