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Not thinking outside the box, but thinking in a better one.
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In my opinion, any attempts to personify God are invalid. I mean, it's possible, I suppose, that there is a guy up there somewhere pulling all the strings, but I think it's rather improbable.
I like to think of God as simply being the reason that everything is the way it is. Religion attempts to define God with a fixed sort of doctrine, which is why I shy away from it and tend to respect science more, which, through trial and error, represents the process of identifying the workings of God. And I never think we will truly understand God, meaning we won't understand why everything is the way it is, because science, as a process, is much like a curve approaching an asymptote, yet never quite reaching it. And I also agree that viewing religion as a social force is extremely valid. I think it would be interesting to see what religion people would choose if none of them were exposed to any until they were 18 or something. |
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""No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."
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Religion can be a beautiful and a deadly thing. I favor those who follow their reiligion without putting too much emphasis on it, because to me it means that they have faith in it in their hearts, but they don't rely on it for every aspect of their life. It can unify and bring people together in celebrations and to thank God or anyone who is sustaining the world with life. However, it can also unify extremists into terrorist groups tha believe that anyone who does not have faith in their religion should die. If everyone could just learn to accept other people's beliefs and stick with their own, this world would have much less problems. Unfortunately, there are many who believe that religion is the sole factor one should care about in life and that everything they do towards it is correct no matter what.
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Spec its "Centrifugal" not centripetal
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Centrifugal is a force that divides, centripetal is a force that draws. don't be an asshat in my threads.
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