Ackter

What Would a Pirate Do?

JK Galgreefe

Religions per se are not stupid.
They may not make sense, but provide an enormous amount of succour for many people.

The imposition of your belief onto others or the thinking that your belief is better than another is the major problem (the fact that there are number of different "all ruling" gods doesn't help either!!!). </BLOCKQUOTE>

so if something provides succour for a lot of people it can't be considered stupid or incorrect?

i don't think nonsensical stupidity is a necessary quality endemic to any possible religion. i just think that all religions currently available in the world today display that quality. </BLOCKQUOTE>

So you'd like to get rid of all religion? </BLOCKQUOTE>

all except one, which would be a new one made up by me.

Bliss Seeker

because they ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

Retro

:cool:

I was hoping you'd notice the obvious set-up in that question

bell

Clearly Jedi is the way to go.... mind control and all that

Scatter

Not a religion. </BLOCKQUOTE>
As I understand it, that's at least contentious.

And yes, I know it's a set of teachings. </BLOCKQUOTE>
I think that is what sets it apart, it is a doctrine set in regards to human emotions rather than rules that have been supposedly told by a "supreme being". </BLOCKQUOTE>
so is scientology, and that's a religion.

Docker

Hmmmmm!

Using Scientology as your basis of a religious point automatically negates any credence the point may well have had.

Razzler

I'll be second to cut their heads off then

Razor Eddie

whs

Scatter

i was gonna put back in the bits i snipped out in reference to religion being stupid and add that scientology fits by that definition as well...