dimreepr

It's difficult to imagine how anyone, intelligent enough to want to hack his twitter account, could make it worse.

With a notable lack of evidence, on your end. That neatly some's up why the topic title is a pointless question. Reminds me of this:

I'm going to have to read this thread more carefully.

Isn't it a requirement for any society? The only difference is the size of the territory and the importance of keeping it. I agree that agriculture scales it up, but that's only because agricultural scales up societies...

I think it means you enjoy living under bridges... 😆

A little thinking, shows you're talking bollox; as the placebo effect suggests... 🙄

Indeed, but i doubt the prophet's were taught to doubt; it's more a prophecy of a unique event, that happened now that will, at some point, happen tomorrow... Some-one was the first and it's happened so many time's???

I'm content with that... 😉

Sounds like nirvana...

It doesn't matter who dispenses justice, if one has faith in justice. My point is, if being content/at peace is the goal, why does it matter what path you take to get there?

I think the theistic element of some religion's was intended as a tool that in non-theistic religion's is replaced by something like karma. Peace in oneself and with world, unless you're lucky, is aided by the thought of retribution; imagine a world in which revenge, on evil-doers', is guaranteed but completely out our hand's; in such a world forgiveness is automatic and if we're lucky, that even extends to us. For me, being at peace with oneself is the one thing science doesn't address (if it does, it's very quiet about it) and religions only real concern. I'm neither a scientist or religious, but I do see the value of both and in the right context, whatever the religion/faith, I can't image a stronger combination.

We've got two choice's, run away or learn how to live on a rock; the hard place lives and dies with us, the rock doesn't give a shit... 🖖

Alms for an old ex leper...

Did you ever play "Chinese whisper's"? How else do they become a religion or movement, how else do they know when to meet? Is that Jesus' fault? I very much doubt Mohammed wanted to inspire ISIS etc... You don't believe buddhist's were organised?

Earth seems perfectly suited to life, we live here. 😉

Imagine if they're trying to teach the children to be content (live in heaven now, because you can't when you're dead and hell is just your fear of living it); how easy is that to edit/corrupt/misunderstand it to say "If you want to live in heaven, do what I say". I imagine such a lesson/teacher's fame would spread far and wide, if there's any truth to it; then came science and proved all those stories wrong, without reading between the lines of all that corruption, and think critically about why so many of them seem to be trying to teach the same lesson... What is heaven if you're not content?

When? I thought that you thought that, was funny... 😆

Congratulations, that's officially an introduction... 😉 Welcome.

Post a joke and we'll let you know...😐

Don't worry about it, but if talking helps feel free... Just post in the right forum. 😉

So you do believe in religion... 😇

A great answer +1 I'd just add, it also corrupts one's abillity to be content; imagine only being happy when one is proven better than other's, in a field of 7 billion other's?

Meh.

Depends on what you believe this stuff is?

Is that the truth?