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Sa mga Atheist, OK ra buhat ug sala mga bro kay wa man gituhuan nga Dios, wa man religion nya wa man religion? pwedi ra buhat immoral?

Ag pagtuman sa balaod sa nasud mao ang kapasikaran sa moralidad sa usa ka dili tomoto-o og diyos. Kung di ka moto-o og diyos nagpasabot ba nga mobuhat siya og imoral nga mga butang? Ginoo ka ba nga naay gahum sa pagsukna o paghusga nga imoral ang dili tumotoo? tsk tsk...

[necrotic freak]

Ag pagtuman sa balaod sa nasud mao ang kapasikaran sa moralidad sa usa ka dili tomoto-o og diyos. Kung di ka moto-o og diyos nagpasabot ba nga mobuhat siya og imoral nga mga butang? Ginoo ka ba nga naay gahum sa pagsukna o paghusga nga imoral ang tumotoo? tsk tsk...

di na mistil ginoo ka aron pagsukna nga imoral o dili ang usa ka tao. tsk tsk..

[pixelwise]

Sa mga Atheist, OK ra buhat ug sala mga bro kay wa man gituhuan nga Dios, wa man religion nya wa man religion? pwedi ra buhat immoral?

conscience lagi .. way labot ginoo ana.

mas may pang atheist nga nibuhat ug maayo tungod sa conscience .. kaysa atong believer nga buhat lang ug maayo kay hadlok sa ginoo ... mao toy mga dali ra kabuhat ug dautan kung mawad-an nang kahadlok sa ginoo.

[brownprose]

i won't be speaking for all the theists here, (i mean i'd like to consider myself as pantheist), but i'm sorry if you feel that way. it is true that those religionists are the troublesome lot. but believe me, you don't need religion to be violent.

agree...sad part too is that religion is the easiest way to justify a crime.

like raqqim epps said, "faith is not the problem, but the faithful are." he's a muslim, by the way.

[regnauld]

i think, mr.regnauld, every faction has their share of blood in their hands. actually, it all boils down to the Choice, the Free-will of the person. he may choose to partake in the belief of the masses or not.

Absolutely Mr. Hell!

[brownprose]

di na mistil ginoo ka aron pagsukna nga imoral o dili ang usa ka tao. tsk tsk..

unsa may basihanan nimo sa pagsukna sa usa ka tao nga siya imoral ...ang moralidad gikan sa Bibliya o tinukod nga pagtoo? Kung modumili ka og to-o sa usa ka ginoo, imoral na diay na og angay ba diayng suknaon? tsk, tsk.

[pruzchett]

awawaw... it's quite sad that you have a lot of misconceptions about religion. No major religion of this world wants its followers to do bad things, violent things.

If you look closely at the core teachings of each religion, you will see that there is a common thing... and it's not violence.

i do hope people will understand first the core teachings of religions before saying that religion is the root of evil. religion is not the problem, but the people are! The rest of religion is inessential and is totally void if one does not follow and understand the core teachings first.

There was never a page in the Quran that said a Muslim should kill other people who are nonbelievers. There was never a page in the Quran that said Muslims should force their beliefs.

See, these misconceptions about religion are dangerous. They're dangerous both to the believers and nonbelievers.

btw, in the defense of true Christians, a professor once told my Catholic friend that "You are afraid of sinning just because you don't want to go to hell and you're afraid of God"

and my friend just said "No, I think you're mistaken. I don't want to sin because the act of sinning hurts God, and I don't want to hurt somebody I love."

You see, those fundamentalists are like fake atheists... They keep on insisting on the inessentials, which clearly are not important.

The true followers/believers of a religion are those who follow the core teachings, which are mostly about love...

[brownprose]

In fairness to the religious people, Atheism is being associated with violence too in the case of communism (where millions of religious people were murdered), and satanism which promotes Self-Indulgence without fear of punishment! I think Atheism has a negative connotation and stigma too in our society because of the past!

Atheism has nothing to do with the violence in communism. Communism was a political ideology in which it only viewed religion as a malaise that was largely subservient to the interests of an exploitative government. If religion was not a participant to the exploits of an oppressive society back then Marx would have not said it that way.

Also, no where in history where you hear a communist fought in the name of atheism to change a government.

If communists really hate religion that bad you wouldn't have seen these Orthodox churches in Russia or the catholic churches in Cuba.

[brownprose]

awawaw... it's quite sad that you have a lot of misconceptions about religion. No major religion of this world wants its followers to do bad things, violent things.

If you look closely at the core teachings of each religion, you will see that there is a common thing... and it's not violence.

i do hope people will understand first the core teachings of religions before saying that religion is the root of evil. religion is not the problem, but the people are! The rest of religion is inessential and is totally void if one does not follow and understand the core teachings first.

There was never a page in the Quran that said a Muslim should kill other people who are nonbelievers. There was never a page in the Quran that said Muslims should force their beliefs.

See, these misconceptions about religion are dangerous. They're dangerous both to the believers and nonbelievers.

btw, in the defense of true Christians, a professor once told my Catholic friend that "You are afraid of sinning just because you don't want to go to hell and you're afraid of God"

and my friend just said "No, I think you're mistaken. I don't want to sin because the act of sinning hurts God, and I don't want to hurt somebody I love."

You see, those fundamentalists are like fake atheists... They keep on insisting on the inessentials, which clearly are not important.

The true followers/believers of a religion are those who follow the core teachings, which are mostly about love...

Agree ko ani...

[Hellblazer 2.1]

Atheism has nothing to do with the violence in communism. Communism was a political ideology in which it only viewed religion as a malaise that was largely subservient to the interests of an exploitative government. If religion was not a participant to the exploits of an oppressive society back then Marx would have not said it that way.

Also, no where in history where you hear a communist fought in the name of atheism to change a government.

If communists really hate religion that bad you wouldn't have seen these Orthodox churches in Russia or the catholic churches in Cuba.

very good answer.