Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???

You’re about 20 years behind. New atheism is over. Hitchens os dead, Richard Dawkins now espouses “cultural” Christianity. New atheist Britain failed spectacularly and is transforming into what Hitchens hated even more than Christianity, a new Islamic society.

Immediate pp is WRONG. So what if Hitchens is dead? All people die - even Jesus Christ.

Richard Dawkins ALWAYS espoused cultural Christianity, as do I, because I love the music that has come from it. I also love the Cathedrals that were built many years ago, supposedly for the glory of god, but they are engineering feats of humans.

Atheist Britain hasn't failed at all. Been there lately? Its people are thriving - without God - and its cathedrals are full of tourists looking around.

Its people absolutely are not thriving. Wages, even when adjusted for living costs, are significantly lower than the US.

What society built those beautiful Cathedrals that you profess to admire so much? What society’s people created the enlightenment and led to the colleges that allow humans to build feats of engineering? (Hint: Christians) Did this crop up during the times of the indigenous pagan beliefs of the Western Europeans? Absolutely not. These human creations have only come from one human civilization.

Anonymous wrote:I am leaning into my religion more these days. I don't think all people are inherently good. I think the ‘tenets’ of Christianity offer guidance to how to live in this world. Sadly, they have been co-opted and manipulated by some extremists, but people offer tremendous support and charity through their faith. (And yes, many do this outside of faith also). But there are many small measures that collectively make this world a better place for me.

There it is – – the wrongest post I’ve read all day

Anonymous wrote:I am leaning into my religion more these days. I don't think all people are inherently good. I think the ‘tenets’ of Christianity offer guidance to how to live in this world. Sadly, they have been co-opted and manipulated by some extremists, but people offer tremendous support and charity through their faith. (And yes, many do this outside of faith also). But there are many small measures that collectively make this world a better place for me.

This seems like it was written by someone who realizes that religion is not real, but doesn't care, because they like it.

I am leaning into my religion more these days. I don't think all people are inherently good. I think the ‘tenets’ of Christianity offer guidance to how to live in this world. Sadly, they have been co-opted and manipulated by some extremists, but people offer tremendous support and charity through their faith. (And yes, many do this outside of faith also). But there are many small measures that collectively make this world a better place for me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???

You’re about 20 years behind. New atheism is over. Hitchens os dead, Richard Dawkins now espouses “cultural” Christianity. New atheist Britain failed spectacularly and is transforming into what Hitchens hated even more than Christianity, a new Islamic society.

There it is, the wrong-est post I will read all day.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???

You’re about 20 years behind. New atheism is over. Hitchens os dead, Richard Dawkins now espouses “cultural” Christianity. New atheist Britain failed spectacularly and is transforming into what Hitchens hated even more than Christianity, a new Islamic society.

Immediate pp is WRONG. So what if Hitchens is dead? All people die - even Jesus Christ.

Richard Dawkins ALWAYS espoused cultural Christianity, as do I, because I love the music that has come from it. I also love the Cathedrals that were built many years ago, supposedly for the glory of god, but they are engineering feats of humans.

Atheist Britain hasn't failed at all. Been there lately? Its people are thriving - without God - and its cathedrals are full of tourists looking around.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???

You’re about 20 years behind. New atheism is over. Hitchens os dead, Richard Dawkins now espouses “cultural” Christianity. New atheist Britain failed spectacularly and is transforming into what Hitchens hated even more than Christianity, a new Islamic society.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make you lose faith in religions.

OP I wish you would be a little more specific. “All that’s going around?”

It sounds like you’re talking about a flu bug. What exactly is “going around” now that has not been a part of humanity since the beginning?

DP here. I think they're talking about the current political regime. And it has been "going around" off and on since the beginning of time. There are always bad people around somewhere in the world. Good people too. Right now, we got a bad one, IMO

Exactly. So why would this make OP or anyone lose faith in religion? I don’t see the connection.

This is why:

And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. (Mark 4:18)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make you lose faith in religions.

OP I wish you would be a little more specific. “All that’s going around?”

It sounds like you’re talking about a flu bug. What exactly is “going around” now that has not been a part of humanity since the beginning?

DP here. I think they're talking about the current political regime. And it has been "going around" off and on since the beginning of time. There are always bad people around somewhere in the world. Good people too. Right now, we got a bad one, IMO

Exactly. So why would this make OP or anyone lose faith in religion? I don’t see the connection.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???

Christopher Hitchens was a sexist jerk who had it out for Hillary Clinton and then we ended up with Drumpf. He helped the extremists win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it make you lose faith in religions.

No, my faith and my parish is my oasis.

I'd guess that it's more the people - old friends - in your parish that is your source of strength - not some supposed guy in the sky.

My recommendation to you is to not make assumptions.

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Anonymous wrote:My faith is unchanged, but I know it hurts God to see the evil starting wars and hurting children. I hope goodness prevails soon.

Oh, Yeah. God is hurt, poor baby, but he's also all-powerful. HMMMM. So he could do something about the mess we're in, but he never seems to do anything. Well, sometimes he seems too, but I bet that's just a coincidence. Most of the time HE does nothing.

Remember that big prayer study a few years ago? Didn't work. It quietly died. I recall that people who were prayed for were ever so slightly more likely to die, or relapse or something. You can bet that if it had been the other way around, that it would have been taken as a sign that prayer works.

The bottom line is that prayer has no effect. It's just something to say (I'll pray for you) when someone is sick and you can't do anything else.

Anonymous wrote:My faith is unchanged, but I know it hurts God to see the evil starting wars and hurting children. I hope goodness prevails soon.

Oh, Yeah. God is hurt, poor baby, but he's also all-powerful. HMMMM. So he could do something about the mess we're in, but he never seems to do anything. Well, sometimes he seems too, but I bet that's just a coincidence. Most of the time HE does nothing.

My faith is unchanged, but I know it hurts God to see the evil starting wars and hurting children. I hope goodness prevails soon.

Anonymous wrote:Religion is a cancer on society and without it we would not be in this mess.

If you are a believer, this is your fault, whether you agree or not. Without the religious right there would be no power for the extreme right.

Time to put your stupid bronze-age myths aside and live like an evolved human.

You can do it.

+10 billion. Christopher Hitchens was right: Religion Poisons Everything. He also talked about how 'Moderate" christians give cover and legitimacy to the extremists. HE is all right about that. It is beyond time for us to not only stop with this religious tribalism and the beliefs themselves, as they are, as we speak, distracting us all from evolving as actual human beings that can make the world better. Religion has never done that. I wonder why???