Religion

[Glockmatic]

What ever happened to all the super-religious nuts on this board? These threads always die so fast

 

[Cooper]

i said Liberalism =! Political Correctness

=! is geek for "does not equal"

...you pick up some of that stuff when you date a computer science major...

!= is not geek...it's cool

 

[Bender]

People who criticise religion are probably sceptics and have no business to call themselves religious in the first place.

Its like a scientist criticizing a philosopher.

 

[S O F I]

So, you find it wrong to criticize an "idea", something far from a fact? What is NOT a skeptic then?

 

[Jurhum]

Criticise but don't disrespect.

 

[Flipmo]

http://whomurdered.ytmnd.com/

 

[Illuminattile]

http://whoreally.ytmnd.com/

 

[Flipmo]

Lol ^

 

[XIAN]

"To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a freedom. The freedom to criticize ideas, any ideas - even if they are sincerely held beliefs - is one of the fundamental freedoms of society. A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed." - Rowan Atkinson

Do you agree?

In the post 9/11 world, I've noticed that some people have gotten very hesitant about criticizing Islam. Now, you'll say, "No way man, just go to the closest bookstore", but I mean the common people. In the state I live in, people tend to be very liberal and some believe that criticizing a person's religion is offensive and discriminatory. I don't agree.

Like Mr. Bean said, you should be free to criticize an idea (Islam) regardless of whether there are millions of people who sincerely believe in to be absolute truth.

I agree very much so.

But to touch on Islam, it really doesn't deserve the shit that it gets thrown. I mean most of the "criticism" that it has endured is the result of ignorance (whether modern or deep cultural ignorance)...

 

[Bender]

So, you find it wrong to criticize an "idea", something far from a fact? What is NOT a skeptic then?

It depends how the idea is criticized; for a scientist would criticize differently to how a philosopher would.

I can imagine there being an argument as to wether religion is defined as a social science or a foundation for ethics.


I don't think fact has a place in religion, or its ideals. You want prove that there is a God? ... then your criticisms lie in philosophy, not religion.