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ChildVision Really Not Okay Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 657	August 10th, 2007 at 03:06am yea i work in the chirldrens ward in a hostpital
Rhys Webb Awake and Unafraid Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 12341	August 10th, 2007 at 03:10am CemeteryDrive123: yea i work in the chirldrens ward in a hostpital then i can see how it affects you more.
Carrie White Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 416	August 10th, 2007 at 04:42am CemeteryDrive123: yea i work in the chirldrens ward in a hostpital yea, i understand that. it's really sad to see people die so young. but i don't base everything on religion. it happens and we have to learn to accept it, no matter how terrible it is. I'm catholic, but hardly religious, i don't really believe in the concept of heaven. I've seen people die in nursing homes, cause i help out sometimes during breaks and the summer, but i cant imagine what it would feel like to see children die
Carrie White Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 416	August 10th, 2007 at 04:55am Citizen Erased.: ^ i've alwayed been told that everything happens for a reason as well, but i cannot find it in my heart to believe it when my uncle passed away from cancer, and my cousin's fourteen year old friend has been battling cancer from the time he was three and is now sadly dying. but, this is what i have been thinking about all day for some odd reason: religion can be similar to a thing called Megalomania. it is the psychological disorder where someone has delusional thoughts that they are superior to others, and are obsessed with themselves and large, extravagent things. people and especially devote followers of the christian faith and other religions tend to believe that their god is suprior to all, and sometimes to the point that they let their so-called "god" run their life. they follow everything the church says, follow all of the laws and commandments, but in the end what happens? we all wind up in a place called heaven, or hell. everyone is so obsssed with finding some kind of perfection, and paradise that sometimes they look to the church for that, basing whatever they do on the church or whatever their religion maybe. and to me, that is a bad thing just like Megalomania. you cannot walk around believing that god is superior to all, and base every little thing in your life off of your religion. and sadly, that is what's happening in politics today. no more is it just what is going on in office, it is whther the right morals are fit for it as well. hell even jobs are like that as well. religion is sadly taking over, and that is very very sad. it just goes to show that religion can be a powerful driving force when it wants to be, especially now in the 21st century with everyone shoving their beliefs down someone's throat. it's a sad thing to me. this is yet another reason why i am against religion. i'm catholic but barely religious, i follow some stuff but not all of it. i hate how people think that their religion is better and bigger than others religion. we're supposed to respect other religions not put em down. i honestly dont think that religion should be in politics at all, theres other religions and basing our government on one is pretty low. hmmm Megalomania. that reminds me of these people who always stop me at the entrance of the mall. they ask stupid questions 'do you lie?' of course i lie and when people tell them that they say ' well did you know that thats a major problem in the face of God, you can go to hell for it'. they actually expect me to go around doing every single detail that the bible says i should do? i'm not gonna go to hell cause i told a little white lie. i hate people like that. then they try to get me to join their church. ' no i'm not gonna join your church cause you're just gonna sit there and feed me lies, i'm not gonna do it.
ChildVision Really Not Okay Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 657	August 10th, 2007 at 05:26am Totally Although its hard to respect Religions that dont respect certain types of people. Like gays Or bisexuals
Carrie White Thinking Happy Thoughts Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 416	August 10th, 2007 at 05:46am ^ yea its hard to do. and i dont understand it. how it is 'immoral' to have a certain lifestyle, i mean come on people, so they acted different and like the same sex, its not that big of a deal and theres need to bring your religion into it. its hard to accept people like this, but i try my best to ignore them
ChildVision Really Not Okay Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 657	August 10th, 2007 at 05:49am ^yup
Rhys Webb Awake and Unafraid Age: 30 Gender: Female Posts: 12341	August 10th, 2007 at 06:47am Girl next door: ^ yea its hard to do. and i dont understand it. how it is 'immoral' to have a certain lifestyle, i mean come on people, so they acted different and like the same sex, its not that big of a deal and theres need to bring your religion into it. its hard to accept people like this, but i try my best to ignore them that's religion for you, and some people find it hard to ignore whether they have a religion or not. but what gets me is that most people who do have a religion are the ones who feel that homosexuality is wrong. i think that is what bothers me the most in a situation like that. it's sickening really, but we all have to learn how to deal with it. we all need to learn how to deal with people and see that they have differences. this thread amazes me because it is the one that gets most heated.
ChildVision Really Not Okay Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 657	August 10th, 2007 at 04:19pm Another Thing that most worries me about religion is war. In the past most wars have been caused by religes differences. Each side claming that theirs was the Right one.
jedicam10 Fabulous Killjoy Age: 30 Gender: Male Posts: 127	August 14th, 2007 at 06:52am This whole page is the basis for why i'm not religion.
ChildVision Really Not Okay Age: 29 Gender: Female Posts: 657	August 14th, 2007 at 04:37pm your not religion?
UndyingSoul. Really Not Okay Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 722	August 14th, 2007 at 08:49pm CemeteryDrive123: I highly doubt that any child i saw die was their 'Time to die" Yes you could arugue that their in a better place but unless the parent is abusive then a childs paradise will always be with them and friends. Unless god is a horrible 'Being' then he would never take anyone away from the people they love and care for. And yet. But God is said to love everyone more then any person on Earth could. So if that's true, then he would be doing the exact opposite of taking them away from their loved ones, but he would be bringing them to the one who loves them more then anyone ever could.
