prankster reading the Bible and people thought it was the Quran

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Ns1

No Lifer
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You don't follow the bible while claiming to believe it. That makes you a hypocrite and a liar. If you did live your life according to the demands it makes you would be a terrorist, a criminal, a murderer and a subhuman. It truly is that simple. That's why you have chosen to intentionally disregard the things about it you don't like.

:D:thumbsup:
 

1sikbITCH

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That's not YOUR problem, that's theirs, nor is it GagHalfrunt's.

My point is that why does it matter to YOU if people practice their religion or not?

On the flip side, if they actually "believed" in it, and tried to kill you, you'd surely not approve of that.

That's why his point is illogical.

You should ask the 14 people who were killed in San Bernardino or the 3 killed at the Planned Parenthood who had religion practiced upon them that question. "How did Farook's religion affect you Ms. Clayborn? Hello? Is that a piece of brain on your sweater?"

Most religious people I have come in contact with are good people and use their religion as a moral compass or whatever and not as a license to kill and so props for that.

But when history is full of events such as the Crusades, the 2000 years of Muslims, Jews, and Christians slaughtering each other over Jerusalem, Hindus vs Muslims in India/Pakistan, the Puritans burning witches, Al Qaeda/ISIS, Jonestown, the Westboro Baptist Church, etc just off the top of my head, a thinking man comes to understand that the difference between God and Satan depends only on who is telling the story. And we see here with the Farook guy that you don't have to be raised radical. They can just flip a switch on someone normal and turn them into a killer. Brainwashing is some crazy shit.

Ironically, religion will need to be eradicated before we can find true enlightenment as a species. We'll never ascend at this rate and the aliens won't wait for us forever :|
 

Retro Rob

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You should ask the 14 people who were killed in San Bernardino or the 3 killed at the Planned Parenthood who had religion practiced upon them that question. "How did Farook's religion affect you Ms. Clayborn? Hello? Is that a piece of brain on your sweater?"

Well, I will admit -- you're right about that.

But my comment was more along the lines of it not mattering if a religious person is a lair because he doesn't practice his true beliefs.

I mean, if Farook didn't practice his true religion, they should be not castigating him for it, right?

What do they want? True believers, or hypocrites? In this context, what benefits society more?
 

SlowSpyder

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This is why religion can be very dangerous. Even the 'good' ones are full of hate. It only takes someone to interpret it a certain way and they'd killing to please their invisible friend. Religion makes good people do evil things because they think the evil acts are divinely inspired, it's what god wants. Indoctrinating mind numbing garbage, that's all it is.
 

Retro Rob

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This is why religion can be very dangerous. Even the 'good' ones are full of hate. It only takes someone to interpret it a certain way and they'd killing to please their invisible friend. Religion makes good people do evil things because they think the evil acts are divinely inspired, it's what god wants. Indoctrinating mind numbing garbage, that's all it is.

Let me guess; when people do bad things because of religion, its the religion -- when people do good things because of religion, its human nature.

lol

That means that there should have never been an atheist who committed a crime.
 

Retro Rob

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That makes zero sense.

Yes it does -- it makes perfect sense in the context I'm speaking in.

If no religious person practices their "true" beliefs, then they are no less beneficial to society than atheists.
 

waffleironhead

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That makes zero sense.

Man can you even count to potato? The meaning is quite clear. I cant exactly translate his message, because some of the message is lost, but I'm going to try.

Aardvarks and chipmunks are one in the same if they don't eat bologna sandwiches.

Make more sense?
 

DesiPower

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Wow, so christians are oblivious to the violence in this book? So they almost gave up their old ways and moved on? None of the churches they go to teach it anymore? What an atrocity, it's a blasphemy... They all deserve to be punished.
 

Zeze

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This video made me annoyed. Of course you grab your average pedestrians, they don't know crap about what's in the Bible or the Quaran.
 

SlowSpyder

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Let me guess; when people do bad things because of religion, its the religion -- when people do good things because of religion, its human nature.

lol

That means that there should have never been an atheist who committed a crime.


No, some people do bad things or good things without any regard to their belief or lack of belief. Some people only do good or bad because of religion. I'm a non-believer, I just volunteered time and made a monetary donation to two different charities, and I didn't do either for brownie points with an invisible friend. Why'd I do that if I don't believe in religion? You're making it black and white... it's clear that religion can make otherwise decent people do terrible things.
 
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Let me guess; when people do bad things because of religion, its the religion -- when people do good things because of religion, its human nature.

lol

That means that there should have never been an atheist who committed a crime.

So when an atheist does good things its human nature, when a religious person does good things its cause religion told him to, not because hes a nice person and wanted to on his own :p
 

nakedfrog

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Man can you even count to potato? The meaning is quite clear. I cant exactly translate his message, because some of the message is lost, but I'm going to try.

Aardvarks and chipmunks are one in the same if they don't eat bologna sandwiches.

Make more sense?

HERESY!
Everyone knows it's PEANUT BUTTER sandwiches. Now, are you going to admit I'm right, or shall I just kill you and then accept your posthumous concession that I'm right?