(06-23-2016, 02:47 PM)Duchess Wrote:

My God doesn't live in the sky, he lives in my woods and sometimes on my patio.

(06-23-2016, 02:45 PM)FunkyBurger Wrote: I've said it so many times and will keep repeating it until I die. The problem in this world is religion. Not one or another but all of them. People following fairy tales books of fictional events and incredibly sadistic punishments are dangerous. More so, people trying to put "God back in the White House" or similar fuckery need to be banned from public service positions. Churches are a scam used for profit and aimed to weak minded asses in need to superstitious favors from a guy in the sky.

(06-23-2016, 10:24 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: Well, that Guardian Angel watching over me is trying to get my attention...so I should sign off.....dang, she has saved my life a couple of times and she never gives me any sympathy so I can't use "poor me" as an excuse....

(06-24-2016, 06:28 AM)Maggot Wrote: Duchess is on the right track with religion.

(06-23-2016, 10:24 PM)blueberryhill Wrote:

(06-23-2016, 02:45 PM)FunkyBurger Wrote: I've said it so many times and will keep repeating it until I die. The problem in this world is religion. Not one or another but all of them. People following fairy tales books of fictional events and incredibly sadistic punishments are dangerous. More so, people trying to put "God back in the White House" or similar fuckery need to be banned from public service positions. Churches are a scam used for profit and aimed to weak minded asses in need to superstitious favors from a guy in the sky.

I would agree that many wars from the beginning of times has been because of religion. It means so many different things to so many different people........

In the deepest, darkest corner of my soul, I believe we die, decompose and that is it (unless you are cremated). It is the extreme, radical beliefs by any religion who are the problem......we don't like anyone else's religion stuffed down our throats....and that is another reason we hide when we see Jehovah
Witnesses come to the door. My brother grew up as a Presbyterian but later in his life, he found comfort in that religion. It did annoy me when he tried to convert me, but since he died, I have realized that his believing and having faith in a religion made him a happier, more at peace person......I don't recommend everyone do this, but I think having faith that there is a higher power allows people to fear less their own mortality.....and allows many the "fantasy" of seeing their loved ones again in that place known as Heaven....hey, I try to keep an open mind......If there is a Heaven, I know I am due for a few bitching sessions directed at me......mostly from my Mother.......

If other find peace and joy in believing and have faith, I don't mind at all....anything is possible and I have an open mind....but people who constantly whine about where is God in the school, public offices, etc., it is most annoying as by now, they must know the reasons....It is not up to Politicians to put God anywhere...and they bitch about not being able to say "Merry Christmas." I tell them that is not against the law and I still say it.....Retailers can't afford to offend any religion, and God mixed
with Gov't took care of that in public offices, but we can still say it to each other.....
Equally annoying is certain people who thank God for saving their kid's life, when clearly it was the firefighter who just went into a burning house and saved the child.....If we want to believe God had a part in it, fine....but let's not overdo this.....
Taking God out of schools as some (a lot) people would have you believe, as the cause of the World's problems,is just not true......We are raising our children to believe they are entitled and they want everything now and immediately. Violence is a way of life as they have grown up playing Grand Theft Auto and all the other videos which display violence as fun and normal.....they have grown up in a self absorbed World with their smart phones as their constant companions. They would rather text than talk (less intimacy).....let's keep our distance, we don't want to really talk face to face, so here is another text....we hide behind our computers and phones and what are we afraid of........
well, guess I am rambling now, and as Sally calls my posts, ranting so will close this up....i have just been thinking about some of the comments made recently and why I find them so interesting.....

Well, that Guardian Angel watching over me is trying to get my attention...so I should sign off.....dang, she has saved my life a couple of times and she never gives me any sympathy so I can't use "poor me" as an excuse......My God is here within my heart along with all the memories of family and friends who have departed the physical world and who I miss every day.....Oh, if only one day, I could go back in time to see someone again....

