People are not forgiven for sins they commit by a long dead
person.Each of us is responsible for what we do to each other.People do
hide behind god as an excuse for terrible behavior.Give me an example of
one atheist that has murdered anybody.The only book you seem to have
read at all is the Bible.Let me remind you written language has been
around for over 8,000 years. The Bible was written in sections by
different people,at different times,beginning about 2,000 years ago.It's
relatively a new compilation as far as history goes.There are 4,200
gods.Which one you endorse, or not is up to you.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/origins-written-bible.html
There has never been a war without religious roots for killing other
peoples of differing beliefs.Reason has never been man's strong point,
so people have always fought to make their particular viewpoint the one
and only correct one to do everything from curing diseases, to choosing
mates,governing etc.It was done to provide society with a structure.
Many people are not free thinkers and have to be told right from
wrong.Egotism makes it difficult to come to terms with death.Death is no
reason to live a perfect life.Death is a fact.
At one time the Popes were married.39 of them to be exact.
http://www.johnshuster.com/thirtynine_popes.htm
Chastity for Popes began in the first written mandate requiring priests
to be chaste in AD 304 by the Canon 33 of the Council of Elvira.It's
expected that Popes will be able to marry again.My point is that there
is no exactness in religion as in science.Religion is a "mish-mash" of
contradictions and conclusions. Each religion wildly differs from
culture to culture and sect to sect.Science is fact with no room for
wobbling.Discoveries change science;religion changes with whomever is in
control.Interpretation in religion is by self-appointed leaders leading
herds of sheep sometimes with disastrous results.Jim Jones comes to
mind here.Cults are religions just as sure they have the correct answers
as the 4,200 mainstream religions.
Free thinkers are humanists, or non-theists(atheists).Humanism is a
group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value
and agency of human beings, individually, and collectively, and
generally prefers individual thought and evidence (rationalism,
empiricism) over established doctrine or faith (fideism).
My comment was very tongue-in-cheek.If god can be on somebody's side
he can also be against them. I don't believe praying will do anything
but make the person feel better. That's fine,but chocolate does the same
thing for me!
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