- Posts: 93768
- Thank you received: 44
Will religion ever disappear ? |
24 Jan 2015 23:20 #236618
by ketchim
lemme see his debating skill combined with intellect on this thread.
Just the Facts and Figures.
Leave the cut and paste Cartoons , aside
Just the Facts and Figures.
Leave the cut and paste Cartoons , aside
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
26 Jan 2015 15:39 - 26 Jan 2015 15:48 #236888
by Snoopster
Thanks Kwami. Coming from you Bo that is the best compliment anyone could ever receive.
But on this topic of religion and morality I don't think it's about intelligence (or lack thereof). For me it was simply reading the religious texts like the Bible and Koran which convinced me (more than any other text I had read or person I spoke with or to) that religion was man made. These religious texts contained some of the greatest absurdities (not to mention the multitudes of contradictions and discrepancies) I had ever read. From talking snakes and donkeys, to burning bushes, to a monkey man-god lifting up mountains, to the repugnant idea of vicarious redemption, to illiterate prophets being able to recite perfectly word for word everything allegedly dictated to him, and then after he is dead taking a supersonic night flight on a white horse to a place he had never been or seen before.
These texts were obviously and clearly made by man. They are not divine revelations. And it follows that if they are man made then they cannot be the authority for anything.
On the issue of morality. I find it absolutely insulting the proposition that we humans, individually or collectively, could not decide upon a right action or thing without celestial/divine permission. That without this celestial/divine permission we would simply not know right from wrong. That our human solidarity, our innate knowledge and sense of right and wrong and what is just and unjust is worthless to us unless it comes as a gift from a dictator in the heavens. What bullocks!!
Thanks Kwami. Coming from you Bo that is the best compliment anyone could ever receive.
But on this topic of religion and morality I don't think it's about intelligence (or lack thereof). For me it was simply reading the religious texts like the Bible and Koran which convinced me (more than any other text I had read or person I spoke with or to) that religion was man made. These religious texts contained some of the greatest absurdities (not to mention the multitudes of contradictions and discrepancies) I had ever read. From talking snakes and donkeys, to burning bushes, to a monkey man-god lifting up mountains, to the repugnant idea of vicarious redemption, to illiterate prophets being able to recite perfectly word for word everything allegedly dictated to him, and then after he is dead taking a supersonic night flight on a white horse to a place he had never been or seen before.
These texts were obviously and clearly made by man. They are not divine revelations. And it follows that if they are man made then they cannot be the authority for anything.
On the issue of morality. I find it absolutely insulting the proposition that we humans, individually or collectively, could not decide upon a right action or thing without celestial/divine permission. That without this celestial/divine permission we would simply not know right from wrong. That our human solidarity, our innate knowledge and sense of right and wrong and what is just and unjust is worthless to us unless it comes as a gift from a dictator in the heavens. What bullocks!!
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
26 Jan 2015 15:56 #236902
by Kwami
In debating I know when to hold em , know when to fold em , know when walk away and know when to run.
I chose my spots carefully and never take on anyone that is superior to me intellectually.
I chose my spots carefully and never take on anyone that is superior to me intellectually.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
26 Jan 2015 16:02 #236909
by Snoopster
I'm still waiting for Mr. Masterdebater Ketchim Bin Osama to cite his references and destroy all my puerile arguments. ::LOL::
It's been 5 days!!!!
I'm still waiting for Mr. Masterdebater Ketchim Bin Osama to cite his references and destroy all my puerile arguments. ::LOL::
It's been 5 days!!!!
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
26 Jan 2015 16:05 #236912
by Kwami
5 days n not enough time . Give the brother a year
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
26 Jan 2015 16:29 #236929
by Kwami
Suck up ? no, just smart unlike you who is gettin a royal beat down by the Snoopster
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Time to create page: 0.207 seconds
| ||||
