Please respect other members. Please do not post links or information about hacking/warez/cheats.
Read the rules of these forums as we rarely warn before banning. Lost or need RSS check the forum map.
There was a thread on the main board about religion ... if no one minds, I'd like to comment about this kind of stuff.
Two points ...
First ... the ONLY reason to follow any religion is because you have a faith in the existance of a divine being. This is something you either have or do not have; trying to convince other people of what is an internal experience is pointless, worse, and this leads to my second point ...
... it's demeaning. Both to you and the person you are trying to inflict your faith upon. If you really do have a faith then people will notice in how you conduct yourself (and no I don't mean by bumper stickers or stupid symbols on the back of cars or pointless jewellery) in your day to day life.
If someone asks you about how you conduct yourself in life only then you have the right to talk with them about your faith, and only then. So please don't prostitute your faith; it's not cool, it's not clever, it's simply demeaning and embarassing.
And, yes, I have a faith. No, I'm not a Christian. No I will not talk with you about my faith, it is something that is private to me; as should your faith be to you, whether you be an Athiest*, Muslim, Christian or anything else.
*Yes, Athiesm is a faith - there is no proof of lack of existance of a divine being, and as any intelligent person knows lack of proof is not proof.
There are so many different ways to approach religious questions like this not only do so many people believe differently but they also are different emotionally and to me that is something that is almost just as important.
For example you may have someone that is strong in their Christian faith that adhere's to their faith to spread the gospel. Now of course for someone that doesn't believe the info will be irrelevant and that person may feel frustrated, upset, etc.
To me for someone to believe the way the do is their own personal choice, like you said in that particular faith....whether you worship a God, gods, pony tails, computers, music...whatever. The key I believe is to realize that other person may have different feelings and to basically understand and respect that. If you look at every religion out there there is one underlying piece to them all and that is to respect each other. It's kind of ironic that those people that do not understand that respect may actually need to examine their faith a bit more.
It's frustrating to see religious fanatics kill thousands of people because the bloodshed begats more bloodshed and it's a vicious cycle. What is frustrating is that there will never be an answer to determine whether one religion is right and another is wrong it will never end, it will continue to plague our world until the end of time.
The key I believe is to realize that other person may have different feelings and to basically understand and respect that. If you look at every religion out there there is one underlying piece to them all and that is to respect each other. It's kind of ironic that those people that do not understand that respect may actually need to examine their faith a bit more.
Yes, exactly. It's the people that are the problem, not the religions (by and large).
I live in China. We worship the State. But I wouldn't tell the State to stop telling us to worship It. It gets upset when you do that.
The State is a wrathful god... :(
You have my greatest sympathy ... the Chinese government has long been a bastion of tyranny and opression. I hope things change there sooner rather than later, although I think we will be waiting a while.
didn't we ban all political and religious threads? :D
Oh, that happend? I was wondering what is wrong with you ppl all the long.
This forum was so full of life with the political and religious threads around.
:(
Linear Mode
