Is religion still relevant in modern society?

[Runa216]

padib said:

Runa216 said:

Player1x3 said:
Nobody with your ideals could be considered great. Judging from this thread, he has shown more respect, love and honesty to a fellow man than you and sapphi probably did in your entire hateful lifes.He seems, by far, (and im sure lots of atheists would agree with me) a billion times more tolerant person than you could ever dream of. Hes certainly better than you and sapphi snake in that regard

So, by the opinion of someone who's outed himself as a rather devout follower of god (you), I'm a bad person because not only do I not believe in god, but I feel that the very belief is irrational.  Why does that not surprise me?  does it have something to do with "thou shalt not worship false gods before me"?  does the idea that I reject your fantasy and substitute my own reality offend you?  Yes, yes it does.  I'm sorry if I've upset you or any other religious people here, but frankly, I have a problem with what I call "aggressive ignorance".  

I could elaborate, but I'm kinda busy because I'm off to donate blood.  Oh, and later this week I'm giving most of my stuff to the salvation army and volunteering to help in a homeless shelter.  Yep, I'm such a horrible person with horrible ideals.  Great judge of character your god is. 

Runa, when I read this, I thought you were telling the truth. Throughout this thread what I never took the time to properly think through is revealing itself ever more true to me, that areligious folk can and most probably are in many cases giving and selfless people. The first reality check in this thread for me was Rol's first counterpoint to one of my posts. It was a sort of a wake-up call. Don't think for a second that this thread didn't shake the grounds of much of my frame of mind. It very much did, and has been changing me more than I ever expected. For the record, I don't believe you're a bad person because you don't believe in God, if that helps at all. At first what threw me off was your complete aggressiveness against the viewpoint I come from, and it made me think you were a bad person. But I shouldn't even let peoples' behaviors lead me to think he or she is bad, we can all behave improperly and I have shown my own weaknesses in this thread.

@Player1x3, as much as your support warms my heart, this is the honest truth, I urge you not to label people in such ways -> "Nobody with your ideals could be considered great." It doesn't paint a good picture on believers, nor does it paint the proper one.  Romans 2:14-16

Don't be too disappointed, I'm still making a huge deposit to the salvation army, I just can't volunteer at a homeless shelter because there are none for over 100 miles, and I can't donate blood beause I've had too much gay sex in my life.  It's a curse, I know.