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Originally Posted by Arch0wl
I'm Agnostic because all religion boils down to is what happens to you when you die, and with so many religions, how am I supposed to get a grasp of one to follow? My parents never FORCED their beliefs on me, so my whole life I've been able to believe what I want to believe. For all I know, every religion could be wrong and it could just be weird little tidbits from other religions, or, assuming Christianity was right, God could just kick us in the nuts and say "SORRY THEY MESSED UP ON ONE OF THE COMMANDMENTS WHEN THEY PRINTED THE BIBLE GG NO RE KTHX". And assuming a hell actually exists... no one deserves hell. No one. Hell, not even Hitler (CHILL BEFORE YOUR FIRES OF A THOUSAND SUNS HAVE BEEN ANGERED). Eternity is uncomprehensable and eternal pain and suffering is something that should not be put upon any being whatsoever. If you're going to be in hell for.. well, eternity, then why should you be punished infinity fold for something that's a tiny speck of the amount you'd spend there?
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Then look into Mormonism. :P
"Hell" as people define it, the eternal suffering of someone after this life, is reserved for those that followed Satan out of heaven and those who witnessed the literal acts of God and denied Him still (say, Judas). We believe there are 3 degrees of heaven, and even the lowest of these, were man to comprehend it, they'd kill themselves right then to go there.
@ Peregrine and Jewpin: I'm not saying that they should endorse religion. That's not what I mean. I'm saying that the government is taking a stand AGAINST it, as in, they are not remaining neutral. If a kid is caught mumbling a prayer during the "thirty seconds of silence" after the Pledge, WHAMMO! SUSPENSION! That's bullcrap it my eyes. If the kid is bowing his head and not saying anything outloud, it's not a classroom disruption. No more than the tired kid that lays his head down on the desk is.
That's what I meant by "forcing" atheist beliefs. Just like they claim Christian people "force" that there is a God on them, they force their idea that there is no God on us.
Oh, and the concept of evolution is not atheist. Darwin was a devout Christian man himself. The idea that man came from apes, however, was not his own. People read that into his concept of "survival of the fittest" and claimed it was he that said so.
Also, while we're going over religion... I dunno why, but I thought I'd point out my latest entry in my webjournal. (Link in sig.) Go take a look if you want.