Glenn Beck: Japan earthquake could be 'message' from God to follow the Ten

[CardSharp]

Religion poisons everything.

and Glen Beck is insane.. something that was obvious long before this statement.

Funny how Beck and other more rabid evangelicals all seem to be recovering drug addicts and alcoholics. I wonder if there is a connection.

 

[CardSharp]

^^^ But the thing is, the ten commandments could have been made without having to bring up a god either.

Like the Hammurabi code, or other similar rules of law around the world in other civilizations.

They like to think that religion is the fount of all morality and that atheists are incapable of acting morally since they don't understand religion (maybe understand is not the word but whatever)

 

[Shattered]

I am going to keep this short and sweet

Glen Beck is an idiot

 

[Imran Khan]

 

[no_name]

True true, but the 282 laws of the Code of Hammurabi has faults to say the least. For example cutting off limbs, killing people for doing different things etc... The commandments if you believe in a higher being or not became a guide throughout the world for what is wrong and what is right. The main reason people adopted them was because they believed it to be the lord`s words and they feared that. If a man came and said "Hey, no more murders, thefts, or adultery ok?", they would have stole all his cloth,raped him, and then kill him wouldn`t you say?

So do you mean people only obey rules because someone stronger forced them to? So in other words a might is right view?
Also judging by the number of people 'sinning' today it seems not many people listen to god anymore, the fact that his is not a limited physical being might make him more fortunate than say a mere sage.

regards,


edit: corrected spelling.

 

[CardSharp]

So do you mean people only obey rules because someone stronger forced them to? So in other words a might is right view?
Also judging by the number of people 'sinning' today it seems not many people listen to god anymore, the fact that his is not a limited physical being might make him more fortunate than say a mere sage.

regards,


edit: corrected spelling.

If they were taught the 10 commandments it sure didn't stop the religious wars killing off 1/3 of central Europe population.

 

[iPakMan]

So do you mean people only obey rules because someone stronger forced them to? So in other words a might is right view?
Also judging by the number of people 'sinning' today it seems not many people listen to god anymore, the fact that his is not a limited physical being might make him more fortunate than say a mere sage.

regards,

Yep, most people do "sin". I`m a secular person myself, regardless of what religion is today at least we learned something good from it. Yes a lot of people fear god but others do not. Everything in this world we live in was conquered through might, it wasn`t always right but it was taken by force.
New-Zealand - Colonized by forced. China and Taiwan each won and lost territory through force. US colonized by force, etc etc...


@CardSharp

It didn`t stop them from slaughtering jews and muslims either nor persecuting and forced conversions. Like i said, religion is corrupted by evil men to gain power.

 

[no_name]

Nope, most people do "sin". I`m a secular person myself, regardless of what religion is today at least we learned something good from it. Yes a lot of people fear god but others do not. Everything in this world we live in was conquered through might, it wasn`t always right but it was taken by force.
New-Zealand - Colonized by forced. China and Taiwan each won and lost territory through force. US colonized by force, etc etc...

If you bully others when you're strong what happens when you're weak. Can you be absolutely sure to be on top all the time? Enemies people were not until you forced them to be one.

 

[no_name]

If they were taught the 10 commandments it sure didn't stop the religious wars killing off 1/3 of central Europe population.

This happens because there is a distinction between me, mine, and you, yours.
If people would just let each other decide their own followings, as long as it does not go against basic human rights, I don't see the harm.
Again alot of the problems in this world is people forcing their 'truth' on others that disagree, and when you destroy each other what exactly have you gained?

 

[iPakMan]

This happens because there is a distinction between me, mine, and you, yours.
If people would just let each other decide their own followings, as long as it does not go against basic human rights, I don't see the harm.
Again alot of the problems in this world is people forcing their 'truth' on others that disagree, and when you destroy each other what exactly have you gained?

Well for one thing, Judaism is one if not the most difficult religion to get into, so even people wanting to join our faith, they`ll have a very long and hard time ahead of them. To me that is quite ironic since there are only 14 million of us in the world and numbers would be nice to have on our side. But thats a different issue.
Now, i agree that no one should be forced to believe anything that goes against basic Human rights, i was just making a point that these human rights we cherish came from somewhere and not just out of the blue.
If anything i always admired Confucianism, which unless i`m mistaken ain`t a religion.

 

[no_name]

I think Confucianism is about philosophy, and Taoism originally but it has been contaminated by folk beliefs.
Believe or not buddhists would rather think of buddhism as a philosophy rather than a religion (which I'm somewhat inclined to agree ).

 

[CardSharp]

This happens because there is a distinction between me, mine, and you, yours.

The more distinction we make, the more reasons we can find to hate and kill each other. I am in favour of getting rid of a few.

 

[no_name]

The more distinction we make, the more reasons we can find to hate and kill each other. I am in favour of getting rid of a few.

Getting rid of a few distinctions or a few people Sorry the sentence wasn't too clear to me.

I'm not saying we should all be clones of each other.

But if you look carefully, the really important aspects of what makes us human are present in all humans. Lacking one and you did not qualify. There is no lesser human or greater human.

 

[iPakMan]

Getting rid of a few distinctions or a few people Sorry the sentence wasn't too clear to me.

Maybe a combination of both.

 

[no_name]

Maybe, lol.

Lunch time.