I finally understand what religion is!

[Joseph Maynor]

1 minute ago, Jirh said:

What makes you think you're special in this regard?

This is a great question.  We should have a good faith discussion on this topic.  I do not think I am special.  It is not about that.  That is the misinterpretation.  I have no desire to be special in relation to what I am creating.  

[Jirh]

11 minutes ago, Joseph Maynor said:

We should have a good faith discussion on this topic.

Start a thread. Lay out your thoughts.

[Joseph Maynor]

2 minutes ago, Jirh said:

Start a thread. Lay out your thoughts.

I don't like to start threads.  I try to find threads that are already created.  Just my style.  

[Jirh]

@Joseph Maynor I'll start it. Just tell me what you want to discuss exactly.

[Joseph Maynor]

1 minute ago, Jirh said:

@Joseph Maynor I'll start it. Just tell me what you want to discuss exactly.

Let's talk about what is it to be the creator. 

[Heaven]

@Joseph Maynor 

Sorry brother but your attitude is quite annoying. Something feels tense and strange

[VeganAwake]

It's hope or wishful beliefs

[oOo]

@Majed The desire for religion is a desire to connect with the sublime, however like many cults, this is precisely the dressing that some religious organisations use to take advantage of the chance for say, corresponding altruistic donations.

I am sure someone will be able to find examples on the internet where some people actually fell for "Level of donation = Level of transcendence", or at the very least, is proportional to the kind and quality of mystic secrets they'll be allowed access to by the head honcho, or as advised by the loyal secretary captivated by his status and number of followers say.

[Someone here]

It’s really simple . Religion is a form of spirituality, but outdated because most religions are thousands of years old . And today they are brainwashed into people’s minds since childhood and they just accept them because they don’t know better . 
 

[Carl-Richard]

If I practice religious practices and say I believe in God, am I religious?

[Jirh]

23 minutes ago, Someone here said:

It’s really simple . Religion is a form of spirituality, but outdated because most religions are thousands of years old . And today they are brainwashed into people’s minds since childhood and they just accept them because they don’t know better . 

I like this.

Before the internet, nobody knew better. TV and radio are propaganda tools, so they didn't break the spell. But the internet is a free domain.

The truth has leaked, and only stupid people remain religious.

Edited 4 hours ago by Jirh

[Someone here]

4 minutes ago, Jirh said:

I like this.

Before the internet, nobody knew better. TV and radio are propaganda tools, so they didn't break the spell. But the internet is a free domain.

The truth has leaked, and only stupid people remain religious.

It’s not because they are stupid. It’s because it’s emotionally difficult to exit a religion after believing it for decades.

[Leo Gura]

20 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

If I practice religious practices and say I believe in God, am I religious?

That is literally the defintion of religion.

12 minutes ago, Someone here said:

It’s not because they are stupid. It’s because it’s emotionally difficult to exit a religion after believing it for decades.

Religion self-selects for low intelligence. High intelligence would not buy it to begin with.

When I was 4 years old and they told me that they will let me play with a hedge-hog if I go to the dentist, I told them, "No way! You are trying to trick me." There was no hedge-hog and I didn't go to the dentist.

Humans are just way too gullible.

Edited 4 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Someone here]

9 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

That is literally the defintion of religion.

Religion self-selects for low intelligence. High intelligence would not buy it to begin with.

When I was 4 years old and they told me that they will let me play with a hedge-hog if I go to the dentist, I told them, "No way! You are trying to trick me." There was no hedge-hog and I didn't go to the dentist.

My nephew is 6 years old . He asked us where is god and they told him in the sky and he believed it .  Do children at this age even have critical thinking? They can barely say a sentence.

 

[Mellowmarsh]

God is the invisible idol as imaged.
Only God follows the image, looks upon the image,has faith in the image , because the image is a reflection of God as imaged. The invisible visible.

Religion is the imaged idol of the invisible, it’s another illusion.

 

 

[Carl-Richard]

27 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

That is literally the defintion of religion.

Is meditation a religious practice?

[Mellowmarsh]

13 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Banned for asking the hard questions?  

It should be okay to ask the hard questions. If I owned a forum like this I wouldn’t ban anyone for asking the hard questions. 
I would allow all criticisms and opinions unconditionally. 
 

Obviously if someone was being a threat to other posters where their lives were being violated by actual physical threat and danger to their life, then I would ban them for sure. But not for just having a unique subjective opinion, that’s not something I would take away from someone or deny them to have, like ever, because everyone is entitled to have their opinions, not just the entitled one, everyone is entitled, not just one. 

[Leo Gura]

56 minutes ago, Someone here said:

Do children at this age even have critical thinking?

At 7 I already had my life purpose.

You need to crawl out the womb knowing humans are epistemic perverts.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Leo Gura]

32 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Is meditation a religious practice?

No. You are safe

FYI, religious practices are the stupid ones.

Edited 3 hours ago by Leo Gura

[Mellowmarsh]

20 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

You need to crawl out the womb knowing humans are epistemic perverts.

How would you propose to live with that knowing ?