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FaRmLaNd on 02 August 2010
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Alderxian said:
lestatdark said:
Alderxian said:

I don't think there would be less war, they always make up a reason. And as much as religion has divided people it has united them. Religion stops people from doing this like killing or stealing because of the fear that there's a God watching you. Religion works like a conscience, gives people principles.

Yet that didn't stop the inquisition and the crusades, where hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the name of god and religion, right? 

I don't think that all religion is wrong and that a world without no religion would be a much better world. There are some religions who uphold sentiments of peace and human progression through science and self improvement, and then there's some religions who uphold completely contrary sentiments, which unfortunately set us back almost a thousand years in terms of scientific evolution and human morals.

Me, i'm a Wiccan in religion, and a geneticist in science. Those two beliefs co-exists with each other, because they don't go head to head in nonsensical backwards dogmas. 

Well, organizations like the church have always been corrupted but it's not the religion's itself fault. Christianity for example seems to be too open, some people see it as just a belief for a God and then for others it's just a way of life, where you love others like you would love yourself just for being people like you and all the rest comes from that love you feel. What I'm trying to say is that for some people by doing killing for your religion you can be either a true Christian or not a real Christian at all since there doesn't seem to be a clear definition, everyone has it's interpretations. But yes, nowadays religion at least SHOULD teach sentiments of peace, love and generosity.

Me, I'm like a mix between Christian and atheist. I wouldn't like being an extremist on either side, just let them co-exist. But I've had doubts lately since I'm from a country where basically everyone is Christian and people don't expose themselves to other types of religions and the internet is almost purely atheist. =/ But it's kind of sad to think theres an infinite universe with no reason of being at all, neither does a life in which we waste so much time in and that all the people that have died throughout history just have died and that's it, isn't it? It's just kind of the happier options.

I thought it twice before clicking done because I was kind of rambling talking with myself lol. =)

Define extremist. Because I often hear atheist extremist or militant atheist bandied about and I honestly can't find an example of militant atheism without injecting some other extreme dogmatic system such as some stronger versions of communism for example.  Thats if we're talking about the violence usually associated with being a militant or an extremist. If its used in the context of simply being passionate and outspoken however, then I cannot see why thats an issue?

If you're outspoken and you say something stupid, people are going to make you look like a fool publically.  You say you'd just like to let them co-exist, but co-existance requires talking, debating, the ability to hold differeing opinions without agreeing and not acting like they don't exist. So just because you're being open about an opinion certainly doesn't mean you're disrupting ones co-existance.

There seems tremendous pressure for non-religious people to be quiet, but when you walk through a city you'll see churches, mosques on most major roads etc. Religious people certainly aren't being quiet and nor should they, I only expect it to go both ways.