Does God exist? (7 Viewers)

[tofusenpai]

For starters, I didn't bring race or colour into the discussion, so please don't misrepresent me.

But there most definitely IS a correlation between levels of religiosity and the level of education attained by a country's population.
The only question is - which is the cause and which is the effect.

And being from a third world country makes it MUCH more likely that you will be religious.
I'm afraid it is ignorant of YOU to say there is no correlation.

Regarding your claim that "religion is wisdom", that is pretty difficult to interpret. It depends on which definition of wisdom you use.

If you take the definition "a body of knowledge", then I suppose it is wisdom. But pretty useless wisdom in comparison to the wisdom of science.

If you take the definition "the quality of having good judgement, sensibility and prudence", then I have to raise:
* the unwillingness to exercise birth control
* the refusal of contemporary medicine
(just for starters)

And if you want to state that your particular religion doesn't have those issues, then I would have to question the wisdom of you lumping ALL religion together as 'wisdom'.

1.Your vocab is too good for me I can't understand some things you said . I'm still in year 10

2. I didn't say education and religion weren't related I said religion was more than education.

3.From your post I was able to get a different perspective on this so I may ask my sister's husband since he's a minister in church but he's currently overseas but I shall get back to yoy when he comes.

I was just trying to show and share my beliefs.If you don't agree with them it's not a big deal. I'm still in yr 10 and was born and raised in Christianity and the people around me never really questioned anything but there were questions from visitors and they were all answered using verses from the bible.Your statement is new to me and I still need more knowledge even about my religion to respond and plus this was actually really interesting.

 

[Futureunswmedstudent]

1.Your vocab is too good for me I can't understand some things you said . I'm still in year 10

2. I didn't say education and religion weren't related I said religion was more than education.

3.From your post I was able to get a different perspective on this so I may ask my sister's husband since he's a minister in church but he's currently overseas but I shall get back to yoy when he comes.

I was just trying to show and share my beliefs.If you don't agree with them it's not a big deal. I'm still in yr 10 and was born and raised in Christianity and the people around me never really questioned anything but there were questions from visitors and they were all answered using verses from the bible.Your statement is new to me and I still need more knowledge even about my religion to respond and plus this was actually really interesting.

year 10 buddies ^0^

 

[tofusenpai]

year 10 buddies ^0^

And med hopeful buddies yooo ~~

 

[Futureunswmedstudent]

And med hopeful buddies yooo ~~

Yep hopefully
good luck to both of us :L

 

[braintic]

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Just finished watching The Dictator with Sacha Baron Cohen. Hilarious.

"Admiral General, welcome to New York City. And while you're here, I highly recommend a visit to the Empire State Building, before you or one of your cousins takes it down."

"So ... is it a boy ... or an abortion"

"I love American films, particularly fantasy films like 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Schindler's List.'"

All we need now is a movie about the christian dictatorships - like the USA.

 

[Sy123]

Just finished watching The Dictator with Sacha Baron Cohen. Hilarious.

"Admiral General, welcome to New York City. And while you're here, I highly recommend a visit to the Empire State Building, before you or one of your cousins takes it down."

"So ... is it a boy ... or an abortion"

"I love American films, particularly fantasy films like 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Schindler's List.'"

All we need now is a movie about the christian dictatorships - like the USA.

You need a dunce cap like the one above

 

[braintic]

You need a dunce cap like the one above

A dunce cap for enjoying a movie? Interesting concept.

 

[nerdasdasd]

That's probably simply because, being only in year 10, you haven't begun to question the belief / lack of belief that you have grown up with, and neither have the people around you.

Three more years of high school should fix that. If not, uni definitely will.

Never have ... And I'm in 3rd year

 

[braintic]

Never have ... And I'm in 3rd year

Can I ask what belief it is that you have never questioned?
It is hard to respond when I'm not sure what I'm responding to.

 

[nerdasdasd]

Can I ask what belief it is that you have never questioned?
It is hard to respond when I'm not sure what I'm responding to.

I've just gone about my life .... Never really gave a thought to religion , even with friends that are religious

 

[braintic]

I've just gone about my life .... Never really gave a thought to religion , even with friends that are religious

Then there is nothing to question ... you're already on the right path

 

[nerdasdasd]

Then there is nothing to question ... you're already on the right path

I wouldn't say the right path, but it's alright I guess lol

 

[braintic]

I wouldn't say the right path, but it's alright I guess lol

Well ... at least you're not heading down a dead-end path.

 

[BillKyriakos]

I'm very late in commenting on this but this thread is GREAT!

 

[financialwar]

50/50, the number is actually pretty promising. Considering just few decades ago 90%+ believed in christian fairy tales. Hopefully the trend will continue.

Religion should have no place in the age of science.

 

[Anthel]

 

[414076]

From a philosophical basis, I am essentially agnostic about the existence of god; even apathetic. However, I live on the basis that no God exists.

 

[Feynman]

God is dead, even Nietzsche agrees.

 

[buriza]

God is dead, even Nietzsche agrees.

I don't know if this was a serious post - but Nietzsche stating "God is dead" has actual very little relevance to the existence of God (it is often misinterpreted in this literal manner). It's got a lot more to do with Nietzsche's concern with the rise of atheism and how the world would decline into potentially maladaptive nihilism thereafter. For the record, I am agnostic, however I felt obliged to discredit the use of this phrase given the subject matter of the thread. :^)

 

[Kiraken]

I don't know if this was a serious post - but Nietzsche stating "God is dead" has actual very little relevance to the existence of God (it is often misinterpreted in this literal manner). It's got a lot more to do with Nietzsche's concern with the rise of atheism and how the world would decline into potentially maladaptive nihilism thereafter. For the record, I am agnostic, however I felt obliged to discredit the use of this phrase given the subject matter of the thread. :^)

not 100% correct either

he uses the phrase multiple times, one of them with reference to the notion that in the future, morality will be defined less by religion and more by the "ubermensch", who isn't necessarily maladaptive or nihilistic