(06-24-2016, 01:42 PM)FunkyBurger Wrote:

(06-23-2016, 10:24 PM)blueberryhill Wrote:

(06-23-2016, 02:45 PM)FunkyBurger Wrote: I've said it so many times and will keep repeating it until I die. The problem in this world is religion. Not one or another but all of them. People following fairy tales books of fictional events and incredibly sadistic punishments are dangerous. More so, people trying to put "God back in the White House" or similar fuckery need to be banned from public service positions. Churches are a scam used for profit and aimed to weak minded asses in need to superstitious favors from a guy in the sky.

I would agree that many wars from the beginning of times has been because of religion. It means so many different things to so many different people........

In the deepest, darkest corner of my soul, I believe we die, decompose and that is it (unless you are cremated). It is the extreme, radical beliefs by any religion who are the problem......we don't like anyone else's religion stuffed down our throats....and that is another reason we hide when we see Jehovah
Witnesses come to the door. My brother grew up as a Presbyterian but later in his life, he found comfort in that religion. It did annoy me when he tried to convert me, but since he died, I have realized that his believing and having faith in a religion made him a happier, more at peace person......I don't recommend everyone do this, but I think having faith that there is a higher power allows people to fear less their own mortality.....and allows many the "fantasy" of seeing their loved ones again in that place known as Heaven....hey, I try to keep an open mind......If there is a Heaven, I know I am due for a few bitching sessions directed at me......mostly from my Mother.......

If other find peace and joy in believing and have faith, I don't mind at all....anything is possible and I have an open mind....but people who constantly whine about where is God in the school, public offices, etc., it is most annoying as by now, they must know the reasons....It is not up to Politicians to put God anywhere...and they bitch about not being able to say "Merry Christmas." I tell them that is not against the law and I still say it.....Retailers can't afford to offend any religion, and God mixed
with Gov't took care of that in public offices, but we can still say it to each other.....
Equally annoying is certain people who thank God for saving their kid's life, when clearly it was the firefighter who just went into a burning house and saved the child.....If we want to believe God had a part in it, fine....but let's not overdo this.....
Taking God out of schools as some (a lot) people would have you believe, as the cause of the World's problems,is just not true......We are raising our children to believe they are entitled and they want everything now and immediately. Violence is a way of life as they have grown up playing Grand Theft Auto and all the other videos which display violence as fun and normal.....they have grown up in a self absorbed World with their smart phones as their constant companions. They would rather text than talk (less intimacy).....let's keep our distance, we don't want to really talk face to face, so here is another text....we hide behind our computers and phones and what are we afraid of........
well, guess I am rambling now, and as Sally calls my posts, ranting so will close this up....i have just been thinking about some of the comments made recently and why I find them so interesting.....

Well, that Guardian Angel watching over me is trying to get my attention...so I should sign off.....dang, she has saved my life a couple of times and she never gives me any sympathy so I can't use "poor me" as an excuse......My God is here within my heart along with all the memories of family and friends who have departed the physical world and who I miss every day.....Oh, if only one day, I could go back in time to see someone again....

We agree on many ways. Believing in God is a personal thing and would never bother me, as I agree on people believing in whatever makes them better to themselves and others. The problem is that religion (or the majority of them anyway) tells you is the complete opposite. They tell you not only to believe it and practice it but to spread it to others in order to "save them" as well as saving yourself in the process. It is designed to recruit and also to punish the ones that don't join it. The three most powerful religions in the world (Islam, Christianity and Judaism) have the exact same message: They want God to rule the world and mandate terrible punishment to the ones not following their laws. They were meant not exclusively to address the matters of your inner spirituality but to be used as the law of the land, and they are very clear on this. Moderate religion chooses to use a diluted version of the scriptures but the ones following the books "literally" are going to commit atrocities like the ones we see today. Therefore I believe religion as it exists needs to be banished as an outdated form of governing that is no longer applicable in the 21^st century, much like all other medieval laws.