UndyingSoul. Really Not Okay Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 722	August 14th, 2007 at 08:51pm Beeblebrox: PrettyHandsomeAkward: ^ I still choose not to believe in hell.... but the whole 'hell' subject just doesn't add up to me. I agree. This is probably going to stray from the topic, but I'm involved in an online ghost message board of professional parapsychologists and they have all said from their experience communicating with ghosts that there is not a definitive location such as hell. They've reported that many deceased spirirts simply speak of connecting with the "source" that it is love, or that they've wandered lost outside of it. They've never encountered a spirit that saw god or angels or to enter any sort of new place like heaven. But they say there is a radiant light that is full of love and goodness and truth, etc. Their experience of a hell is being shut out from the source of the light, to refuse to accept it. This makes me think that perhaps we have tried to give god a more human personality, with a body. But maybe in reality, it's much simpler than that. Maybe god is an essence, not a person. Maybe believing in god is simply sharing love and compassion, magnifying his essence. Maybe we made a mistake in turning this idea of love into a religion of rules, codes, practices and guilt. Well there is no proof that anyone of those people have contacted any kinds of spirits or what not, so that's not a very vaild satement of why there is no Hell.
UndyingSoul. Really Not Okay Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 722	August 14th, 2007 at 08:54pm Megalomania.: Girl next door: ^ yea its hard to do. and i dont understand it. how it is 'immoral' to have a certain lifestyle, i mean come on people, so they acted different and like the same sex, its not that big of a deal and theres need to bring your religion into it. its hard to accept people like this, but i try my best to ignore them that's religion for you, and some people find it hard to ignore whether they have a religion or not. but what gets me is that most people who do have a religion are the ones who feel that homosexuality is wrong. i think that is what bothers me the most in a situation like that. it's sickening really, but we all have to learn how to deal with it. we all need to learn how to deal with people and see that they have differences. this thread amazes me because it is the one that gets most heated. Like Ive said before, it's all about tolerance. You can love someone, and not support something they do, all at the same time. You can love your brother, but you can hate the fact that he does drugs. I can love one of my best friends, but I can still not agree with her homosexuality. You can disagree, but still love at the same time.
UndyingSoul. Really Not Okay Age: 32 Gender: Female Posts: 722	August 14th, 2007 at 08:55pm CemeteryDrive123: Another Thing that most worries me about religion is war. In the past most wars have been caused by religes differences. Each side claming that theirs was the Right one. That's because their are some who cant suck up their pride enough to just accept that not everyone will agree with them.
sweet disposition. Banned Age: 28 Gender: Female Posts: 48272	August 14th, 2007 at 10:23pm I find religion hard to believe because of how hypocritical a lot of it is. And how there is no proof.
Kid__ Always Born a Crime Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 6686	August 15th, 2007 at 01:19pm Phhia_x: I find religion hard to believe because of how hypocritical a lot of it is. And how there is no proof. But isn't that the whole point of religion? Putting your faith in something which can be neither proven or disproven and something to give you a basis for morals?
Pilgrim. Salute You in Your Grave Age: - Gender: Female Posts: 2159	August 15th, 2007 at 02:13pm ^Exactly. So I'm not religious myself, but I have no problem admitting that some people feel the presence of God or whatever they choose to believe in. The whole basis of any religion is your personal faith, not whether someone has got rock-solid proof of some miraculous activities that happened some 2000 years ago. From my point of view each individual has their own personal religion, though they might choose to follow certain guidelines different churches and other organisations provide. If you don't believe Jesus woke people from the dead, you don't have to. It doesn't mean that you're any less of a person or you wouldn't go to heaven. My opinion.
Kid__ Always Born a Crime Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 6686	August 15th, 2007 at 02:25pm EndlessSacrifice: ^Exactly. So I'm not religious myself, but I have no problem admitting that some people feel the presence of God or whatever they choose to believe in. The whole basis of any religion is your personal faith, not whether someone has got rock-solid proof of some miraculous activities that happened some 2000 years ago. From my point of view each individual has their own personal religion, though they might choose to follow certain guidelines different churches and other organisations provide. If you don't believe Jesus woke people from the dead, you don't have to. It doesn't mean that you're any less of a person or you wouldn't go to heaven. My opinion. Exactly. If you had proof, then it wouldn't be a religion would it? It would be more like a science... just a statistic, something that's completely unchanging. Everyone would have to be of the same religion then, and where's the fun in that? Part of growing up is trying to find yourself and you can do that by questioning beliefs and finding out about other religions and cultures. If everyone was the same, well then... you wouldn't be you, really. I personally believe that no matter what your religion, you don't have to take it literally. Because, let's face it, some of the ideas and beliefs of some religions just aren't practical for today.
DIE! DIE! DIE! Bleeding on the Floor Age: 31 Gender: Female Posts: 1067	August 15th, 2007 at 05:57pm Severus Snape: Phhia_x: I find religion hard to believe because of how hypocritical a lot of it is. And how there is no proof. But isn't that the whole point of religion? Putting your faith in something which can be neither proven or disproven and something to give you a basis for morals? People can find morals and beliefs on their own. In many cases, morality is overlooked by religion *See large list of every terrible thing ever said/committed in it's name The world would be better without it. Instead of a person being forced into religion and it;s morals by birth (because yes religious people, I highly doubt most of you would be say..Christian if you were raised Muslim), they would have the freedom to shape their own from the way they saw the world.

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