maemo.org - Talk - What is your religion?

So, how does this make more atheists today? Well, in a country diverse as the USA, and in the Bay Area of San Fransisco, so many religions clash, that none is seen as an authority. Instead, we get our "Moral Order" from the government and ourselves, aka atheist. Of course, some of us want more guidance in our lives, so we turn to religion. Simple as that.

From what I gathered the people there have a different attitude than in the rest of the USA. But I've roughly only been there; not so much other parts of USA.

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If anyone tells you a religion is better than another, and you should switch, ask yourself why. What better guidance can the alternative religion offer. If it is some ******** answer, then the person is simply trying to gain power.

I suggest: listen, don't use one source for information, look into the religion if it interests you. Just like with science.

Don't become attached to one religion. Study religions, take what you like, discard the rest. That is what I did, and sometimes still do. We all have morals and ethics. It is up to you to create your own.

The advantage of this is that I know positive sides of many religions. :) The negative are easily to get, e.g. via news.

To be frank I'm failing for I haven't figured a positive side of Scientology yet... but thats my problem :D

allnameswereout

2008-10-23 12:52

Re: What is your religion?

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Originally Posted by geneven (Post 235867)

Someone said that in order to be a true atheist, you would have to be omnipotent. True, the same goes for you who don't believe in Santa. Have you checked everywhere to see whether Santa was there? No, you haven't.

If the above reasoning is correct about Santa, I am an agnostic about Santa and about God.

Well.... Santa Claus is based on the Dutch 'Sinterklaas' (Sint-Nicolaas), who was a Greek bishop of Myra (now Turkey) in ~300 A.D. You can read more here.

And, if you've never has them. Try to buy some speculaas cookies. They're an old tradition here 9especially on Sinterklaas), and very tasty.

allnameswereout

2008-10-23 12:56

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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens (Post 235948)

Glad you caught that. I can assure you it was not unintentional.

How manipulative. Then don't capitalize muslim at all.

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... says the one from the country where Fortuyn was shot in the head because the leftie loonie didn't like his political views.

... says the one from the country where Theo Van Gogh was knifed and gutted by a muslim mainstreamer because he didn't like the way Theo talked about his "prophet".

Said the one who's UN soldiers didn't do anything to protect the muslim enclave Sjebrenijca. So what? Whats your point?

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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens (Post 235949)

Go try turn your booze into water.

You assume I agree with the assessment I quote.

Karel Jansens

2008-10-23 13:01

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Originally Posted by tso (Post 235968)

i take it your not much fond of the latest wave of muslim immigrants/"invaders", karel;)

As one who is in the process of emigrating to another country, one where I am uncompromisingly expected to either adapt or be forever branded as a second-class resident, I find the voluntary dhimmitude of Europeans revolting, especially towards a backward and ******ed ideology that disguises itself as a religion.

So: yes.

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i suspect the person existed, but that the claims of his exploits have been exaggerated over the centuries.

Maybe, but contrary to Christianity, scientific tolerance is not really part of islam. Just go look up what kinds of things tend to "happen" to people who do research into the figure of Mohammed outside of the writings of the koran.

Karel Jansens

2008-10-23 13:04

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 235974)

Said the one who's UN soldiers didn't do anything to protect the muslim enclave Sjebrenijca. So what? Whats your point?

But that's not my country; I'm Flemish. Besides, I can tell you've been very unilaterally "informed" about what exactly happened and is happening in the Balkan. The use of the term "enclave" alone is rather telling.

pycage

2008-10-23 13:06

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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens (Post 235966)

And what I heard is that odds are Mohammed never even existed, and that the Koran was originally a collection of simplified excerpts from the Bible and other Christian writings, adapted for the simple goat fuc^H^H^Hherding Arab nomads of the peninsula. A bunch of warlords then used these writings to justify their ways, but as usual with humans, things got out of hand.

Mind you, a non-existing Mohammed is somewhat of an improvement over a pedophile Mohammed.

Well, I heard that probably Jesus never existed as well. He's said to be personification of a savior character of some Jewish sects. Some guy named Paulus must have been so obsessed about this idea that he founded a new religion based on legends from these sects.
There's an interesting book on this theory. "The Christ Myth" by Arthur Drews, from about 100 years ago.

In the end it might turn out that the only religion founder who ever really existed was LaVey...
Oh, and Linus Torvalds of course! :D

dont	2008-10-23 13:08

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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens (Post 235979)

As one who is in the process of emigrating to another country

Which one?

penguinbait

2008-10-23 13:15

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I will ask again, since my thread appears to be hijacked.

"Can't we all just get along"

If you are a Christian talk about your Christian beliefs instead of trying to "educate" others on Islam. If you are a Muslim talk about your Islamic beliefs. If your an Athiest feel free to talk about why you don't believe, but don't act like people who do are stupid.

Seriously can't we have a conversation about our differences without resorting to name calling.

So I am asking, please, can't we all just get along. I did not intend this post to cause a religious war.

tso	2008-10-23 13:17

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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens (Post 235979)

i would say that the big diff between chirstianity and islam is that most of chirstianity had the extremism beaten out of it between 1000 and 1600 or there about.

on the other hand, islam is just hitting that age of strife (the religion got going around 900 iirc).

and while the "bending knees and wrapped women" style makes for a lot of press, there are as many of not more that deal with islam as most of europe deals with christianity. a starting point for a moral code, but not something that one follow by the letter.

question is, can the rest of the world hold out while islam gets its collective pubertal rebellious energy burned?

pycage

2008-10-23 13:18

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Originally Posted by allnameswereout (Post 235971)

That's what we call St. Nikolaus in Germany. His date is Dec. 6th. The person we know as Santa Claus is a derivation of the Holly King, the red-clad spirit of celtic origin, who visits the people on Yule tide (Dec. 25th). Some nordic-influenced languages (e.g. English, Norwegian) still have the name yule as synonym for christmas.

And speculaas are really tasty. :D

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