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Friendly discussion and thought exercise to religious people
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[quote:Ascanius:MV8zODYxMTg4XzY5NTE3MzEyXzFEMjIxOURF] [quote:MaybeTrollingU:MV8zODYxMTg4XzY5NTE3MTgxXzU2NkQyNzQz] [quote:Ascanius:MV8zODYxMTg4XzY5NTE2OTM5X0RFRDQwNjc=] OP, this is intriguing and thank you for posting this... green from me to counter the red im sure you have gotten.. Im lutherin, which would trace back to catholic.. So no trinity, virgin birth, babtism, no saving. no jesus, no savior.. then there would be no promise of a nice after life for all as a promise for all the pain and toil and crap you had to endure... then there would be no reason to be good to anyone since your not being watched you would live in a hot desert and eat pork and get deathly ill because there were no laws by god prescribed by god that said dont eat pork in a desert that doesn't have refrigeration why stay with one person for protection? look for whatever stronger person who could protect you.. he gets meat for needed protein and I pick berries because they are craved.. Damn OP... Good thought experiment.... [/quote] Thank you! And thank you for your answer! [/quote] thanks man, i hope i could explore it as much as you wanted, but it really is eye opening when you break your religion down to more basic points. its really interesting how so many other religions are based on those simple things and share basic ideas of being civil [/quote]
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Its a thought exercise, an abstraction exercise. If you can, imagine that all you know about your specific religion is a lie. Like all the religions along history that arise, faded and die, think that your religion is also a lie. What would you do?
- If you can't do it and go with the path "It can't be" or "I just can't cope with such an idea", don't bother posting.
- Don't quote the bible, its pointless for the exercise, if you can't do it, you fall under the category above, of people incapable of abstract thinking
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