spir0's Journal: religious people

ah, I love playing with religious people. Today I have enjoyed a flame war with a guy called Mike Hawk. He loves balance and has many beliefs which probably contradict each other in ways he doesn't understand.

I can't understand how people who claim to have the ability to think reasonably for themselves can follow religion.

please somebody explain it to me. especially you, mr mike hawk. and no shit about balance. I'm only interested in truth.

I see you have become obsessed with me

[Mike Hawk]

This is interesting spir0. Why can't you get me out of your head? Have I left an impression on you so strong that you had to write more about me? Sure, Ill attempt to explain how a successful, happy person who thinks for himself can decide on having a religion. Lets see if you are open-minded as your journal entry claims to be or if you are really the person your other responses demonstrate you to me...

First I will list the entire canon of my religion for you here, exposing it to your potential redic

Re:I see you have become obsessed with me

[ObviousGuy]

I'm completely outside this debate, but I'd just like fan a few flames while I have a chance.

Why couldn't #1 be "Recognize that your fellow man is a person with hopes and dreams of their own and deserve to not have their rights trampled upon needlessly."?

Just some coal for this small flamewar you two seem to have going on.

Re:I see you have become obsessed with me

[Mike Hawk]

Well, for me what you say is completely covered by 2 and 3. Outside of that, your statement is rather arbitrary and is hinged on the qualifier "needlessly". This implies that with some need that it would be ok to "trample" their rights. Who is worthy to decide what is a valid need?

Re:I see you have become obsessed with me

[spir0]

you make a valid point, and as I pointed out in my other post, why must there be a #1? Shouldn't we just do #2 and #3 and assume your version of #1 anyway?

Re:I see you have become obsessed with me

[spir0]

There is no piece of information that I could give you to prove there is a God

This is what interests me the most about people of faith. Is that more appropriate than "religious people?" They cannot prove there is a god, yet they believe so strongly that they feel the need to tell everybody else of his love and joy.

Of course, this is really only relevant for those who believe in god. as you say there are other religions based on ideals, rather than an omnipresent being.

Those who "spread the love," as

Re:Do you actually believe the shit you spout?

[spir0]

I'm guessing you're talking to Mike....

Re:I see you have become obsessed with me

[spir0]

well, that was a shallow victory, mike didn't even have the gall to reply to my last post. maybe he knows I'm right.