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30 Apr 2009, 3:47 pm

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rules were needed back then because as time goes on more&more people inhabbit this home we call the cracker. some of the commandments are good, some are questionable. some were clearly way to religious with a culture twist. so i guess the point im trying to make here is humans really are silly. common sence is common. i mean, really..

now however since nobody can be shure if they were actually written by god or not people dont care. because 'duh it was! and dont you question it. :lol:

the cracker?



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30 Apr 2009, 5:48 pm

alba wrote:
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rules were needed back then because as time goes on more&more people inhabbit this home we call the cracker. some of the commandments are good, some are questionable. some were clearly way to religious with a culture twist. so i guess the point im trying to make here is humans really are silly. common sence is common. i mean, really..

now however since nobody can be shure if they were actually written by god or not people dont care. because 'duh it was! and dont you question it. :lol:

the cracker?

richardbenson thinks we live on a giant white guy.



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30 Apr 2009, 5:50 pm

yes. what i was trying to say was an expanding population would result in humans acting silly. so some laws were needed to tell everyone to stop acting a fool on the cracker. its so small and everyones touching each other



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30 Apr 2009, 5:54 pm

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yes. what i was trying to say was an expanding population would result in humans acting silly. so some laws were needed to tell everyone to stop acting a fool on the cracker. its so small and everyones touching each other

Oh, well, I guess I was wrong. :wink:



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30 Apr 2009, 6:03 pm

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30 Apr 2009, 6:06 pm

Oh, ha hahaha, omfg hahahahahh!==) jesus. i mean yes, lets decriminalize the word cracker please! ive never understood why white people were called "cracker" . how do they look like a cracker?



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30 Apr 2009, 6:22 pm

more people have died in the name of a pacifist (Jesus) then for any other reason. Do your religion proud, go kill a gay jew in the name of the god of love, because your holy book says so!


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30 Apr 2009, 10:22 pm

I know that when I look within my own heart, I can see many things wrong that need to be made right. And I know that many religious people can easily fall into the trap of using their religion to rationalize anything that they say or do. I think many people have always used there beliefs in the supernatural to justify their acts of violence and aggression.

But I also believe that atheism, which is the belief system that provides the foundation for the present world philosophy, is responsible for a lot more violence and aggression than religion. Stalin and Mao Tze Tung are just a couple of examples of atheists who have killed millions upon millions of people.


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30 Apr 2009, 10:41 pm

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The Bible is useless in anything else, it even sucks as fictional stories go.


are you kiddin' me? it's full of sex, hardcore violence and pretentious symbolism! it's a great read!


your right about the sex and violence. especially the violence. lots and lots of violence.

it makes me happy :]


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30 Apr 2009, 10:45 pm

^- In response to Jetlag, do we need to mention the church's inquisition? The extermination of indigenous people in America? The Dark ages which kept science in the back and "could" have saved more people from simple diseases and traumas had it been allowed? the Crusades? <.<

There's no right or wrong when it comes to religion or atheism, both have had their fair share of blood.



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30 Apr 2009, 11:06 pm

JetLag wrote:
I know that when I look within my own heart, I can see many things wrong that need to be made right. And I know that many religious people can easily fall into the trap of using their religion to rationalize anything that they say or do. I think many people have always used there beliefs in the supernatural to justify their acts of violence and aggression.

But I also believe that atheism, which is the belief system that provides the foundation for the present world philosophy, is responsible for a lot more violence and aggression than religion. Stalin and Mao Tze Tung are just a couple of examples of atheists who have killed millions upon millions of people.

yes but no one has do so in the name of atheism, its been done in the name of poltics, which is very different. No one has ever killed in the name of atheism, they have killed in the name of communism, capitilism, etc.


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01 May 2009, 4:03 am

cognito wrote:
JetLag wrote:
I know that when I look within my own heart, I can see many things wrong that need to be made right. And I know that many religious people can easily fall into the trap of using their religion to rationalize anything that they say or do. I think many people have always used there beliefs in the supernatural to justify their acts of violence and aggression.

But I also believe that atheism, which is the belief system that provides the foundation for the present world philosophy, is responsible for a lot more violence and aggression than religion. Stalin and Mao Tze Tung are just a couple of examples of atheists who have killed millions upon millions of people.

yes but no one has do so in the name of atheism, its been done in the name of poltics, which is very different. No one has ever killed in the name of atheism, they have killed in the name of communism, capitilism, etc.

The actions of the adherents of a certain philosophy does in no way validate or debunk it, BTW.


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01 May 2009, 10:29 am

ZEGH8578 wrote:
anna-banana wrote:

are you kiddin' me? it's full of sex, hardcore violence and pretentious symbolism! it's a great read!


your right about the sex and violence. especially the violence. lots and lots of violence.



The bible is a story book about human people. Which is why it is full of sex and violence.

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01 May 2009, 10:53 am

richardbenson wrote:
Oh, ha hahaha, omfg hahahahahh!==) jesus. i mean yes, lets decriminalize the word cracker please! ive never understood why white people were called "cracker" . how do they look like a cracker?


*CRACK!! !*

its from the whip.

a cracker.

thats why its considered kinda sensitive. i think its a fun word. white people need more racial slurs describing them :D


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01 May 2009, 3:21 pm

JetLag wrote:
I know that when I look within my own heart, I can see many things wrong that need to be made right. And I know that many religious people can easily fall into the trap of using their religion to rationalize anything that they say or do. I think many people have always used there beliefs in the supernatural to justify their acts of violence and aggression.

But I also believe that atheism, which is the belief system that provides the foundation for the present world philosophy, is responsible for a lot more violence and aggression than religion. Stalin and Mao Tze Tung are just a couple of examples of atheists who have killed millions upon millions of people.


I agree. The Good Christians know that God doesn't like that.
I'm not saying this about all atheist but I have meet and heard of many that where just mean and horrible people out to destroy religion. Now again I'm not saying this about all atheist there are nice and tolerant ones out there.
The ones that destroy need to be defeated and stop them from destroying religion.
Many have killed Christians and it makes me wonder why they would want to kill people who normally do good things and hold no ill will.


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01 May 2009, 3:30 pm

Shadowgirl wrote:
JetLag wrote:
I know that when I look within my own heart, I can see many things wrong that need to be made right. And I know that many religious people can easily fall into the trap of using their religion to rationalize anything that they say or do. I think many people have always used there beliefs in the supernatural to justify their acts of violence and aggression.

But I also believe that atheism, which is the belief system that provides the foundation for the present world philosophy, is responsible for a lot more violence and aggression than religion. Stalin and Mao Tze Tung are just a couple of examples of atheists who have killed millions upon millions of people.


I agree. The Good Christians know that God doesn't like that.
I'm not saying this about all atheist but I have meet and heard of many that where just mean and horrible people out to destroy religion. Now again I'm not saying this about all atheist there are nice and tolerant ones out there.
The ones that destroy need to be defeated and stop them from destroying religion.
Many have killed Christians and it makes me wonder why they would want to kill people who normally do good things and hold no ill will.


Any consideration of history will reveal that the murderous inclinations of humanity have been exercised by both religious and non-religious leaders equally as forcefully and the motivation for the violence has not been religious but a raw struggle for political power.