I've seen no evidence in my life of a higher power at work. The earliest writings on christ available don't show up till way after he died and his life story sounds like a hack job of a million other previous religions. It teaches some solid morals but its packages them with ignorant hate.

There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves

Originally posted by: Joshua Porphy

There's no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we're the imagination of ourselves

Here's Tom with the weather!

I'm too optimistic for church. I like to think if there's a such thing as heaven, we're all going there. Either that, or there's no such thing as a spirit.

The bible is full of contradictions. It was re-written so many times that likely little of what was originally contained remains unaltered. Being that the average medieval peasant was illiterate, the bible was incomprehensible to them, allowing the priesthood to alter whatever they deemed necessary to use it for what it was originally intended to be used for: A brainwashing tool to keep conquered people in line and assimilate threatening "pagan" religions into their own.

I have no problem with Christians per se, I just think that they do not understand their own religion. I also believe that due to some superstition based 'hooks', that it is very hard to escape this mindset. Anyone who tries to 'lead you astray' is basically working for the Devil, or "God is just testing you, to see if you will remain faithful!"

The most dangerous story from the bible is the story of Abraham. Judaism, Islam and Christianity all share this story. In which a man couldn't conceive a child, and when he finally did, God ordered him to sacrifice the baby to test his faith. THIS STORY TEACHES BLIND FAITH... Dangerous, fact is real, faith is belief in something that is invisible, unheard, unproven and basically cannot be shown to actually exist. What if I said "God told me to go out into an intersection and start shooting people!" So I load up a gun and trust that God is going to stop me at the last minute. See how insane that is? Brainwashing/superstition at it's absolute worst!

Faith = Belief in something that isn't real.
Blind Faith = Belief in something that isn't real NO MATTER what proof you are presented with, no matter how weak your argument is, no matter what people say, no matter the evidence to the contrary. It is basically insanity.

I THINK THE BIBLE WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST FICTIONAL BOOKS EVER WRITTEN.

Originally posted by: TheOtherGodhead

Originally posted by: Devildude512

Because SEPULTURA told me not to be !

I actually don't mind this guy

I'm actually not a raving Sepultura fan. I'd say that maybe Hatebreed was one of the main bands that caused hardcore to really blow up in the late 90's and early 00's, they sound like they were influenced by them/almost exactly like them.

EDIT: Yea, I don' really want to get into this one again, different thread...

Related topic though: Anyone listen to Christian bands, but is not christian themselves? Living Sacrifice, Overcome and Zao etc...

Originally posted by: Devildude512

Related topic though: Anyone listen to Christian bands, but is not christian themselves? Living Sacrifice, Overcome and Zao etc...

Oh, absolutely. Embodyment, Calibretto 13, Soul Embraced even.

Lulz

Originally posted by: Proswell

Originally posted by: TheOtherGodhead

Originally posted by: Devildude512

Because SEPULTURA told me not to be !

I actually don't mind this guy

I don't wanna catch you pissing standing up when I'm around... are you talking about me or him?

Originally posted by: Dianana

Originally posted by: barbarossa

For starters, women are second class human beings

Isn't that every religion?

yea, because only religious people treat their women badly. also, yep, every single religous person treats their women like shit! didn't you know?