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04-23-2006, 08:38 PM

Re: religion never used to terrify me.

I see the Bible (old testement) as nothing more than crappy mythology that can't even begin to compare with more interesting ones of other cultures, made all the more pathetic by the fact that still to this day, so many people believe every word and base their lives around it.

The new testement however, seems even more dull, although it has many valuable lessons. Its a shame that more Christians don't take this literally instead of the old one, and then just use Jesus as an empty word to justify whatever the fuck it is they do.

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*waits for someone to compare god to nature*

Speaking of god and nature, the evangelical perspective on this is kinda interesting (although bad), as they think that god wants humans to basically dominate over and destroy nature. Most other religions, however (including the more liberal Christian sects like Catholisicism and Anglicanism) seem to preach that nature is god's creation and should be respected, etc, etc.

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Guys, this is fake.

Probably, the flash done stuff just seems to be too proffesional to be done by cristians. ohhh burnnnnnn.

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04-23-2006, 09:49 PM

Re: religion never used to terrify me.

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04-23-2006, 10:02 PM

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I've been rolling with buddha for 2 years

My opinions have already have been mentioned here at least once.

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04-24-2006, 01:18 PM

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What the fuck are you smoking anyways?

The Bible borrowed from other cultures you douche.

Quick examples:
The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi

And by your logic, everybody who follows religion is pathetic. If they still base their lives on it.

Stop being so close-minded to Christianity. You are only saying it's un-interesting because you're familiar with it (more so than other cultures, at the least).

Seriously, the reason it's lasted so long is because of how believable it is, compared to other religions. Hell, rights would even belong to Judaism, if they hadn't been subjugated in the 300's CE.

And I guess Judaism is also pretty pathetic?

People like you make me sick. I can't even rant straight.

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04-24-2006, 01:41 PM

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he was saying the people were pathetic for practicing it, but you can't deny that christianity is boring shit. I say greek mythology wins.

why?
because I have a big penis.

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04-24-2006, 01:49 PM

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he was saying the people were pathetic for practicing it, but you can't deny that christianity is boring shit. I say greek mythology wins.

why?
because I have a big penis.

lmao.

when it comes down to christianity, i have one argument that completely disallows faith for myself. i'm a very practical person. my entire life has been based off of decisions made, using logic or feelings. mainly logic.
and with christianity, logic basically boils it down to, (in my case):

if god is so smart, and so fair, and so just, then why did god, put humans here on earth without a clue. then, on top of that, he provided us with logic, free will, and a fair amount of evidence to disprove his existence. and, if that wasn't enough...he based his religion entirely on blind faith. it has nothing to do with how well you lived your life, how kind or generous you were. no, it's entirely based off of "accepting" this seemingly fictional character "into your heart." which is why, when i say, 'unless god blatantly presents himself to me'...i simply cannot believe in him.

i respect anyone who can. i just can't.

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04-24-2006, 02:21 PM

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What the fuck are you smoking anyways?

The Bible borrowed from other cultures you douche.

Quick examples:
The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Code of Hammurabi

Not every culture has better mythology than in the Bible, and i know that much of middle eastern myths are sort of in there, butI'm talking about more interesting ones like Greek, Roman, Norse, Celtic, and Eastern mythology. (which i personally, find much more interesting)

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And by your logic, everybody who follows religion is pathetic. If they still base their lives on it.

I'm talking about people who believe every word of a rather fictional book (old testement). Its no diffrent than someone worshipping Zeus, its rather retarded. and then again, though they're beliefs made be pretty stupid, they may not be bad people (though the makers of that website and those types are queers).

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Stop being so close-minded to Christianity. You are only saying it's un-interesting because you're familiar with it (more so than other cultures, at the least).

Oh, I can't say I like most religions really. Islam, Judasim, Chrisitanity, etc. In fact, i think Christianity is one of the better religions if practiced properly according to Jesus and not the fundie logic of fundamentalists and the Church. and many of them just piss me off, especially cause they're among the most vocal about their beliefs, and don't just keep them to themselves and people of the same religion (In North America and the Internet, anyway)

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Seriously, the reason it's lasted so long is because of how believable it is, compared to other religions. Hell, rights would even belong to Judaism, if they hadn't been subjugated in the 300's CE.

Explain to me how two people making an entire world's population, douchebags living for 1000 years, a giant flood with a boat with animals on it, magical dragons and giants and everything else are believeable at all?

Now I'm sure some of it is based off of historical fact, but just insanely axaggerated and explained using their god.

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And I guess Judaism is also pretty pathetic?

Yes.

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People like you make me sick. I can't even rant straight.

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04-24-2006, 08:04 PM

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I just meant that it's more believable because even the church says that some things in the bible are not entirely true, and are just "lessons", "morals", or whatever the fuck you want to call them.

