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What or who incites people to do violent things more than religion?

Let's see what organized religion also does: - Start wars - Commit sex crimes against children - Incite violence - Other terrible things I think not having these things in exchange for somebody's peace of mind is worth the trade. If you need organized religion to have a peace of mind, you...

If you are in a relationship with god, tell me what his opinion is on organized religion, the silliest thing on Earth!

Possibly. Or die before this happens. Hooray for natural selection. Fun sucks. :(

The answer to those questions differ depending on who you talk to.

I don't know, I guess you have to answer those questions for yourself.

It's 10 billion off. There is no purpose to life.

I'm not nitpicking. 13 billion is nowhere near infinity.

No. There is no such thing as that either. ;)

00.000...[infinite]...001% doesn't exist. The universe isn't infinite, it is around 13 billion years old.

This is silly. Wouldn't the almighty god know you are just doing this as hell insurance?

Then the bad people would have fled too. nice != smart

I never talked about anybody in the thread. That's talking about people. ON TOPIC: If the translation isn't correct, why do you treat it as the word of god? (sort of on topic) Why do you (and others) believe in god in the first place? What proof is there? You are are allowed to go off...

Offensiveness is purely subjective.

"actually I think all the english bibles have a bad translation" Wouldn't God make his "holy word" more accessible to those who speak English? "but I was really being serious." That's absurd. Just because I said that God has a bug up his ass you'll report me to a mod for offending your...

Go ahead man. I'm not trying to aggravate you or provoke you, but it is my belief that what I said falls under the rules. In other news, you double posted, which is against the rules. :P Anyway, wouldn't God want to preserve his holy text instead of making all of the English translations suck?

Yeah he had a bug up his ass.

1. I'm not mad at you (BTW what I say is not directed personally to you, but the whole religious community). 2. Isaiah 40:22 says the Earth is flat because a circle is a flat geometrical figure. 3. So they destroyed the whole town...? Including the victims of the aforementioned acts?

Could be, but maybe not. There are tons of more examples anyway.

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1. How was it offensive? 2. The Bible claims that Earth has four corners. 3. I said that the Bible condones killing innocents. It does. Have you ever read the story of Sodom?

The Old Testament is where the Torah is and other stuff, and the New Testament is where Jesus is. Completely different. The Bible contradicts science, rationality and condones killing innocents.

The Dead Sea Scrolls aren't related to Jesus, they are from the Hebrew Bible. To answer your question, if an account wasn't written during Jesus's lifetime, it is probably oral tradition. What if no one wrote a book about Bill Gates during his lifetime?

I replaced it with a more appropriate "There is no year zero" sig. I didn't quote the whole thing because there is a cap on the amount of characters in a sig. I'm not trying to embarrass you, and I certainly hope it didn't come off like that.

No, there isn't. :)

The whole point of the episode was Kramer's millennia party was a year early. There is no year zero.

Bullshit. He's not raising taxes on ANYBODY. He wanted to raise taxes on people making >$250,000. "According to compensation survey administrator PayScale in 2010, the average income of small business owners varies widely depending upon their level of experience. For example, small business...

CE is the non-Christian way of saying AD. BCE is the non-Christian way of saying BC. I'm saying it to be fair to Jews, Muslims, and seculars. :) He was most certainly not born 0 BC/AD. You know why? There is no year zero. God damn it.

Exactly. But most people aren't rich! If you asked them, would you like rich people to pay a tad more in taxes to reduce the deficit, a great majority would say yes.

7-2 BCE — 30-36 CE

Again, these are not dated to Jesus's actual lifetime. A prophet who can do magic tricks seems just plain irrational to me. :-X

Referring to what he did with capturing Osama bin Laden. Look at the poll. 52% of Republicans want them to be continued for the middle class or taken away from all people. 64% of Independents, and I'm sure Dems agree too.

George Bush was in office for 8 years and didn't do shit! He did however, violate the Constitution by taking away civil liberties. If that contributed to the capturing and killing of bin Laden, it certainly wasn't worth it. Also, no one wants the size of government reduced. Take a look at the...

They fund them because they have less administrative costs than corporations because they have to do commercials and shit. ON TOPIC: I don't like Obama, but he is going to win. The best shot Republicans have at nominating someone to beat Obama is Jon Huntsman, and he's too centrist for the...

Not dated to Jesus's actual lifetime. Yeah it was something about Jesus being born during or after the reign of an emperor or something like that.

They are responsible for their own finances. They pay into it.

What you said below is pretty insightful. A lot of people probably use religion as comfort for those sort of things.

The nativity stories conflict between Matthew and Luke.

You know, that would make sense if the Gospels didn't conflict with each other. More likely the source was oral history passed down from generation to generation.

Why do you believe in Jesus if there are no historical records documenting Jesus's lifetime during the time he was alive? :-\

This is not a personal attack. Almost every free industrialized nation has some form of public healthcare option except for the United States. Oh, and what about Medicare? Is THAT a huge interference in the lives of the old? No. In fact, old people love Medicare. You know why? Because...

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70L0HI20110122 Too bad Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC is ending. It was a great program. Thoughts?

360 has a better online experience. Have fun paying the same price for less hard drive storage. :P

That said, I do believe in balancing budgets.

The Democratic Party has become a little too centrist for me. Take a look at what they did to healthcare and tax cuts for billionaires. They really shifted toward the right over the past year. I believe in the following core liberal values: - Health care for all (even poor people) - Tax the...

A little late, but who has it? I have it and it's OK, but it's a tad overhyped IMHO. The campaign mode is awesome.

You are acting like the idea is far fetched. It's not. There are plenty of states that use ballot initiatives.

Is a signature <- that size allowed?

Actually about 3/10 of a billion. And yes it would work better. Or at least some sort of referendum.

Sometimes I wish we had an Athenian democracy.