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Weren't they already established by then?I know a few Ayatollahs and rabbis that might disagree.
Sounds like imperialism to me.At the beginning of Islam, conquered pagans were give a choice, convert or die. The Spanish conquest of South America was pretty much the same.
So you blame God and religion and not men?It's what men often do for God in the name of religion.
Some of us see it as a journey here and now. It wasn't called "the way" for nothing.It's like looking at a whole bunch of people waiting to be taken up into the sky.
Terrifying.
Are you happy?1) Christians. Speaking for that poster.
2) It seems to me the more secular/irreligious countries do better in general in quality of life and happiness rankings.
List of countries by irreligion - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Do you believe I am insane?Absolutely. Mass insanity is like that.
In terms of behaviors it's kind of hard to tell them apart from the atheist whack jobs. Who said you don't have a religion?The religious whack-jobs as a whole.
Are you happy?
How do you know?Much better than someone who is delusional enough to believe that there is life after you die.
You can always spot a religious adherent by how they attack rival religions. Happens here everyday.Impossible. Don't have one.
How does that keep me in line?Nope. It's feel good nonsense to keep people in line.
Isn't that how life is in general?Interesting turn of phrase. Like you're at a buffet and get to choose your favorite dish.
No. Iran under the Shah was a secular country. Israel began as a country for Jews, before that is was a British Mandate.Weren't they already established by then?
Our being is greater than the sum of our parts.But the mind is the only part of you that can think.
The heart is nothing but a pump.
If your mind deceives you you are deceiving yourself because there is no one else in there with you.
The Abrahamic religions are steeped in dualism. The body and soul, Heaven and earth, God and the universe, body and mind
All are considered separate and distinct things but they really aren't.
Life maybe, truth not so much.Isn't that how life is in general?
True but without faith the best one can hope for during the storms of life is to suffer without complaint.All that can be done without gods
It depends on if you are speaking about perception of truth or objective truth. I submit that for most people that's a smorgasbord too for most of the time.Life maybe, truth not so much.
How do you know it's not faith that makes that manifest?No one knows. But the religious like to pretend they do.
I believe God provides reality to every place at all times. That's not nothing.Gods don't do anything and are not family or friend since they never actually interact with you
