Is religion just imaginary friends for adults?

[MyUserName]

I could introduce to to several. If you're a horrible person and your conversion doesn't lead (even if slowly) to a change in character, that's a bad sign.

Conversion to any religion or just yours?

[d000hg]

bollox. Science explains the how. Religion explains the why.

The priest locked up recently was for offences carried out 50 years ago.

Are you assguru's sockie?

The vast majority of child abusers are atheists, someone should do something about that.

[Bunk]

I'm not religious nor do I believe in ghosts or spirits or afterlife, but....

But there has to be something, otherwise we all live and die and fook each other over for nothing. I really can't believe the whole universe/concept of existence is so you just become ash and that's it.

So I think there is something that carries on, I do think that the subject of human consciousness still baffles but for now, for most of us, we will only find out when we pop off, and either say 'blimey!' or say nothing, cos that IS it....

No, there doesn't. Is it so hard to believe that things happen for no reason?

[Ketchup]

If I'm wrong and I live a content life due to my beliefs, I'm a winner.
If I'm right, I'm a winner

Either way, you're a loser.

And I'm not a catholic so your stupid little digs about priests are rather pointless. Why would you think Religion == Roman Catholic?

but what if there is a god and you have chosen the wrong one?

Would you be condemned to hell even thought you have lived a good life? Surely you are better off playing the odds and just live by a decent moral code that should buy you a pass to heaven in any religion?

[Old Hack]

OH didn't you get banned last time you started calling people gay? Insulting people based on their sexuality and religious beliefs, pretty low.

Considering I have often shown my happiness top discuss my beliefs, suggesting I feel threatened by such low-brow attacks is laughable.

You'd think it wouldn't be so hard for a supposedly rational, better educated person to attack religion without resorting to crude jokes about pedophila.

Nope, not too sure got banned for calling someone gay, as I am not a homophobe; I may have pointed out you considering being called gay an insult was eye opening, but that's all.

You believing in an omnipresent, omnipowerful deity who somehow died, but returned to life, after being involved in a birth without conception earns my pity, not scorn, for if you truly think these things, then you are clearly touched mate, or were dropped on your head many times as a child.

As for making crude jokes, well I didn't, for I am sure vicars, priests, cardinals, canons all buggering children isn't something we should find funny.

I laud the way you are happy to open yourself up to ridicule by the medium of stating your beliefs in someone who simply doesn't exist, and also the fact you rather keen to meet him fairly soon.

Keep carrying on d000hg, for I, and others I am sure, find you hilarious.

[d000hg]

but what if there is a god and you have chosen the wrong one?

Would you be condemned to hell even thought you have lived a good life? Surely you are better off playing the odds and just live by a decent moral code that should buy you a pass to heaven in any religion?

Your argument makes no sense:
1)Any religion which teaches you must follow that religion would say God excludes you
2)You don't chose what to believe. You couldn't decide you were a Christian and hope God was fooled.

Your entire argument is based around the idea that mankind defines God rather than that there might be a God in the first place. If you decide the answer and use that to define the question, of course you'll get the answer you want.

[d000hg]

No, there doesn't. Is it so hard to believe that things happen for no reason?

I think so. The more I learn of nature, the harder I find that idea.

[Old Hack]

Strawman alert

[Old Hack]

Your argument makes no sense:
1)Any religion which teaches you must follow that religion would say God excludes you
2)You don't chose what to believe. You couldn't decide you were a Christian and hope God was fooled.

Your entire argument is based around the idea that mankind defines God rather than that there might be a God in the first place. If you decide the answer and use that to define the question, of course you'll get the answer you want.

Do you honestly believe in creationism, in the Old testament, Abrahamic god kind of way?

[MyUserName]

I think so. The more I learn of nature, the harder I find that idea.

This is just an argument from ignorance fallacy.

Although being as belief is subconscious and not a choice (you cannot choose to believe things, you do or you don't) - then the idea that you will be punished or rewarded depending on that is, quite frankly, stupid.