How Real Is Christianity?

Thrice · 04-23-2009, 06:52 PM

Why would you even waste your time burning things?
So lame.

pahuuuta · 04-24-2009, 09:48 AM

how can you say the bible has caused harm to humanity? can you give me three reasons how it has, than ill give you three reasons it hasnt.

Whatsitoosit · 04-24-2009, 10:03 AM

the penis has caused more harm to humanity then anything else.

pahuuuta · 04-24-2009, 10:11 AM

STDS have caused more harm to humanity than anything else, ha

Whatsitoosit · 04-24-2009, 10:31 AM

think about it... why do we cheat? why do we fight wars? why do we leave our families? why do we think we are better then others? start fights, etc...

The bigger d1ck theory.

pahuuuta · 04-24-2009, 11:59 AM

im not sure i understand what your saying. .

cardboard adolescent · 04-24-2009, 12:34 PM

all the world's issues boil down to macho insecurity? surely a part of it but probably an oversimplification.

pahuuuta · 04-24-2009, 12:38 PM

oh i see i see now i agree with that to a certain point

Whatsitoosit · 04-24-2009, 01:44 PM

all actions cause a re-action... from the beginning of man has humanity been on the decline. Perhaps it's oversimplified... but why does it need to be complex for it to be valid?

SATCHMO · 04-24-2009, 02:35 PM

This is an excerpt from a book I'm reading Power vs. Force by Richard Dawkins That i think is relevant to the discussion:

"A statement may be true at a high level of understanding, but be incomprehensible to the average mind. Its value may therefor be corrupted when the statement is distorted by the limitations of the listener. This has been the fate of religions through the ages, when pronouncements originating from high levels of awareness were later misinterpreted by followers vested with authority.
Such distortions can be seen in the fundamentalist sects of any religion. The fundamentalist's interpretation of religious teachings stresses negativity, and is removed from this negativity only by truth. The lowest depictions of deity are of a god who is jealous, vengeful, and angry, a god of death far removed from the god of and love. The god of righteous negativity represents a glorification of the negative, and provides for his followers a disavowal of responsibility through justification of human cruelty and mayhem. In general pain and suffering increase as one nears the bottom levels of consciousness.
The truth of each level of consciousness is self-verifying in that each level has its native range of perception, which confirms what's already believed to be true. Thus, everyone feels justified in the viewpoints that underlie his actions and beliefs. That's the inherent danger of all righteousness: Anyone can be righteous, from the killer who justifies his rage, to the ecclesiastic demagogues and political extremists of all persuasions. By distorting context, it's possible to rationalize and justify almost any human behavior. All wars are stated to be righteous by their perpetrators."

04-23-2009, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,357	Why would you even waste your time burning things? So lame. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

04-24-2009, 09:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	how can you say the bible has caused harm to humanity? can you give me three reasons how it has, than ill give you three reasons it hasnt. __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

04-24-2009, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit Bringer of Carrots Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 648	the penis has caused more harm to humanity then anything else. __________________ "It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."

04-24-2009, 10:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	STDS have caused more harm to humanity than anything else, ha __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

04-24-2009, 10:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit Bringer of Carrots Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 648	think about it... why do we cheat? why do we fight wars? why do we leave our families? why do we think we are better then others? start fights, etc... The bigger d1ck theory. __________________ "It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."

04-24-2009, 11:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	im not sure i understand what your saying. . __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

04-24-2009, 12:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
cardboard adolescent ;) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: CA Posts: 3,511	all the world's issues boil down to macho insecurity? surely a part of it but probably an oversimplification.

04-24-2009, 12:38 PM	#8 (permalink)
pahuuuta Craziest Thing Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: New York Posts: 459	oh i see i see now i agree with that to a certain point __________________ *He Who Makes A Beast Out Of Himself Gets Rid Of The Pain Of Being A Man*

04-24-2009, 01:44 PM	#9 (permalink)
Whatsitoosit Bringer of Carrots Join Date: May 2008 Location: New York, NY Posts: 648	all actions cause a re-action... from the beginning of man has humanity been on the decline. Perhaps it's oversimplified... but why does it need to be complex for it to be valid? __________________ "It takes 43 muscles to frown and 17 to smile, but it doesn't take any to just sit there with a dumb look on your face."

04-24-2009, 02:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,847	This is an excerpt from a book I'm reading Power vs. Force by Richard Dawkins That i think is relevant to the discussion: "A statement may be true at a high level of understanding, but be incomprehensible to the average mind. Its value may therefor be corrupted when the statement is distorted by the limitations of the listener. This has been the fate of religions through the ages, when pronouncements originating from high levels of awareness were later misinterpreted by followers vested with authority. Such distortions can be seen in the fundamentalist sects of any religion. The fundamentalist's interpretation of religious teachings stresses negativity, and is removed from this negativity only by truth. The lowest depictions of deity are of a god who is jealous, vengeful, and angry, a god of death far removed from the god of and love. The god of righteous negativity represents a glorification of the negative, and provides for his followers a disavowal of responsibility through justification of human cruelty and mayhem. In general pain and suffering increase as one nears the bottom levels of consciousness. The truth of each level of consciousness is self-verifying in that each level has its native range of perception, which confirms what's already believed to be true. Thus, everyone feels justified in the viewpoints that underlie his actions and beliefs. That's the inherent danger of all righteousness: Anyone can be righteous, from the killer who justifies his rage, to the ecclesiastic demagogues and political extremists of all persuasions. By distorting context, it's possible to rationalize and justify almost any human behavior. All wars are stated to be righteous by their perpetrators."