Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

JEB_Stuart wrote:
That being said, I have to wonder why people have to go out of their way to bash other people's faiths.

It's an intolerance thing. It also gives us something to talk about. I've always liked the philosophy: "If religion is right, you can look forward to eternal life. If atheism is right, it doesn't matter anyway. Better safe than sorry." this usually stops the argument.

Exarch_Nektel wrote:It's an intolerance thing. It also gives us something to talk about. I've always liked the philosophy: "If religion is right, you can look forward to eternal life. If atheism is right, it doesn't matter anyway. Better safe than sorry." this usually stops the argument.

However, belief for the sake of belief, I am sure, will not exactly impress. Belief in the face of persecution or oppression, sure. You stick to what you believe and I am sure god will tip his beard to you. However, simply electing to "believe" in something simply because it offers you the best odds will impress no one.

Although the following argument can also apply:

Why is your god, one of several thousand that humanity has believed in over the centuries, the correct one to believe in? What makes him more real, or your religion correct, when compared with any of the others?


Automatically Appended Next Post:

utan wrote:Generalizations and stereotypes are for lazy thinkers.

That is quite a generalisation you have made there. Perhaps you should go away and survey every single person on the planet to determine if they a) generalise and b) are lazy and come back and correlate your findings for us so that one may not be accused of stereotyping lazy people as the sole perpetrators of generalisations

What part of slamming religion is BAD and violates rule #1 do you people not get?