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I think the sooner our society can get away from this vicious cycle of passing down their religious beliefs on to the impressionable next generations of the world the better.
I believe most of us don't need religion to be happy anymore. Narrow minded thinking and spending precious lives in preperation for something nobody can know even exists can only slow progress with little or no benefit (fulfillment) for individuals. Many a year ago, life for the vast majority of people was, for want of better wording, pretty shootty. Widespread poverty, famines, plagues and all of that jazz were rife with no end in sight. Nowadays, we still have these things, but we are also much closer to solving these massive problems. We should stop relying on an afterlife for things to get better and accept that this could well be all we've got. Lets make the best of it, no?
Just my, perhaps contrived thoughts on the matter (I come from a family of people, with the exception of one, who are all athiest/agnostic/somewhere in between. I feel strongly about my beliefs, just as the guy who sparked off this debate (dinkdude?). That's not to say I havn't thought a lot about the matter, I have, as I'm sure dinkdude has. To him, my beliefs would perhaps seem silly, as his to me. Maybe I'm the brainwashed one here, even though I'm sure I'm not... Just a thought) .
p.s. Sorry for not being the most articulate writer. I'm pretty dang wrecked and I'm not really at the best of times.
I believe most of us don't need religion to be happy anymore. Narrow minded thinking and spending precious lives in preperation for something nobody can know even exists can only slow progress with little or no benefit (fulfillment) for individuals. Many a year ago, life for the vast majority of people was, for want of better wording, pretty shootty. Widespread poverty, famines, plagues and all of that jazz were rife with no end in sight. Nowadays, we still have these things, but we are also much closer to solving these massive problems. We should stop relying on an afterlife for things to get better and accept that this could well be all we've got. Lets make the best of it, no?
Just my, perhaps contrived thoughts on the matter (I come from a family of people, with the exception of one, who are all athiest/agnostic/somewhere in between. I feel strongly about my beliefs, just as the guy who sparked off this debate (dinkdude?). That's not to say I havn't thought a lot about the matter, I have, as I'm sure dinkdude has. To him, my beliefs would perhaps seem silly, as his to me. Maybe I'm the brainwashed one here, even though I'm sure I'm not... Just a thought) .
p.s. Sorry for not being the most articulate writer. I'm pretty dang wrecked and I'm not really at the best of times.
