paradisease
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Do you believe in just one religion? If so, what do you think caused the development of other religions? I think many religions were inspired by something other worldly.
This would be merely an argument from popularity. It says nothing about the actual tenets of the religions, merely about the propensity of humanity toward belief in something greater than that which they can prove / have evidence for.And then there is the atheist perspective. I find it disconnected to say religions were a scam to control the population, considering so many separate cultures and societies all have a belief in something other worldly having an influence on mankind and our world, but from my perspective atheism could still be true.
I find it disconnected to say religions were a scam to control the population, considering so many separate cultures and societies all have a belief in something other worldly having an influence on mankind and our world, but from my perspective atheism could still be true.
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but from my perspective atheism could still be true.
And then there is the atheist perspective. I find it disconnected to say religions were a scam to control the population, considering so many separate cultures and societies all have a belief in something other worldly having an influence on mankind and our world,
but from my perspective atheism could still be true.
Ancient astronaut for instance is compatible with atheism and a belief in the paranormal to some degree. Paranormal to me is just to have an experience beyond the norm. This could encompass a lot of thing, such as a UFO sighting for instance.
Do you believe in just one religion?
If so, what do you think caused the development of other religions?
I think many religions were inspired by something other worldly.
For instance, if you're a Christian and think the other religions were merely the product of mankind's imagination I find illogical, considering other religions have been talking about the spiritual and paranormal
And then there is the atheist perspective. I find it disconnected to say religions were a scam to control the population, considering so many separate cultures and societies all have a belief in something other worldly having an influence on mankind and our world.
but from my perspective atheism could still be true.
And then there is the atheist perspective. I find it disconnected to say religions were a scam to control the population...
Why does that have to be solely an atheist perspective? If there is a God, isn't it just as likely that He would have created religion to control the population? Why do we assume that God would be truthful about scripture, or that truthfulness is even holy. I think it's more likely that God is the ultimate source of BS. After all, our senses lie to us every day... and God created our senses. We know the world to be full of illusion, but isn't it the illusion which gives us purpose to our lives?
God relays on perfection, and moral truth is certainly called on for perfection.
Unless He was lying about that whole "perfection" thing. That would explain a lot.
I believe in my own religion, which is a syncretic mix of Greek, Celtic, and Modern practices and beliefs. But I would still classify my practices within the broader phenomenon of Hellenic religion and Neopaganism. So in a way I consider myself to be practising several different religions; just simultaneously or at least in parallel.Do you believe in just one religion?
Do you believe in just one religion? If so, what do you think caused the development of other religions? I think many religions were inspired by something other worldly.