The Power Of Faith

[Manifold_Time]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9u8MgHQDs I just had to share this video, it was very moving. What are your thoughts?

[Hominus Feralis]

I will be honest. When i saw the end of this video i started crying. Religion brainwashes vulnerable human beings and diludes their thoughts. People mass in the streets, temples, and churches to praise their lord. Watch the video closely. They are like zombies. I have never seen anything more infuriating in my life. Thanks for bringing that to my attention Thats all. See this video and understand why we have to murder and massacre terrorists.

[badassbob]

It just goes to show the ridiculous lengths that people will go to just to please their "Gods". That really is a depressing ending too.

[Manifold_Time]

Indeed, I often stand in awe at the billions of people who willingly put their faith in a fairytale God. It's also amazing to see millions of extremists who devout their entire lives and all their energy into spreading "the word" about their religion.

[Original Poster]

Moron

[Hominus Feralis]

It makes me sick. Watch that video and you will underatand why i am an atheist

[Manifold_Time]

9/11 is in a few hours for me by the way. Let this video be a sentiment to those countless innocent victims throughout history who suffered because of other's primitive beliefs.

[Hominus Feralis]

Be patient, Manifold time. Sooner or later religion will dissapear. Christ will never have a "second coming", and Alah will never show himself. Although this will not happen in our lifetime, it will happen. All i can hope is that primitive beliefs can be erased from the planet forever. More people have died in the name of religion than otherwise. Now ask yourself, religious folk, if religion is really a good thing. I CALL TOGETHER ATHEISTS. PROVE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY THAT GOD DOESNT EXIST. ONLY THEN CAN THE WORLD BE AT PEACE.

[Raz]

I CALL TOGETHER ATHEISTS. PROVE BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY THAT GOD DOESNT EXIST. ONLY THEN CAN THE WORLD BE AT PEACE. [/b] Belive what you need to belive. To come to the conclusion that there is no more then this material world and stubornly stick with it no matter what means you have a closed mind. A open mind can experiance so much more. asume nothing about this reality or the reality in your dreams. Accept that everything you know might be wrong and be comfortable with it. do not lett others judge you but judge your self as you lett others judge them selvs. Dont have faith in a god but have faith in your self. But again: belive what you need to belive...

[Manifold_Time]

To previous poster... His point was that we cannot survive our religious differences. There's Muslims out there who would kill me and you in a heartbeat to get the 70 virgins (I don't know what the women get. 70 virgin men? LOL) Anyway, it's crap to say that we should "respect each other's" beliefs when there's 1000s of sects and religions that don't agree with each and hold firmly to their beliefs and look down upon those that do not share it. The reality is that we don't respect each other's beliefs...

[Chaos Psyche]

Truth shall prevail, and there is but one truth. Like I said in another thread, religious doctrine is an interpretation of wisdom, that lacks wisdom. The ingorant cannot fathom the wise. In most cases, it is these ignorant and feeble minded individuals that will brain-wash untold millions creating chaos that will shatter the lives of many. It's like Christ said, "If the blind lead the blind, they shall both fall into the ditch."

[Hominus Feralis]

It is no secret that religion is dangerous. People end their own lives due to brainwaking and the belief in an invisible object. It is amazing how something with so little proof can affect mass amounts of people so much

[Leo Volont]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Kn9u8MgHQDs I just had to share this video, it was very moving. What are your thoughts? [/b] Yes, it may be embarrassing to watch these Enthusiasts... these fanatics. But the Power they wield in their Collective. Its frightening ... when they are on the other side. It is like playing against another team that is visibly psyched up and on fire. The blase cool apathy of an atheist is hardly a match for it. Yes, some Atheists, in their first flush of liberation from superstition, from the Chains of Morality that had confined them to a reluctant righteousness, they are for awhile excited in their freedom of Chaos and Barbarism. But it doesn't last. They soon become jaded in their darkness of spirit. yet sometimes if materialism starts in idealism, it can mimic Religion. Communism, for a few Ideal Decades had almost the Power of Religion and there were Marxist/Leninist True Believers and Mao's "Little Red Book" was in fact a Bible. But people awoke from that Dream. Now, we see that the Power of Collective Enthusiasm is in the Religions. Even the crazy non-sensical idiotic Religions that convert by the sword and maintain only while theaten anybody with death for seriously critiquing their scripture with forthrightness and common sense. Even these Religions can mobilize the Animal Energy of ordinary people. But if such flawed and idiotic Religions have so much power, just think of the potential a truly decent Religion could possess. A Religion that insists that swords settle every hint of dispute will be cutting its own throat, over and over again. The History of Islam is a history of wave after wave of Fundamentalists slaughtering every 2nd Generation that has managed to make Islam compatible to viable Society -- so Islam constantly reverts to the Barbarism of the Sword... and it is the Religion of Perpetual Civil War -- History shows it. And Protestant Christianity forgives Sin and claims God's Election for those who exploit the poor and subjugate and abuse the rest of Society. That also is Barbarism. There is a Good Candidate Religion waiting in the Wings of History. If people would examine the Newspapers more closely they would see that apart from the Religions based on ancient and obsolete scripture caked in dust and bones, there is a Living Religion of Divine Apparitions and Living Dreams -- the Marian Goddess Religion. Guadalupe, Lourdes, Fatima, Madjugorje -- the Goddess Mary the Blessed Virgin has been appearing and appearing. And Her Religion is entirely Moral. No Swords. No License to Sin and Exploit one's fellow man. And it has the power of Fanaticism too. Am I not a good Fanatic?