Will religion ever cease to exist?

[Mucho]

I dont think religion has anything to do with being smart or stupid. Religion can give people one thing ratinolist cant; 'Invisible Support" what is we all need from time to time.

 

[JLGatsby]

Originally posted by: totalcommand

The Bible has said that people such as yourself would claim that the prophecies would not come true. Perhaps another prophecy has come true?

I hope you're joking. 😛 Someone dumb enough not to see the flawed logic in that should be examined for brain damage.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: KLin
trollbait :roll:.

yup

 

[sao123]

I want to respond to your question with a question.
How would you respond to this quote taken from the Bible?
Read it thoroughly and give an honest answer???

1 Corinthians Chapter 1:
Christ the Wisdom and Power of God
18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c]
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.

26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things?and the things that are not?to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God?that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."[d]

 

[JS80]

Jesus still loves you.

 

[GeneValgene]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: GeneValgene
some of the brightest minds come from religious people...if any of you have studied theoretical physics, you will notice that many of the pioneers of quantum theory are jewish (e.g bohr, heisenberg, born, etc...)...heisenberg and born were actually christian

also, 26% of the physics nobel prize winners are jewish
http://www.jinfo.org/Nobel_Prizes.html

The term "Jew" has come to refer more about race than religion now.
So what do you call a Jew that doesn't follow Judaism? Israelian? Never heard anyone called that. Jew is the only race that is named by their religion.
Thus, most of the bright minds probably don't believe in any diety.

your logic is flawed...you claim that just because some jews are not practicing, that "most of the bright minds probably don't believe in a deity"? that's absurd. both heiseberg and born were deeply religious. einstein might fit more in your category, as someone who was a jew, but was not practicing...although he rejected religion, i would say he is far from atheist and more agnostic. i am not saying that all these jewish physicists are religious, but to imply that just because there exist non-religious jews that the brightests ones don't believe in a god, is ignorant and careless. a cursory reading of the biographies of many of these theoretical physicists will tell you otherwise.

many people have postulated to the reason as to the high percentage of jews in the field of quantum mechanics. i read an interesting article one time that attributed it to the fact that many jews grow up with a deep theology, where a god has always been assumed to exist - because of this type of thought, one has always attempted to explain the 'seen' with the 'unseen'. whereas in western religion, we attempt to explain the 'seen' with the 'seen', albeit breaknig them down into smaller components....that's why we have difficulty grasping many of these concepts. of course this is just all conjecture...

anyhow, the OP implies that those that are religious may be less knowledgeable or bright. i do not see this as the case...religion survives because man has, and will always be, haunted about his existence, and his death...these are questions of philosophy, not science - and because of that, religion will always exist

 

[Syrch]

people believe in things too heavily, not saying religion is an example but saying it most likely never will be gone

 

[MikeMike]

you seem to think that this forum represents the majority.

it doesnt

on here this board is liberal biased.

you can see it.

liberal, and mainly non religious believers, and those who do believe wont come out because of what is known to happen.

 

[sao123]

is anyone going to answer my question?

 

[ironcrotch]

You'll believe in God when you're time comes.

 

[SVT Cobra]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Son of a N00b
I question others in this thread if maybe the answer lies in not a stupid question but yet a stupid responce

thank you, people who are saying it's a stupid question should explain their answers.

I am just trying to start a topic of discussion.

you also fail to comphrehend my statement...

you're saying the question is stupid. but the reponses are stupid also

you still fail

 

[imported_Goo]

Originally posted by: DVad3r
Atheisism is a teaching of satan, that is one of his plans for people to avoid Religion.

now this is a trollbait.

 

[LeiZaK]

Nothing ever begins...

..nothing ever ends.

 

[Gibson486]

You mean believing in God? Or actually obeying a religion?

I believe in God (there has to be more than we see), but I don't really believe in religion.

 

[Mephibosheth]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It seems as time passes, people are getting "smarter". When we compare how religious people are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like religion is going down the drain quick.

Define "religion".

 

[PHiuR]

Originally posted by: Mephibosheth

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It seems as time passes, people are getting "smarter". When we compare how religious people are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like religion is going down the drain quick.

