Thu 14 Jan, 2010 09:09 am - The original post is asking, "If the world had no religion would it be a better place." Whether or not someone is islam, or christian makes no difference. If we look back Buddhism did... (view)
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 03:57 pm - The idea of global harmony makes me sick. If we are perfect where will we grow from there? If we know everything then every book is a Bible and there will be no need to argue anything.... (view)
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 03:44 pm - [QUOTE=Justin;119160]I haven't read all the posts but a couple caught my eye that I wanted to respond.
No, there is no natural instinct towards religion. Absolutely NOT. We are socially... (view)
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 09:08 am - [QUOTE=William;119127]Hello Starfighter, well said. The bible has much wisdom and anyone will be able to find answers they seek within it's covers indicating man's desire to know the... (view)
Mon 11 Jan, 2010 12:14 am - [QUOTE=kennethamy;119099]Yes. As was pointed out, whether the ends justify the means always depends on what is the end, and what is the means. There can be no general answer to the question. And,... (view)
Sun 10 Jan, 2010 10:12 pm - That definitely lays a few seeds of thought. Means do justify ends, but when your ends eventually become a means, there in is where it can come back to bite you in the ass.
Lets use violence to... (view)
Sun 10 Jan, 2010 07:43 pm - Just to make a point here but Judeo-Chistrian religion is what really brought a great majority of the world to civilization. I mean someone sat down, wrote and distributed a group of ideas and... (view)
Thu 7 Jan, 2010 10:58 pm - [QUOTE=Strodgers;118286]Both from Dictionary (dot) com
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religion
-noun
a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation... (view)
Wed 6 Jan, 2010 11:51 pm - I am kind of depressed by what the majority of the people commenting on this post have made into a general consensus of religion.
The OP's generalization seems to have only allowed a... (view)
Wed 6 Jan, 2010 10:28 pm - [QUOTE=josh0335;117839]I'm completely against the glorification of violence in popular media and films. But perhaps showing the harshness of death helps people understand the value of life.... (view)