Any religious folk in here?

[Lennysaurus]

Religion is the cause of, and the reason for most if not all the pain in the modern world.

The Bible, The Quran, and every other holy book ever made talk of hate and killing each other in them somewhere.

I believe in spirituality, and I can certainly accept that there maybe more out there than we know.  But to accept the teachings, and follow an instruction set given to us thousands of years ago with blind devotion is retarded in my opinion.

I been brought up on and around the marae mostly, and my tribe and stuff still believe heavily in tapu and makutu stuff, so Ive kinda been brought up around that. 

I dunno, people should be able to believe what they want.  Faith is a good thing.  Faith helps people when they have nothing left, and faith can get people through trying times.  Its just a pity that some cant see the difference between faith and blind faith.

[samurai black]

lol richard that pic is so awesome lol

hardout. got me humming the theme song 

[[NIUE] Optimus DAVE]

Its just a pity that some cant see the difference between faith and blind faith.

[CrazyMobius]

One thing I never understood is why every god seems to have a sex or at least a gender. I mean they have no need or even use for a sex.

[Hydro]

One thing I never understood is why every god seems to have a sex or at least a gender. I mean they have no need or even use for a sex.

Just goes to show that when they made them up they really didn't think things like that through properly.

You and I both know we would have needed to playtest (ie: Power fantasy) that shit first right?

[fluxcore]

As far as spirituality goes, I'm pretty much a materialist/nihilist, so don't believe in non-physical phenomena like the afterlife and stuff like that. I don't need some carrot & stick afterlife shit to keep me on the straight and narrow, which is basically the only reason I think people came up with it in the first place. And I suppose to lessen the impact of the death of loved-ones.

In life however I guess I believe parts of Buddhism are generally reasonably sound, but I don't really see the point in prescribing myself to any particular 'religion'. Roll your own imo. As Lenny said, organised religions tend to breed hate and war.

And no, just because I think existence is generally meaningless doesn't mean I think we are free to be dicks to one another.

[massi4h]

JUSTIN WONG OH MY GAWD!!!! 

[B BOY DRAW2]

I'm not a religious guy...but very interested in religion!
I think it's a good idea if taken in the right perspective. I mean...my family were all raised Catholic...except for me...the only child in my family not baptised. My 2 best friends growing up are Mormon and Hovas.

But one of my best friends who is of the Christian faith has summed up the purpose of religion to the best understanding that I can accept.

"Religion is a guide to help you understand having faith in something to keep your mind on the positive"

[[NIUE] weazzyefff]

Half my family's christian, my Grandpa's a pastor. I got brought up around it, dont buy it, thats it.

edit: Come to think about it , I think they're Catholics , cant remember.

[stereomonkey]

POKEMON KILLS YOU!  Way to go religion 

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/12/pokemon-teaches-your-children-to-worship-satan/

[[NIUE] weazzyefff]

LOL. What.....a......wank.

Gotta catchem all, gotta catchem all.

Mewtwo,Gyarados, suck on my black hose.

Gotta catchem all, gotta catchem all.

[massi4h]

I guess I worship arceus then. Awesome video stu.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm a scientologist.

[stereomonkey]

I'm a transformer

[fluxcore]

im a computer