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God is dead

#1 Post by Namejeff » Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:28 pm

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#2 Post by brainbomb » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:06 pm

oh good
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#3 Post by peterlund » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:18 pm

To die you need to exist first! So that was false.
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#4 Post by Foxcastle » Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:30 pm

Is there a memorial service? Do I send flowers? Am I in the will???
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#5 Post by dargorygel » Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:36 pm

@Peterlund... disco is dead... but was never really a thing. And should NOT have been a thing.
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#6 Post by CroakandDagger » Sat Jun 16, 2018 2:31 am

God is dead, and moral relativism killed him. Nothing is right, nothing is wrong, everything is permissable. There are no more certainties. There is no more justice. There is no more room for reason and logic.

We will regret killing our God when invaders bring their own to replace him.
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#7 Post by Ogion » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:17 am

Is anyone else creeped out when people claim that without god nothing is right or wrong? It's like people are admitting that their religion is the only thing keeping them from running through the streets raping and gutting children like they REALLY want to.
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#8 Post by peterlund » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:16 am

I am humanist and believe in humanism.
What do you need religion for? It serves no purpose.
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#9 Post by peterlund » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:18 am

Religion leads to war, blood shed and less freedom for the individual.
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#10 Post by peterlund » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:28 am

dargorygel wrote:
Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:36 pm
@Peterlund... disco is dead... but was never really a thing. And should NOT have been a thing.
Disagree! Disco was really a thing! Listen to ABBA's hit Dancing Queen https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

And I clearly disagree with your other statement as well. Disco is not dead yet at least since I wouldn't mind doing it. 😊

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#11 Post by CroakandDagger » Sat Jun 16, 2018 9:51 am

peterlund wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:18 am
Religion leads to war, blood shed and less freedom for the individual.
Breaking news, Islamophobia on the rise in Sweden.
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#12 Post by Trollish » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:21 pm

God is dead

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#13 Post by Octavious » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:33 pm

There are more religious people alive today than at any time in history, and they are making up an increasingly large percentage of the global population.

Atheism is dying. God's never had it so good.
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#14 Post by Ogion » Sat Jun 16, 2018 3:58 pm

Got any evidence for that, Octavious?

Because atheism is a comparatively new phenomenon and has certainly been growing throughout the west and religious penetration has been pretty much 100% throughout history.

Of course there are more religious people, because there are more people because *surprise* religion encourages irresponsible reproduction.
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#15 Post by Goronman » Sat Jun 16, 2018 4:19 pm

Namejeff is dead
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#16 Post by Octavious » Sat Jun 16, 2018 4:34 pm

@ Ogion

It's one of those common knowledge things. I'm sure there's plenty of stuff out there if you Google it.

I honestly have no idea how common atheism was in various historic periods. Naturally when saying you're an atheist meant a painful death people weren't particularly inclined to declare it. As much as I'd assume religion was hugely dominant in the past, I don't have solid evidence to base that on.

In more recent history I think the rise of communism played a large role in declining belief, and that has largely finished as a force. Christianity is spreading through China and Chinese communities in the West like a plague. In the last couple of decades the number of Chinese that have converted that I know is astonishing.
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#17 Post by PRINCE WILLIAM » Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:50 pm

Do not underestimate religion. Aristotle wrote that there was never a people without a religion and history do confirm that there was never a civilization without a religion and a god.
Also what we have as moral guidance is because of religion. Religion came first, is part of human life since the cavemen.

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#18 Post by Incrementalist » Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:51 pm

dargorygel wrote:
Fri Jun 15, 2018 11:36 pm
@Peterlund... disco is dead... but was never really a thing. And should NOT have been a thing.
1970s disco is awesome.
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#19 Post by TrPrado » Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:41 pm

peterlund wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:18 am
Religion leads to war, blood shed and less freedom for the individual.
Everything leads to war, but that discussion would be much more suited for the Politics forum
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#20 Post by thisisntme » Sat Jun 16, 2018 8:17 pm

TrPrado wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:41 pm
peterlund wrote:
Sat Jun 16, 2018 7:18 am
Religion leads to war, blood shed and less freedom for the individual.
Everything leads to war, but that discussion would be much more suited for the Politics forum
Yeah, but, since the politics forum doesn't display on the front page you can't use trolly clickbait as effectively.
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