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stop looking at me swan.
im christian, but its kinda messed up cause i was baptised in a "uniting church" currently attend a "baptist church" and go to a "catholic" school
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They're all wrong?Find the common link between all the major religions, and i believe truth is there.
Never let other tell you how to run your life, because they don't know what's best for you.
Yeah, it's all well and good for them to preach what they believe but it shits me when they try and prove god's existence with such fallacious logic.johony said:Athiest. The moment i realised God didn't exist was when i went to an Anglican school at the age of 6. The teachers and ministers talk about God and Jesus, and how great they were, etc, etc.
But after awhile I just saw through the bullshit.
It depends what buddhism you're talking about... Buddhism as it's practiced in the east is quite different to how most westerners practice it.jules.09 said:I'm an atheist. But also Buddhist. My understanding is that Buddhism is not a religion and does NOT require worship or temple pilgrimages.
Buddhism doesn't worship a God of any sort and it promotes self-discipline and high morale. It is also parallel to science. Like the idea that everything (composite phenomena) is impermanent and interdependent, and the theory of cause and effect. Nirvana is not heaven but a 'state' where human affliction is annihilated. Basically, you are actually truly 'happy' (lasting) and not merely 'elated' (temporary).
The principle of ahimsa, non violence, is also something I strongly believe in.
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Good question. I believe I am more inclined to Mahayana Buddhism.Enteebee said:It depends what buddhism you're talking about... Buddhism as it's practiced in the east is quite different to how most westerners practice it.
You mean like the ~50% of aussies who have never read the bible, prayed or been to church (except for their kids' christenings) but still write Christian on the census?jules.09 said:Which is rather amusing.
Yes, exactly that.Captain Gh3y said:You mean like the ~50% of aussies who have never read the bible, prayed or been to church (except for their kids' christenings) but still write Christian on the census?
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For a basic book: The Collapse of the Theory of Evolution in 20 questions
More advanced book: Darwinism refuted
Lexicographer said:You tool. Nobody is trying to FORCE you to join. They are simply trying to gain the attention of those who may already have an interest in it. There are many people who find being a christian extremely difficult in university, where almost all the morals popular among students run contrary to those taught by the faith, and often they do not realise there are groups of christians there to support them.
Similarly, there are just as many people who have NOT heard the whole (or even part) of Jesus' story, the same as any other faith you see evangelised. Nobody complains about the Baha'i posters, yet I assure you they are equally numerous.
As for Muslims handing out pamphlets in the streets - this is EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING DONE. I have seen countless small tables with Qurans and pamphlets, watched by bearded arabs. Nobody complains, nobody cares. If you're interested you can go up to them and ask questions, but they're not going to pull a hard sell on you because everyone called to spread faith (in any religion) knows that only pre-existing conviction will win people over. Unless someone is already interested in faith there is nothing that will convince them to take it up.
It is here that I must say how disgusted I am at members of the "atheist majority" who slam evangelism as "forcing conversion on people" when it is their own secular society that pressures people to abandon their religious values. Quite simply, I and all religious are to some degree sick of society telling us that popular morality is "more right" than that taught by my faith. If you expect me to respect your secular values then you can damn well shut up about me proclaiming my religion.
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Eversor said:
I see ignorance beats logic by a reasounding 81%
mother fucker, I've just lost this twice here trying to get it all down without timing out.Lexicographer
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