depends on the faith.I'm all for religion at a personal level, it's just organised religions and churches that seem to be the cause of people doing fuckittery and using god as an excuse.
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Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Fri 23 May 2008, 9:56,
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I can't take responsibility for them.But then I don't tar all atheists with the same brush, and there's plenty of fucking awful things commited by them.
Oh, I don't know. I just get a little fed up that because I choose to believe in something I get accused of being mentally ill, stupid or both, in some cases only so the accuser can feel a pat on the back from someone else (like all of the agreement that goes on here). It just seems... like schoolboy bullying to me. But then I suppose if the shoe were on the other foot I'd feel differently. And I DO have a preexisting massive persecution complex.
(Oh, I don't know. I just get a little fed up that because I choose to believe in something I get accused of being mentally ill, stupid or both, in some cases only so the accuser can feel a pat on the back from someone else (like all of the agreement that goes on here). It just seems... like schoolboy bullying to me. But then I suppose if the shoe were on the other foot I'd feel differently. And I DO have a preexisting massive persecution complex.
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:00,
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I've seen fewer peopletrying to justify their decision to be a horriffic fucktard through atheism than I have trying to justify it through religion.
If I were in an arguing mood I'd dispute your use of "choose to believe". If you believe it (in a faith-related sense) then you do, no choice about it. Doesn't make it wrong of course.
but I'm not in an arguing mood, I'm in a kittens and hugs mood. Why don't we ever get kittens in the lab? It's always knives and shit. Can't hug that shit, it's bad for you.
(If I were in an arguing mood I'd dispute your use of "choose to believe". If you believe it (in a faith-related sense) then you do, no choice about it. Doesn't make it wrong of course.
but I'm not in an arguing mood, I'm in a kittens and hugs mood. Why don't we ever get kittens in the lab? It's always knives and shit. Can't hug that shit, it's bad for you.
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:04,
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Bad choice of words, I'm half concentrating on something else.And yes, actually, I did make a choice, to finally admit it to MYSELF. I've been surrounded by atheists in my circle of friends all my life, and to 'come out' to them WAS a choice. But not to choose to have faith, you're right there.
Some still won't talk to me. Their loss.
Edit: also I'm not saying I have all the answers. I'm not saying I've studied the Bible in humungous depth for years and years and years. I just want to stand up for myself, as nobody else will.
(Some still won't talk to me. Their loss.
Edit: also I'm not saying I have all the answers. I'm not saying I've studied the Bible in humungous depth for years and years and years. I just want to stand up for myself, as nobody else will.
Captain Wow currently being a cunt in Infamous,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:07,
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I demand you not have faith!**may be an imitation of mad super-atheists
Mockingbird Practitioner of SCIENCE,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:11,
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This is why I teach now.There's marginally less knives in a classroom.
( NinjaBadger hides in the bushes and gives you TB.,
Fri 23 May 2008, 10:09,
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