Besides, it's still more easily believable for human's to comprehend than say.... Hidnuism, which has over 30 million gods, or Paganism, which worshipped all nature. Of all the religions, Christianity is the most pratical to follow (again, this would go to Judaism, which doesn't even believe in an afterlife, but that's less popular because they were subjugated until 1945).

Also, those disbeliefs technically can be proved by science, or at least backed up, in a way (this being the way that makes Christianity the most believable religion):

The Flood: Can be traced back to The Epic Of Gilgamesh. Basically, the Bible took this story (which is the oldest written story known to man today), and fitted it to be about a vengeful God. Besides, this supposedly only happened in the *known* world. Nothing to say about how large scale it was.
Hot Adam, Eve, and Co. Incest Rape Erotica For Only $4.99/month!: Technically, these people were made FROM God, and so were perfect in anatomy, and genes. This would also be passed onto their kids, until the gene problem that created issues like deformity were so long past, that they weren't even an issue.
Douchebags that had a shitload of 1ups: Again, with the being "perfect" thing. Also, the fact that the time calender we use today has only been in use since 1582 leads to the issue of their time being different than ours.
Holy Trinity: This one was never even said by God, Jesus, or even a bloody Prophet. It was voted on by bishops in 323 CE, and meant to explain how Jesus could be the same person as God. Until then, Jesus never said he was God.
Other Bullshit: The Bible was bastardized in the 1500's by King James. The King James Bible is one of the most used Bibles today. Not really to be trusted.

Either way, none of that's my viewpoints. I'm Catholic, but hell. I don't pay too much attention to it. All that's World History, and shit I've learned this year alone. Reasoning in that list is basically either fact, archaelogical discoverings, or just plain fact.

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1) Greek and Roman mythology are the exact same fucking thing. I remember Gimpo told you this same thing at K-Gamer, those forums krance and I ran, that was an offshoot of GT. Roman's flat out stole Greek mythology. I wrote a thesis on this for school, so I know a lot about it, but seriously, this is easy to comprehend stuff.

2) In Greece and Rome, homosexuality was accepted. FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.

3) Eastern mythology is so spread out and unique to each area, that you can't say you like it all. It would take years to know it.

4) Norse mythology is totally ftw. Norwegian girls are total bitches though...

I'd totally hit you for no reason now, if it weren't for the fact that you like Iron Maiden.

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04-24-2006, 08:13 PM

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he was saying the people were pathetic for practicing it, but you can't deny that christianity is boring shit. I say greek mythology wins.

why?
because I have a big e-penis.

Fixed.

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04-24-2006, 08:57 PM

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I just meant that it's more believable because even the church says that some things in the bible are not entirely true, and are just "lessons", "morals", or whatever the fuck you want to call them.

Depends on the particular church. Catholic one for example officialy teaches that the old Testement is not to be taken as historical fact and that Catholics are free to believe evolution or whatever. other Christian denominations however (eg. evangelicals, baptists) take it as fact, and those are the poeple that I'm focusing my anger towards, and that this thread seems to be focused on (as evidenced by the church site - that aint no Anglican or Catholic parish).

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The Flood: Can be traced back to The Epic Of Gilgamesh. Basically, the Bible took this story (which is the oldest written story known to man today), and fitted it to be about a vengeful God. Besides, this supposedly only happened in the *known* world. Nothing to say about how large scale it was.

Like i mentioned earlier, some of the Bible is based on historical fact, just greatly fictionized. If I'm not mistaken archeoligsts have even found the remains of sunken cities in the Middle East. I seriously doubt though that this was all done by God cause he was pissed off at poeple so he flooded the entire world but saved a few people and the animals.

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Hot Adam, Eve, and Co. Incest Rape Erotica For Only $4.99/month!: Technically, these people were made FROM God, and so were perfect in anatomy, and genes. This would also be passed onto their kids, until the gene problem that created issues like deformity were so long past, that they weren't even an issue.
Douchebags that had a shitload of 1ups: Again, with the being "perfect" thing. Also, the fact that the time calender we use today has only been in use since 1582 leads to the issue of their time being different than ours.
Holy Trinity: This one was never even said by God, Jesus, or even a bloody Prophet. It was voted on by bishops in 323 CE, and meant to explain how Jesus could be the same person as God. Until then, Jesus never said he was God.
Other Bullshit: The Bible was bastardized in the 1500's by King James. The King James Bible is one of the most used Bibles today. Not really to be trusted.

Either way, none of that's my viewpoints. I'm Catholic, but hell. I don't pay too much attention to it. All that's World History, and shit I've learned this year alone. Reasoning in that list is basically either fact, archaelogical discoverings, or just plain fact.

Huh? this is too difficult to read. write better next time, dickweed.

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I never rememeber Gimpo yelling at me for that.. link plzzz!

And if they're similair, and I like one, naturally I'll like the other. make sense?

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2) In Greece and Rome, homosexuality was accepted. FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.

Okay, and...?

