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Edited by cyber troll: 4/9/2013 1:22:34 PM
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Why do people still believe in religion in 2013?

This is more directed towards Christianity but I hope you get the meaning. You won't believe in evolution but you would believe that some dude in the sky created everything on Earth because obviously it makes so much sense and has so much more evidence. Some guy 2000 years ago claimed to be your savior and claims that he will be back, yet in 2000 years of human history we have not seen even a trace of him (of course, not before countless killings have been committed in his name), yet you still continue to believe. You would believe in a number of fairy tales including a man on a giant ship with a bunch of animals floating on the sea during a giant flood, but an asteroid hitting the Earth and killing the dinosaurs is just impossible. And worst of all, their main excuse is, "Why can't you just let other people be and let them believe what they want?" Yet they are the ones going around spouting their nonsense in people's faces, they are the ones who oppose homosexuals getting married, they are the ones who want to force their unreasonable beliefs into the public education system (intelligent design, prayers at school, etc.). What hypocrites.

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  • [quote]You won't believe in evolution but you would believe that some dude in the sky created everything on Earth because obviously it makes so much sense and has so much more evidence.[/quote] It's funny because I do believe in evolution. Do you have evidence that there is no God? And yes, [url=http://departments.bloomu.edu/philosophy/pages/content/hales/articlepdf/proveanegative.pdf]you can prove a negative.[/url] [quote] Some guy 2000 years ago claimed to be your savior and claims that he will be back, yet in 2000 years of human history we have not seen even a trace of him (of course, not before countless killings have been committed in his name), yet you still continue to believe.[/quote] When did he say that he'd be back in 2000 years? Never. [quote]You would believe in a number of fairy tales including a man on a giant ship with a bunch of animals floating on the sea during a giant flood, but an asteroid hitting the Earth and killing the dinosaurs is just impossible.[/quote] What Christian said that an asteroid never hit the Earth? They're obviously wrong. There are multiple craters that could have all had the potential to wipe out the dinosaurs. [quote]Yet they are the ones going around spouting their nonsense in people's faces,[/quote] A lot of the time, Atheists are the ones doing the exact same thing that they accuse Christians of. [quote]they are the ones who oppose homosexuals getting married, they are the ones who want to force their unreasonable beliefs into the public education system (intelligent design, prayers at school, etc.).[/quote] We oppose homosexuals getting married because our God commands it. It would be pure hypocrisy to not oppose it. However, I'm not going to vote against homosexual marriage because nowhere does the constitution state that they can't be married, and our entire country was founded on the idea of "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." If people think that being married to another person of the same gender will bring them happiness, then the constitution protects that. I still don't think that gay marriage is right, but I can't force my beliefs on others. People will do what they will do. I don't want intelligent design to be taught in schools the way that most people view it. I believe in intelligent design but not the way that the Bible says it was if taken literally. There are multiple reasons for me to believe that the Bible wasn't being exactly literal when it was talking about the world being made in 7 days. I believe it happened through evolution. Even if I'm wrong, I hardly believe that God will send me to hell for believing something different than what a lot of Christians do. Prayers in school... this has got to be one of the most stupid things I have ever encountered. I saw a kid a few weeks ago in my study hall reading the Bible, and everyone was looking at him and saying "dude, what are you doing?" They looked at him like he had the plague, however just a few days ago there was a Muslim reading the Quran with the exact same people in the exact same study hall, and nobody did anything. They didn't even pass a glance at him. So with that being said, why is it that atheists are so against people following their religion in school by reading a Bible or praying? It seems to me that it has a lot less to do with religion, and a lot more to do with prejudice against Christianity. How is someone praying in school affecting you in any way?

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