Define "religion".

whoa...this thread is back up!
religion that i am speaking of here is people practicing a certain religion routinely...or weekly...etc etc. (taking it serously)

 

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Mephibosheth

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It seems as time passes, people are getting "smarter". When we compare how religious people are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like religion is going down the drain quick.

Define "religion".

whoa...this thread is back up!
religion that i am speaking of here is people practicing a certain religion routinely...or weekly...etc etc. (taking it serously)

you know very little about religion. that much is plainly obvious.

 

[Mephibosheth]

Originally posted by: Fritzo

Originally posted by: PHiuR

So yes, religion does have some basis in ignorance. People turn to it to explain things they don't understand. I'm a devout Catholic, but I also keep an open mind to some events in the bible as being more misinterpretations.

If that is the case, then who is there to correctly interpret, and who decides what is correctly interpreted and what isn't? Doesn't work for me. Either it's all true or it's all a hoax. There can be no middle ground, or it's as worthless as "all hoax".

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Mephibosheth

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It seems as time passes, people are getting "smarter". When we compare how religious people are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like religion is going down the drain quick.

Define "religion".

whoa...this thread is back up!
religion that i am speaking of here is people practicing a certain religion routinely...or weekly...etc etc. (taking it serously)

http://www.answers.com/religion&r=67

I cannot belive you do not know the definition of religeon.

 

[Cattlegod]

not in our lifetime.

 

[Powermoloch]

lol impossible

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Mephibosheth

Originally posted by: PHiuR
It seems as time passes, people are getting "smarter". When we compare how religious people are today to hundreds or even 50 years ago; it seems like religion is going down the drain quick.

Define "religion".

whoa...this thread is back up!
religion that i am speaking of here is people practicing a certain religion routinely...or weekly...etc etc. (taking it serously)

read my posts, read them again, and then read them again.

when you're done with that, study the human mind and understand why we will always have religion - the pull for purpose.

agnostic/athiest is a religion.

 

[EatSpam]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: PHiuR

if these women are Catholic, shouldn't they be "keeping it in their pants"?
heh

dude, you have no idea...get a hold of a good caholic woman - you keep her.
😉

The craziest, horniest, take care of their man of them all - are Catholic.

beers, babies and brats baby.

beers, babies and brats.

Hmm... maybe if I'd been raised Catholic, I wouldn't have abandoned religion. As it was, I was raised Presbyterian, which was enough to turn me atheist.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: EatSpam

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: PHiuR

if these women are Catholic, shouldn't they be "keeping it in their pants"?
heh

dude, you have no idea...get a hold of a good caholic woman - you keep her.
😉

The craziest, horniest, take care of their man of them all - are Catholic.

beers, babies and brats baby.

beers, babies and brats.

Hmm... maybe if I'd been raised Catholic, I wouldn't have abandoned religion. As it was, I was raised Presbyterian, which was enough to turn me atheist.

Well everybody makes their own choices/decisions. I'm not one to say right or wrong as I was raised Lutheran (sp?)

All I'm saying is dem Catholic's sure do know how to party right and I'm all for it.

 

[Mephibosheth]

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: DAGTA

Originally posted by: PHiuR

Originally posted by: Apex

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
yes. as people become more cultured and aware of their world, they will see the contradictions between multiple groups claiming the same thing, and come to the only logical conclusion - none are right.

In other words, if one person told you 1+1=2, another said 1+1=3, and yet another says 1+1=4, the "logical" conclusion you would draw is they're all wrong? Interesting.

math/science can be proven. Saying one religion is superior or the "right" religion over another cannot be proven.

While your statement is true, it in no way invalidates his statement. It's possible that one religion has it 'right' while the others are wrong. It's also possible they are all wrong. It's also possible they all have some truth in them.

hence, all the tension in the world?

Well, as best I understand them, almost every religious text in the world promotes peace and love between people. If the people that claimed to follow each religion actually read the source texts and tried to follow them, the world would probably be a much nicer place.

Do people actually read the full text? I don't think the majority of the people do.
I think religion just gives us another reason to seperate ourselves from the next person over. "I'm christian, you're muslim...therefore we are different" it just gives us another reason to divide ourselves in this world.

Human nature dictates that division is inevitable. If not "religion", then politics, skin color, any diversity at all will do. It's the nature of things and will continue to be so until that final day.