Do You Believe in God?

[rdl]

because you need god to keep you alive dur

ya

actually there's this one rule about suicide and becoming a ghost and i dont want to become no ghost ;_;

[Daddy]

ya

actually there's this one rule about suicide and becoming a ghost and i dont want to become no ghost ;_;

There's also some rules about eating shellfish, wearing clothes made from multiple times of fabric, cutting your hair, and being a wizard. 

[Nyerp]

it's getting shorter

i thought this was serious discussion but i guess i was wrong

[Slim]

i thought this was serious discussion but i guess i was wrong

don't get upset we can't be right all the time <3

[Sam]

Religion was created to unify groups of people and create a culture. The creation of God was to provide an entity that enforces the rules of the religion, and force people to follow it and keep true to the morals.

I think that since society doesn't need religion to keep morality anymore, it shouldn't be practiced, and in modern society, it's drifting us away from each other.

I am agnostic. I'm not an atheist because I can't confirm the nonexistence of a God, nor can I confirm the existence.

At the same time, that's kind of like saying Santa was created to make sure little kids don't misbehave.

And let's face it, how many kids actually think about Santa when they're misbehaving?

Religion was created to answer the unanswerable. That's the same reason it's still around.

by the way guys, seriously? You can't keep from being goofs in this one board? It's irritating and immature. please.

[Lance Corporal Atlas]

My belief system is off and on, so I guess I'd be considered Agnostic.

[rdl]

There's also some rules about eating shellfish, wearing clothes made from multiple times of fabric, cutting your hair, and being a wizard. 

So are you encouraging me to kill myself?

[Daddy]

So are you encouraging me to kill myself?

No I'm saying religion is a dumb reason not to, especially with all the other silly rules. 

[rdl]

No I'm saying religion is a dumb reason not to, especially with all the other silly rules. 

I'VE GOT A GUN IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW

[Bolivian Army]

dammit jamvey we need his activity

[Slim]

Religion was created to answer the unanswerable. That's the same reason it's still around.

In the beginning, sure, that's why it was created. However, Bassir is correct that providing a stabilizing force in society is the primary function that religion came to serve in the coming years. We're long beyond the point of needing this anymore, and may very well be better off without it.
As for why religious belief persists, I think it's mostly tradition. We can provide most of the answers now, even if many aren't satisfied by them.

by the way guys, seriously? You can't keep from being goofs in this one board? It's irritating and immature. please.

sorry, ma'am

[rdl]

As for why religious belief persists, I think it's mostly tradition. We can provide most of the answers now, even if many aren't satisfied by them.

well my religion so far doesn't have any problems with any of the scientific foundings made

[Slim]

well my religion so far doesn't have any problems with any of the scientific foundings made

One could make that claim about the liberal tradition of any religion.

The world makes perfect sense without your impulse to insert Allah into it, which was the point I was getting at.

[Daddy]

lol

Okay, starting here, stop the shitty posts.

[Veal]

Okay, starting here, stop the shitty posts.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Slim how do you think the universe came into being?