1 CAT FAN wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2019 7:46 pm
Patience, that's a good name. Tell me, when did you come to your conclusion that GOD doesn't exist and what line of events lead to your conclusion.
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The fact that initially the Church was pretty much inseparable from the king, or the ruling class, and vehemently against any progress in science or art or literature or anything else that went against their dogma is something I learned by reading the history of religion. As I pondered this, and recognized that Christianity is not the only religion (there are more people on this planet that believe in a religion other than Christianity than those that adhere to Christianity) it just made me wonder; well, who is right? As I got further into it and realized that religion has been the biggest obstacle to the progress of mankind, I just couldn't understand why this would be. In ancient times, priests were the only ones who could read or write and this gave them power; power that they did not want to give up or share. I think it was only about twenty years ago that the Catholic church pardoned or absolved Galileo for his scientific observations; at the time, they were considered blasphemy. When the Protestant Reformation and the split from the Catholic church occurred, nothing really changed; it was just more of the same, just without an earthly representative of god (a pope). same as it ever was, if you will. As I got older and became more aware of biological and astronomical concepts, I just could not accept that the concept of life after death (the concept of heaven and hell) was just not tenable. And the Christian religion is one in which you either accept all of it or none of it......I reject the concepts of original sin (how could anyone who witnesses the birth of their child believe such a thing?) life after death, the renunciation of life itself in the promise of something better after death, etc. I just could not accept it, and I am not the only one. I consider the basic tenets of Christianity (like the ten commandments) to be honorable and I honor them but reject the orthodoxy that goes along with it. The fact is not disputed that organized religion has been the cause of more human misery than anything else that has ever happened throughout history; I renounce it absolutely and consider it basically a crutch for believers to make themselves feel better for whatever they wish to regret or forget. I don't need that. And I stand firm in my belief that man created god; not the other way around. I am not militant about it and do not care at all that others are devout or semi devout or pseudo devout. They all know this in their own heart. I ask no favor and give none.
Just today I was reading a book about American history and a passage that was a quote from Thomas Jefferson stuck with me; he said that he did not care if his neighbor believed in one god or twenty gods; that it did not pick his pocket or break his leg. Tolerance, brother.
S/he will never get it.
