Ot; new religion on the rise; possibilians

[briansd1]

[quote=zk]
“I am agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at the bottom of the garden” is exactly how I feel. But I’m still not a 7.

I’m curious, Brian, are you a 7?[/quote]

I’m a 7 in that I operate with the assumption that God does not exist. I have better things to think about and spend energy on.

But that doesn’t mean that I’m not moved by religious service. When my auntie died, my cousin had a service for her mom at the local church, outside of NYC in the Hudson River Valley. It was very beautiful.

BTW, that small local catholic church does good work. They are not a wealthy, ostentatious church like the vatican, or the Crystal Cathedral.

[quote=njtosd] there are quite a few well controlled studies that support the contention that those who identify themselves as having a religious faith tend to be more physically healthy and (mildly) more emotionally healthy. Rather than inducing passivity, religion seems to be associated with people making better choices. (Or, people who make better health choices also identify themselves as being religious – sort of a chicken/egg issue.)
[/quote]

My cousin goes to church every weekend and she volunteer at church.

Her husband is buddhist by choice and she volunteers him to tend the catholic church’s rose garden. He does it to make her happy.

I agree that religion is a motivator for a great many. Religion can motivate people to do good things; so I don’t believe that religion is useless.

I personally don’t need to believe in God to be motivated. If others want to believe in God, that’s fine by me.

But I think that it’s wrong that our society encourages religion and provides special benefits to religious organizations. That a bunch of bull, IMHO.

Edit:
While religion does good, it’s done a lot of harm also.

[moneymaker]

I suscribe to the belief that we are the offspring of space aliens who may or may not come back. I just recently came to the belief that there may be a neural network out there that may under the right circumstances be tapped(this could be the source of dreams or inspiration), don’t know if the lottery numbers are in this network!. In my college years I logically concluded that time travel was impossible, but hay I learn something new every day so my opinion could change.

[moneymaker]

I suscribe to the belief that we are the offspring of space aliens who may or may not come back. I just recently came to the belief that there may be a neural network out there that may under the right circumstances be tapped(this could be the source of dreams or inspiration), don’t know if the lottery numbers are in this network!. In my college years I logically concluded that time travel was impossible, but hay I learn something new every day so my opinion could change.

[moneymaker]

I suscribe to the belief that we are the offspring of space aliens who may or may not come back. I just recently came to the belief that there may be a neural network out there that may under the right circumstances be tapped(this could be the source of dreams or inspiration), don’t know if the lottery numbers are in this network!. In my college years I logically concluded that time travel was impossible, but hay I learn something new every day so my opinion could change.

[moneymaker]

I suscribe to the belief that we are the offspring of space aliens who may or may not come back. I just recently came to the belief that there may be a neural network out there that may under the right circumstances be tapped(this could be the source of dreams or inspiration), don’t know if the lottery numbers are in this network!. In my college years I logically concluded that time travel was impossible, but hay I learn something new every day so my opinion could change.

[moneymaker]

I suscribe to the belief that we are the offspring of space aliens who may or may not come back. I just recently came to the belief that there may be a neural network out there that may under the right circumstances be tapped(this could be the source of dreams or inspiration), don’t know if the lottery numbers are in this network!. In my college years I logically concluded that time travel was impossible, but hay I learn something new every day so my opinion could change.

[Eugene]

[quote]On my favorite left wing blog, I was recently described by a friend as “the most religious non-believer that I’ve ever come across” because of my bibical citations.[/quote]

I can probably one-up you on that one. I think I know more about the Bible and the history of its creation than most Christians. (for example, not only can I make a strong case, complete with Biblical citations, that Jesus’ mother was not a virgin, but I can even explain why the virgin myth became part of the canon.)

[Eugene]

[quote]On my favorite left wing blog, I was recently described by a friend as “the most religious non-believer that I’ve ever come across” because of my bibical citations.[/quote]

I can probably one-up you on that one. I think I know more about the Bible and the history of its creation than most Christians. (for example, not only can I make a strong case, complete with Biblical citations, that Jesus’ mother was not a virgin, but I can even explain why the virgin myth became part of the canon.)

[Eugene]

[quote]On my favorite left wing blog, I was recently described by a friend as “the most religious non-believer that I’ve ever come across” because of my bibical citations.[/quote]

I can probably one-up you on that one. I think I know more about the Bible and the history of its creation than most Christians. (for example, not only can I make a strong case, complete with Biblical citations, that Jesus’ mother was not a virgin, but I can even explain why the virgin myth became part of the canon.)

[Eugene]

[quote]On my favorite left wing blog, I was recently described by a friend as “the most religious non-believer that I’ve ever come across” because of my bibical citations.[/quote]

I can probably one-up you on that one. I think I know more about the Bible and the history of its creation than most Christians. (for example, not only can I make a strong case, complete with Biblical citations, that Jesus’ mother was not a virgin, but I can even explain why the virgin myth became part of the canon.)

[Eugene]

[quote]On my favorite left wing blog, I was recently described by a friend as “the most religious non-believer that I’ve ever come across” because of my bibical citations.[/quote]

I can probably one-up you on that one. I think I know more about the Bible and the history of its creation than most Christians. (for example, not only can I make a strong case, complete with Biblical citations, that Jesus’ mother was not a virgin, but I can even explain why the virgin myth became part of the canon.)

[briansd1]

Does praying for rain work?

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[briansd1]

Does praying for rain work?

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[briansd1]

Does praying for rain work?

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[briansd1]

Does praying for rain work?

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