WARTORIOUS
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I posted this on another forum, and I am quite interested in finding out what you guys think 
The word youre looking for is empiricism, and the UK largely is, a person who puts more faith in the natural sciences and what they see than in religion and what there told. The search for knowledge through experiment and observation. I dont see what evolution has to do with this at all. No, I dont believe god created the unnerves 4000 years ago because of evidence like fossils that predate that by millions of years, because we are beginning to see the universe moving and changing in ways that make it look like there was a big bang, I dont look in an old book thats been rewritten countless times to find out about things, I do look for evidence. For example I know birds can fly because I understand aerodynamics, we can measure the size and shape of there wings and muscles to understand how they fly, or God makes them fly. Ones empiricism, the seconds rationalism.
How is Catholicism evil? Well is Microsoft evil? Both are enormous corporations, both provide a service to the general public, both have a huge amount of people using this service, both are staggeringly wealthy and are incredibly good at making money. One sells peace of mind, the other computers. Both have outlets where you get the service and people who are paid to provide it. I have been raised up to use Windows PCs as Catholics are raised up to go to church. I dont see a huge difference really, only that Catholicism; and hence other religions centred around money cost more.
and you beileve once he did more for us? Maybe I live in a black and white world but it doesnt seem god has ever done anything for us, never been one scrap of evidence to believe in god, its a matter of faith, that is to say if you believe and give 10% of your wages or whatever than, you know the rest if your happy god is rewarding you, if your sad hes testing youBackOffMofo said:
witchunts were just a way of killing pagans, by the Catholics, and blaming everything bad that happened on them. Christians took over the country and figured the best way to convert the people was through fear of death, and by killing all the pagan religions leaders who were of the Black arts. It did kill paganism largely off.Thegathering said:
Muslim religion wants the same, only 15% I believe. A religion needing money to survive would not make a gigantic building in the middle of Rome made of gold, marble and the most expensive works of art i.e statues, artworks. Theres a gigantic solid gold mural on the wall, its an unbelievable amount of wealth, sometimes taken from familys who cant even afford to feed themselves in Africa. The popes did kill all those who didnt believe, they did have there own private armies, you say 200 year ago, but thats only 2 or 3 lifetimes ago, not long at all. Zirconium, no sexual protection, the huge families are simply to breed more Catholics to make more money. I have seen the unbelievable wealth of the Vatican, and the power it has to convert people, but I say this is a monument of the skill of humanity, to create something so amazing a testament to us, not some hypothetical man in the sky.
The word youre looking for is empiricism, and the UK largely is, a person who puts more faith in the natural sciences and what they see than in religion and what there told. The search for knowledge through experiment and observation. I dont see what evolution has to do with this at all. No, I dont believe god created the unnerves 4000 years ago because of evidence like fossils that predate that by millions of years, because we are beginning to see the universe moving and changing in ways that make it look like there was a big bang, I dont look in an old book thats been rewritten countless times to find out about things, I do look for evidence. For example I know birds can fly because I understand aerodynamics, we can measure the size and shape of there wings and muscles to understand how they fly, or God makes them fly. Ones empiricism, the seconds rationalism.
How is Catholicism evil? Well is Microsoft evil? Both are enormous corporations, both provide a service to the general public, both have a huge amount of people using this service, both are staggeringly wealthy and are incredibly good at making money. One sells peace of mind, the other computers. Both have outlets where you get the service and people who are paid to provide it. I have been raised up to use Windows PCs as Catholics are raised up to go to church. I dont see a huge difference really, only that Catholicism; and hence other religions centred around money cost more.
