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  RELIGION IS.... (memes)

  by EdenOne in

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  2. beliefs

  post a meme, original or not, about what you think religion is.

  i'll start:.

  eden.

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  DJS

  While not strictly following the syntax:

  
  
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  Is homosexuality ever justifiable? I say YES!!!

  by TimothyT in

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  2. bible

  in the january 2012 awake, pages 28-29 there is another article about homosexuality.. .

  the writers argue that genetics, the environment, and sexual abuse do not justify homosexuality.

  the bible clearly states that homosexuality is wrong and is an abhorrent sin.

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  TimothyT,

  Wooooo hoooooooooooooooo!

  I'm very happy for you.
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  "hare krishna hare krishna; krishna krishna hare hare; hare rama hare rama; rama rama hare hare"

  by Island Man in

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  man, this mahamantra is some real hypnotic music!

  it's weird, pleasurable, hypnotic and cult-like all rolled into one.

  lol.

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  I don't know anything about the Hare Krishnas, but I've experienced the mantras at Buddhist temple. Candle light, everyone sitting on floor or low chairs, holding hands, eyes closed and chanting for 45 minutes in rhythmic cadence was one of the most peaceful and cleansing things I've ever done.

  Which is its intent.
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  Labeling one self "Atheist" is Unscientific

  by LAWHFol in

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  2. beliefs

  i have not meet all atheists, and it would be foolish for me to assume that all atheists, share the same prototypical view points.

  i am inclined to feel that this classifies the views of a large percentage of atheists.

  "atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities.

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  Morph: "There is no emotion, there is peace. There is no ignorance, there is knowledge. There is no passion, there is serenity. There is no chaos, there is harmony." - Any day with a Yoda is a good day. I will see you your Yoda and raise you a Lennon.

  Imagine there's no heaven
  

  It's easy if you try

  No hell below us

  Above us only sky

  Imagine there's no countries

  It isn't hard to do

  Nothing to kill or die for

  And no religion too

  Imagine all the people living life in peace
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  OK folks the End is near. Sodom and Gomorrah.

  by James Mixon in

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  2. friends

  the reality show "dating naked".

  so the young lady said to the guy when they.

  first met, wow must you look straight at my you know what.. are they running out of ideas for reality shows????.

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  FMF,

  "Nudity? Well that's just awesome, my American bothers and sisters are such epic prudes."

  Ditto.
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  Won't get fooled again ...Moon Landing.

  by The Rebel in

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  2. friends

  so i was fooled by the witnesses.

  what can i learn from that?

  not to accept things at face value but to seek out opinion and different view points.. hence my question " do you believe man landed on the moon?.

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  The impenetrable wall of empirical evidence and rational thought. It's all that is keeping us from the brain dead theorist zombies (and there are a lot of them on this site) and their infection.

  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9KJHTsJgb8
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  Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

  i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

  first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

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  Thanks. Pumpkin

  Nice OP. You should re-post this every 4 weeks.
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  Prophecy in Daniel: A last Fierce-looking King

  by Kosonen in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  there is an unfulfilled prophecy in daniel about the last king that will be broken without human hand.

  the prophecy says he will be fierce-looking, deceptive, efficent in his doings, smart and causing ruin to many.

  and he will exalt himself.

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  Do you recognize any politician that is already displaying such qualities?

  No, but something tells me you are about to make it all clear and identify said politico. If I had to guess this OP is going to be a Far Right X-tian Fundie End-of-Time Sunday School lesson for those of us in the dark.

  And you get to fill us all in with your sageness and your knowledge of all things scripture and prophecy and how you have a direct link to the big girl in the sky and knowledge no one else to this point has obtained.

  But please, continue. I'm trying to be kinder and gentler.
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  Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

  i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

  first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

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  This should be required reading for all:

  Wiki: Confirmation bias, also called myside bias, is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] It is a type of cognitive bias and a systematic error of inductive reasoning. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. People also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence), belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false), the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) and illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).

  A series of experiments in the 1960s suggested that people are biased toward confirming their existing beliefs. Later work re-interpreted these results as a tendency to test ideas in a one-sided way, focusing on one possibility and ignoring alternatives. In certain situations, this tendency can bias people's conclusions. Explanations for the observed biases include wishful thinking and the limited human capacity to process information. Another explanation is that people show confirmation bias because they are weighing up the costs of being wrong, rather than investigating in a neutral, scientific way.

  Confirmation biases contribute to overconfidence in personal beliefs and can maintain or strengthen beliefs in the face of contrary evidence. Poor decisions due to these biases have been found in political and organizational contexts.[2][3][Note 2]
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  Quality Thinking - Warning: Long Post Ahead

  by Viviane in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  recently, several threads have had some debate about logic, evidence, critical thinking and skepticism.

  i wanted to write a post discussing those things, hopefully to clarify what those things are, why they are important and how to use those tools.

  first, logic, at its core, is simply a method for how to reason validly, how to draw conclusions based on a premise.

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  Phiz, Strong and Viv,

  Ditto. The only thing I would add is that if the only thing you've bothered to learn about evolution, biology, etc. does nothing but confirm your biases, then your opinions on the truths of these subjects also don't carry any weight.