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Should Religion be a controlled substance ?
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 Wisbech Eagle  Truro Cornwall 22 Nov 23 10.46am |
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Originally posted by Hrolf The Ganger
Absolutely. Believing in a god is not really the issue in itself. It's the fallout that it has caused throughout history because of manipulation by man. When something is very unusual and rare it’s particularly gratifying to see it coming from such an unexpected source.
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 Hrolf The Ganger 22 Nov 23 11.07am |
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Originally posted by Wisbech Eagle
When something is very unusual and rare it’s particularly gratifying to see it coming from such an unexpected source. Don't expect a dinner invitation Wisbech.
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| YT Oxford 22 Nov 23 5.49pm |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
tedious, aren't you ? Religions have often been banned, and that only made them stronger. Early Christianity in Rome , for example. Religions cause Wars & murder. Always have, and probably always will. Edited by PalazioVecchio (18 Nov 2023 1.57pm) Sorry, you've lost me. You said EVERY TIME a pop song is banned it shoots to number one, and I was merely interested in you giving a few recent examples, given that you had made such a definite statement. Maybe if that's too tedious, perhaps just tell us all the last pop song that was banned and by whom it was banned.
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| georgenorman 22 Nov 23 6.23pm |
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Originally posted by PalazioVecchio
tedious, aren't you ? Religions have often been banned, and that only made them stronger. Early Christianity in Rome , for example. Religions cause Wars & murder. Always have, and probably always will. Edited by PalazioVecchio (18 Nov 2023 1.57pm) According to the Encyclopedia of Wars, out of all 1,763 known/recorded historical conflicts, 121, or 6.87%, had religion as their primary cause.
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cryrst  The garden of England 22 Nov 23 7.02pm |
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Originally posted by johnruskin69
Apologies for coming in late to this discussion. In the writings of the Baha'i Faith, 'Abdu'l-Baha says: "If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it were better to be without it, and to withdraw from such a religion would be a truly religious act. For it is clear that the purpose of a remedy is to cure; but if the remedy should only aggravate the complaint it had better be left alone. Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion." But religion is created and run by man, not God. We need to separate God from a lot of what is done in His name and not give up on spiritual search. He or she or them I guess does get the blame for all religious, shall we say punishments or actions. Poor bloke, girl or human saved a few fishermen, lepers and starving people via his son and gets scapegoated to excess.
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sprites  Auckland 22 Nov 23 8.39pm |
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"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians." _Mahatma Ghandi.
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| cryrst The garden of England 23 Nov 23 6.20am |
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