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alkemist · Is anybody out there? Joined: 08 Jan 2024 Posts: 1

To begin, I would like to state that I have not read most of replies in this thread. I had found this forum's topic by using good search engine and would like to express my opinion.

I am thankful for religion and most of all music in our world, because we wouldnt be in a situation we are today without it. The instance is not too bad, therefore I do not blame belief. I am atheist for several reasons. Main causes for my neutral belief state are the way I was raised by my family and the lack of need to believe in a higher power. I function..... thats wonderful. Defects.... I cannot do anything about them - life it variable, everybody cannot be equal.... balance between good and bad must exist, therefore everything cannot be positive to human brain. With the birth of human kind.... the brain naturally, instinctively found ways to survive and survival wouldnt be possible without unity. To unite, human kind introduced religion and produced melody. These 2 factors helped us survive and think together. I thank not god for creating me.,... but tiny (as we call it) DNA appearing on this solid sphere which we circle the sun on. Another partial cause for belief, in other words make up of info explaining appearences is natural occurances, such as lighting, rain, night/day, earthquake and stars. Lack of information in human's brain inovlunatary causes makebeliefs. We would rather make an explanation up, rather than not know it.

I will stop now with hope for reply. What was just provided is a thought of a single mind on out HUGE world. If one read above thougts, I thank You. Iteraction is beneficial. Wonderful humans, believe what you believe in, no one human can blame you for your mental state, beucase it is built according to surroundings. Let just be happy we are here. The life is fairly short, out goal is to make future LIVERS life better than us. Why are going to die anyway, it makes no sense to live if we are benefiting future beings.

What was written above is just a fraction of thoughts coming from an atheist mind residing in America. I would trully like to hear variant examinations of my intoxicated thoghts.

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Please, try to have a pleasurable life, no matter what occurs. We are here, lets not wastle the abilty by turning it into disability. God, no god who cares. We are individuals rased differently, but have the ability to live equally. Lets attempt to achieve that. Isnt it great to have a chance to LIVE?

Rat_bytes · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2024 1:33 am Post subject:

I like this parable, by Rev. Huber:

elena · Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2024 5:23 am Post subject: greetings and welcome

Hello Alkemist,

Your words were so thoughtful, kind and beautiful. You sound like a loving and caring human being. For that I commend you. Your atheism has nothing to do with my ability to accept you just the way you are.
You need not apologize for anything, nor seek justification from anyone for how you feel about your life, your lack of religion, or anything else.

It was good you stopped in to chat. Sounds like you can spar with
intellectuals in controversial subjects. This is so good. I do not argue
because it is fruitless. But I don't mind writing things that get the anger
up because of the content.

I do believe. I don't know why except that it is my choice. That does
not make me better than you or worse than you. We are all the same.
Once humans begin to see each other as equals we can begin to realize that pain and suffering are not a necessary part of life that needs
performed on a daily basis. This world is full of pain. We only have
to own our own pain, understand it, let go of it and get on with living a life full of laughter and love.

If you treat people the way you want to be treated as a general rule,
I hate to tell you this, but you are indeed a believer in God. Those were
the words that got the man born in a barn killed. Christianity is nothing
but a substitute for believing in the One and Only.

Helen A. Woman
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Possible · Does anyone believe me? Joined: 16 Dec 2023 Posts: 431

alk, I like the way that u wrote your name wrong. that is good...

ratty and elena are great people. you have come to a great forum, where everyone is nice. I think we can agree to disagree.

Welcome to here .

that is all I have to say! ( kind of like Forrest gump guy) Just wanna say welcome xxx
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Nksagar · Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2024 5:45 am Post subject: subject

When the religion helps in developing the spirtuality in man.
Man is evolving spirituality which in turn develops the man
materialistically too,the acceptability grows in many dimensions
that religion spreads like a wild fire.
Could be any religion,thought,prinicipal,idea,rituals etc.

www.nksagar.com

Freez · Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 8:10 pm Post subject:

dogfish · Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 9:17 am Post subject:

Religion is definatley dying out in the UK, churches here are pretty much empty except for old age pensioners, when they are gone churches up and down the country will be empty. It will be interesting to see if the Muslim communities in the UK will follow the lead of the christian communities and simply stop practicing, which is the first step on the road to not believing at all.
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Freez · Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 10:14 pm Post subject:

lizard_queen7 · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:40 pm Post subject:

I agree with most of what you said alkemist and i like the way you expressed yourself..

PS. I'm new too Embarassed

Hahhaah

Before answering to questions about religion dieing out we have to come to an agreement or at least have a common theory or explanation of the term religion because there are so many different interpretations which lead to missunderstandings and no end to the debate.

Some other terms which need to be defined by all of us is spirit /spiritual, god, truth .. Etc..

But i think religion(in my own definition ) will unfortunately never die out, Maybe the main ones will lose its influences, but there are many awaiting for their "15 minutes of fame" and as i can se many people are gullible enough to follow as long as it offers some kind of a "spirit salvation"..

Sad but true..
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