Name three good things about religion.

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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by Seabass » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:04 pm

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Post by John_fi_Skye » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:07 pm

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John_fi_Skye wrote:I've just noticed that "Svartalf" is very close to "Fatarse" backwards. :funny:
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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by normal » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:12 pm

John_fi_Skye wrote:
Svartalf wrote:
John_fi_Skye wrote:I've just noticed that "Svartalf" is very close to "Fatarse" backwards. :funny:
It's FLAT, mr Roundbottom.
:biggrin: :funny:
You've been smoking today :tup:
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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by tattuchu » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:37 pm

1) I'm not in one.
2) See above.
3) Refer to reason #2.
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Post by Atheist-Lite » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:42 pm

It keeps dumb people occupied, and out of my hair, and most of all from cluttering the pub. :smoke:
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Post by tattuchu » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:46 pm

Three BAD things about religion:

1) My parents forced it on me when I was little.
2) The priest in our Catholic church never molested me.
3) I wasn't cute enough apparently.
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Post by Strontium Dog » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:51 pm

1) Stained glass windows
2) Turning water into wine
3) Catholic girls :shifty:
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Post by Audley Strange » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:21 pm

They display our sophistication and naivety at the same time.
They made history a bit more interesting.
They have some outrageously innovative and questionable characters.
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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by John_fi_Skye » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:29 pm

normal wrote:
John_fi_Skye wrote:
Svartalf wrote:
John_fi_Skye wrote:I've just noticed that "Svartalf" is very close to "Fatarse" backwards. :funny:
It's FLAT, mr Roundbottom.
:biggrin: :funny:
You've been smoking today :tup:
:zig: :hairfire: :arrrgh:

How could you tell? The smell off my clothes?

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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by amused » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:22 am

1. It's helpful when idiots self-identify.
2. It's helpful when conniving charlatans self-identify.
3. Flying buttresses or bacon.

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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by Animavore » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:02 am

Colourful Buddhist temples (I don't like those grim, European churches or Catholic tack).
It's useful for getting people to do things for you.
Meditation helps sooth the mind.
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.

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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by FBM » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:34 am

As far as I can tell, most people have unsupported beliefs about lots of things most of the time, and there will probably always be a significant percentage of the human population that are incapable of the intellectual effort required to have a largely consistent and logical understanding of the world. I hesitate to criticize anyone for simply being wrong as seen from my perspective. I don't hesitate to criticize them if their beliefs cause them to hurt or bother others, though. So, the 3 good things I'd say about religion only apply to its benign manifestations:

1) It is often a systematic way of showing compassion towards others in ways that might not occur to many people in everyday life.
2) If you study it very closely, you can learn a lot about how the human mind works. Or sometimes fails to. This can serve as a guide for managing your own beliefs.
3) Generally, it encourages self-improvement, peace and so forth. Exceptions aside, of course.

Then again, much the same can be said for the internet. :coffee:
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Re: Name three good things about religion.

Post by Hermit » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:03 pm

Religion -
1. Provides tax benefits
2. Is a refuge for many a poor sod with unconventional proclivities
3. Encourages modesty, a frugal lifestyle and empathy for the poor and starving

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Bonus point 4: "Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."
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