IOW, religiosity has no measurable effect.Hi,
The ill effect of severing ties to our creator, who is the sustain-er of life is not felt immediately.
Life will continue unhindered but eventually death occurs.
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IOW, religiosity has no measurable effect.Hi,
The ill effect of severing ties to our creator, who is the sustain-er of life is not felt immediately.
Life will continue unhindered but eventually death occurs.
IOW, religiosity has no measurable effect.
Hi,
All religions cannot agree, since they have different doctrines, if they did agree they would have the same religion.
God simply means " the most powerful, most important etc..." it's a title.
Seeing how death happens to the religious and irreligious alike, it doesn't seem reasonable to me to say that death is an effect of not being religious.Hi,
That is correct,... if we discount death as an ill effect.
Then I have no reason to take that seriously either.I could also claim the benefit of following God's principle in our lives. However you would be right again in saying this claim cannot be measured or proven.
See post #85. Read an anthropology 101 textbook.Which culture doesn't have religious worship?
But doesn't God have a single doctrine? Wouldn't that make any religion with a different doctrine a false religion?Hi,
All religions cannot agree, since they have different doctrines, if they did agree they would have the same religion.
God simply means " the most powerful, most important etc..." it's a title.
But the death rate of the religious and irreligious is exactly equal, and an afterlife? That's entirely unevidenced.Hi,
That is correct,... if we discount death as an ill effect.
Following the principles expounded by Jesus in the Bible has rarely been beneficial -- in this life, at least.I could also claim the benefit of following God's principle in our lives. However you would be right again in saying this claim cannot be measured or proven.
The spirit of worship has been universal regardless of what cultures made their God out of. Buddhism is sort of worship of the Buddha but they do worship which is to my point.See post #85. Read an anthropology 101 textbook.
Even in cultures with religious worship, the worship in not necessarily worship of a supreme entity, or a god.
Do Buddhists, Shintoists or Daoists worship a supreme god, as Christians do? Do traditional societies; hunter gatherers or pastoralists, worship a god?
Even in cultures that did worship god/s, like Greeks or Romans, they were not worshiping a supreme God,the author of the world, but placating a host of squabbling, anthropomorphic deities.
The Abrahamic God is a new thing.
The devil cannot be ' in' a believer.We have to be ever-vigilant to recognize the devil. Lets hope we aren't holding a mirror when we do.
Personally, I don't discount the idea that people get earthly benefit out of their religion.Following the principles expounded by Jesus in the Bible has rarely been beneficial -- in this life, at least.
And like other hobbies it should be kept private and in moderation lest it become an unhealthy obsession.Personally, I don't discount the idea that people get earthly benefit out of their religion.
Like other hobbies, religion can be quite pleasurable for people who are really into it. But like other hobbies, it's just not everyone's cup of tea.
'Basically human' implies that there are also other lifeforms in addition to those basics. Which ones did you have in mind?I never needed religion.
And I'm basically human.
Scots.'Basically human' implies that there are also other lifeforms in addition to those basics. Which ones did you have in mind?
But doesn't God have a single doctrine? Wouldn't that make any religion with a different doctrine a false religion?
With an Abrahamic god, there can be only one truth.
Seeing how death happens to the religious and irreligious alike, it doesn't seem reasonable to me to say that death is an effect of not being religious.
Then I have no reason to take that seriously either.
But the death rate of the religious and irreligious is exactly equal, and an afterlife? That's entirely unevidenced.
Following the principles expounded by Jesus in the Bible has rarely been beneficial -- in this life, at least.
Religion has always been interpreted to support the existing social order, not justice, fairness or brotherhood. Church history has been one of unending conflict, war and persecution. The church has always promoted unchristian values.
What do other religions predict? Might they be right? Might the Bible be wrong?Yes, it makes sense that any doctrine that contradict God's revealed truth is a false religion.
The book of Revelation predicts the removal of all false religion.
I don't understand why unevidenced belief (faith) is considered desirable.Hi,
"That's entirely unevidenced."
That is correct, it's by design. God requires faith and trust in him (after due consideration).
If it was scientifically proven there would be no opportunity to exercise trust.
"The church has always promoted unchristian values."
Again you are right.
I'm referring exclusively to values taught in bible.