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3) Eastern mythology is so spread out and unique to each area, that you can't say you like it all. It would take years to know it.

Never said know it all, i just find it interesting in general.

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4) Norse mythology is totally ftw. Norwegian girls are total bitches though...

totally.

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04-24-2006, 09:44 PM

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winning arguments by stating boring facts is stupid.

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Either way, none of that's my viewpoints. I'm Catholic, but hell. I don't pay too much attention to it. All that's World History, and shit I've learned this year alone. Reasoning in that list is basically either fact, archaelogical discoverings, or just plain fact.

oh junk, so am I. you could consider me a neo-pagan however, because I'm interested in all that garbage that nobody believes to exist. I've always loved greek mythology by contrast, because of all the specific shit in it, like there being a god of sarcasm, omnipotence (their punishments are rad), and nighttime: which in that religion only exists because the gods are making sex and don't want people to see.

indeed Roman mythology ripped off Greek leetness, only difference is they changed the names around. Greek mythology is more critically acclaimed than Roman though. this is because Romans have a much different way of explaining their gods and have a completely different perception on them. for example: if someone asked a Greek person about Odysseus, they'd say he was the douche who endured a poopload of hardships from the gods and other various creatures, only to return home to his family to kill more douches.

Romans would go the boring way, they'd tell you about his father, his mother, where he was born, when, and maybe his asl if you get lucky. that bullshit makes me yawn just thinking about it. Romans didn't use narratives like Greeks did either, but more like the correlation between the god and man. way to keep us awake, fucking italians (go figure).

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2) In Greece and Rome, homosexuality was accepted. FUCK YOU UP THE ASS.

that's kind of super-ironic, but I bet Adam got a boner off of his ribcage.

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3) Eastern mythology is so spread out and unique to each area, that you can't say you like it all. It would take years to know it.

I don't know much about eastern mythology other than Shinto. it's a shamanist (I know you've read shaman king before, so I won't have to go too far into this) religion, that stems into buddhism respectively. they don't care about what happens when they die, just about staying leet in this life and praising their god right here and now. those fucking gooks made me jizz.

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4) Norse mythology is totally ftw. Norwegian girls are total bitches though...

it figures that you would appreciate the only myths handed down by nazis. this fecality is like a generic MMORPG: Elves, Jotuns, Humans, Beasts, and Dwarves? please, don't make me strangle myself. for more information on this matter, see the Lord of the Rings.

norwegian girls look like dogs too, if you get a boner from that shit you deserve cancer.

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04-24-2006, 10:21 PM

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soooo...umm
what's your take on scientology?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu
and xenu?

i think it's the dumbest thing i've ever read. maybe you guys can make some sense of it for me.
*cuz i wanna be just like tom cruise*

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04-25-2006, 11:01 AM

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http://aotsomfake.ytmnd.com/

And Norse mythology really IS ftw. Get this,

epic of beowulf: beowulf rips off a nine foot tall sasquatch beast's arm while singing in his ear

WHILE SINGING IN HIS FUCKING EAR.

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04-25-2006, 12:19 PM

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who cares? in greek mythology hercules strangled two snakes when he wasn't even a year old.

plus, your name comes from greek mythology, meaning "ant-men" no less.

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04-25-2006, 01:27 PM

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soooo...umm
what's your take on scientology?

gay. like, really, really gay.

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04-25-2006, 01:52 PM

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here's the ladder:

genius

retard

creationist

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04-25-2006, 04:51 PM

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plus, your name comes from greek mythology, meaning "ant-men" no less.

Only in western europe, in Greece it was just a name for a nation of people known for their loyalty. It's representation of loyalty got twisted into blind followership by western culture.

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04-25-2006, 05:12 PM

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If you find an Atheist in your neighborhood,
TELL A PARENT OR PASTOR RIGHT AWAY!

You may be moved to try and witness to
these poor lost souls yourself, however
AVOID TALKING TO THEM!

Atheists are often very grumpy and bitter and will lash out at children or they may even try to trick you into neglecting God's Word.

Very advanced witnessing techniques are needed for these grouches. Let the adults handle them.

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04-25-2006, 05:16 PM

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This thread sucks now, way to fuck it up bit/Doc/Monk

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04-25-2006, 07:18 PM

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Only in western europe, in Greece it was just a name for a nation of people known for their loyalty. It's representation of loyalty got twisted into blind followership by western culture.

What are you talking about? The Myrmidon's were ants turned into soldiers, because ants would be so obediant...

Monkey: I can't find you the link... I gave my password to the site to doctor, who then made Gimpo and Tommyboy mods. They deleted every single post in less than an hour.

Doctor: Roman's stole the Greek's way of writing too. They really didn't have an original thing to their name. They pretty much fucked up anything. Greek culture was the leet shit.

And yeah, most Norwegian girls are fugly. I only knew one, but she was a total bitch.. Only girl I ever knew that was smarter than me too... :\ Kinda hot...great legs though....

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