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    Worshipping wrong Gods

    Firstly, I'd like to know the justification for the second and third premises, even within Christianity. You may like to read this: Can Non-Christians Be Saved? Obviously, given my religion, I would consider the fourth premise as the principal argument against any form of monotheism.
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    Worshipping wrong Gods

    Either you need to look harder, or just to be less dismissive of the experiences of others.
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    Why Bible-based Christianity is illogical

    You have completely missed the point. The Protestants are not just saying "this is the Bible we choose to use". They are saying that the Bible is the only source of doctrine — that what the slogan sola scriptra means. The point made by the OP is that until some-one decides the text, you don't...
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    Religious people, why do you come to this forum?

    I'm probably inviting a ban or deletion here, but that's not how it works. I can post in Left Hand Path, Neopagan, and Non-revealed, but not in Pantheism or New religious movements. But most of those of those who are Pantheists or Thelemites (NRM) would identify as Neopagan, and Thelema is...
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    Religious people, why do you come to this forum?

    That's not the same thing. It's so inconsistent: I could have a discussion in the Shinto DIR — if there was anyone there — but not in the Hindu one. OMG — you'll probably change that! At reddit you can post in any subreddit — so long as you obey the rules. If a Christian or an atheist comes to...
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    What do you think makes your religion true?

    I treat religion in the same way as I treat history and biology. I look for the evidence and then for the theories which give the best explanations. The evidence for religion is experience — what other evidence can there be for anything? Now evidence needs corroboration. If one person report...
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    Religious people, why do you come to this forum?

    I originally came here out of interest and in the hope that I might be able to answer some people's questions. But the tightening of the DIR rules meant that I could no longer talk to the nice people in Hinduism, while my fellow polytheists have mostly given up and left for reddit. It's a...
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    Are you religious?

    But it is complicated. Many people in the USA define themselves as "spiritual but not religious". Outside North America, the term "spiritual" is just an old-fashioned synonym for "religious", making that description meaningless. In Britain, to describe some-one as religious does not simply mean...
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    Why (or Why Not) is the Name of a Deity Important?

    Why do you assume that Shiva and Vishnu refer to the same being? They don't. Why do you assume that those who pray all have no experience? Er, yes. For example, when you approach a group of people and want to address one of them, do you use their name, or do you just point and say "Hey, you"...
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    um... what exactly is god's purpose?

    What, exactly, is your purpose? Why do you ask the same questions in most of your posts? Why did you come here, unless it were to show off. (Hint: you're not really succeeding.) Who says that a creator knows everything? The Creator (if there is one) might have created the cosmos as some create...
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    Clearly, God wants us to worship Him, but why should we?

    Not all of us believe in scriptures. Not all of us believe in "God". A better question is why we worship. The word is derived from "worth" — the noun meant the quality of being worthy, as in Chaucer's "A man of worship and honour". So to worship a god is convey the fact that we honour them...
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    What is the definistion of Religion?

    There are two problems here. Firstly, etymology has no necessary bearing on the current meaning of a word. For example, "explode" comes from the Latin explaudere 'to boo off the stage' — explain that one! Secondly, the Latin word religio did not mean religion but scrupulousness. It only acquired...
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    Who is Jesus to Non-Christians?

    I'd agree with the Jewish historian Josephus: Jesus was a faith healer and preacher. Does he influence me and do I admire his preaching? Not in the slightest.
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    God, Gods, & Societies Around the World

    That's not what I was taught in my anthropology classes! As the philosopher Thomas Reid observed, there are many things we know without being told, but the existence of the divine is not one of them. If it were there would be no atheists.
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    "Big Gods Came After the Rise of Civilization, Not Before"

    Would you care to share this evidence?
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    "Big Gods Came After the Rise of Civilization, Not Before"

    No. Monotheists are good at claiming that the gods of others are fiction. I don't believe that Shiva and Thor are fiction. I don't even believe that Yahweh is fiction.
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    Non-Christians: What's your impression of Pentecostalism?

    I had to look this up. It turns out that there is a Pentecostalist church a few miles away from me in London, but in the sort of neighbourhood that I would not expect ever to visit. If that sounds snobbish, I must admit as an ex-Anglican to feeling that protestant sects are "not quite the...
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    Is the US blocking medical aid to Cuba an act of brutality?

    You do not know Article 5 of the Chicago Convention. Overflying, other than by a scheduled service, is permitted. But the block on the flight was not a refusal of passage — it was a US company preventing its Colombian subsidiary. Read the source!
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    "Big Gods Came After the Rise of Civilization, Not Before"

    One of the markers for civilisation is literacy — only the Incas lacked it. Since we have no history without literacy, we cannot know what happened for 95% of humanity's existence. They argue that belief in a god who lays down the law is a product of civilisation. Apart from the problem that...
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    Everyone practices Falun Dafa, and the epidemic will soon pass

    Now you know why the Chinese government bans this creepy cult!
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