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Originally Posted by AlBo_G
more muslims... just as said in the koran islam will rise to the top and in the future all will become muslim
thats why im proud to be muslim
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That's why you're proud to be Muslim? Because you're going to be NUMERO UNO?
That is re-tar-ted. But hey...
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Originally Posted by Plight
l33t-krew is right and like I said before I only agree with you to a certain extent. The religions you mentioned brought order and moral justice into our world and the concepts of freedom. The ones at fault here were us humans who took advantage of this religions and exploited them into our own gains. Now if you were talking about ancient religions I would've agreed on a specific few that caused greater harm than good, but I have to disagree with your point of view on Christianity and Islam. Also if you were right that religion caused greater harm than good then we would've had Marxist-like societies in the beginning of our civilizations, guess history is on the religious side.
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Sorry, but he's not entirely correct. Religion is most definitely NOT the main reason why we have an "ordered society".
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Originally Posted by zdenoxxxx
there is only 1 god!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Tell that to the Hindus. Oh wait, they're wrong and YOUR religion is right. Mmmm..what a dilemma.
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Originally Posted by ShazaM
I cannot wait for the day where Atheism takes over. Religion is the root of all evil.
-ShazaM
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Atheism is way too closed-minded.
Agnosticism - the view that the truth of certain claims — particularly metaphysical claims regarding religion, theology, afterlife, or the existence of God, gods, deities, or even ultimate reality — is unknown or, depending on the form of agnosticism, inherently unknowable due to the nature of subjective experience perceived by that individual.
That's a WikiRip, but essentially it means that no-one really knows what god is, and to stop claiming that you do.
That's MY "religion"
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Originally Posted by Moniz123
Now to clear up some things about Islam.....
First of all, Islam teaches peace.
If someone kills himself, no matter what, he goes to Hell. Period. No questions.
If one takes the life of others..... same thing.....
The reason people commit suicide on planes and stuff is because a lot of people cannot read. Crazy radicals, like Osama, tell these illiterates that the Quran says things that it really does not. That's the truth. People tell lies to illiterates, which in turn go and kill people. Thats why this war is being fought. A big misunderstanding. That's all.
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I think that an even bigger misunderstanding is how a bunch of "illiterates" received their pilots licenses in the United States and were able to fly airliners. Oh, wait - I get it, they learned English well enough to get pilots licenses, but were illiterate in their NATIVE language. And there were no English versions of the Qu'ran available for them to thumb through and say, "HEY! I think we've done got lied to!"
Try again, dude.
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Originally Posted by l33t-krew
Please read one of my previous comments. Religion is what allows you to sit at a computer typing this. There is NO way, with our animalistic instincts that humanity would be here today but for religion. Religion is the thing that raises us up from animals.
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"Religion" in the modern sense of the word (ie., the last few thousand years) is in NO WAY responsible for our species being superior to the rest of the animal kingdom. Religion as it applies to, perhaps, our caveman ancestors gazing into the night sky and pondering their own existence is one thing that separates us from the animals, but...
You're giving religion way too much credit. The main thing which separates us from the animals is verbal communication. The ability to speak and form complex thought is what builds societies and establishes moral and other law.
Religion stems from communication.
Here you have millions (at the time) of creatures who were beginning to ponder their own existence, the meaning of life, etc. When languages started to be developed, this was probably a pretty big talking point. They started guessing at this and that, formulating theories, etc., and as our nature as humans is to fight f or supremacy, to be the alpha, what-have-you, some early humans began to profess that they had the answers, and to follow them.
Enter: Modern religion.
Anyway - We can debate about religion, and morals, and how to be good people all day long.
Until you stop. And remember. What purpose this very website, where we're now having this discussion, mainly serves.
What would JESUS CHRIST do if he knew you were STEALING music, and movies, and games, all for your own selfish pleasures. He'd SMITE you, that's what he'd do!
See what I mean? We put religion aside when our human desires kick in.
RELIGION is DEAD!