BirdofPrey Posted:

Sorry dude, but if you beleive in god you are a child. grow up and learn to deal with the world without the safety net of an afterlife. religion is the scourge of civilization and individual thought

Where in there did I mention subscription to a god, god-being/entity, and/or god-facilitation? What I’m saying is that, with all the fluff of religion gone, the core of all these systems of belief and self-management is the betterment of the world and its occupants for the purposes self-fulfillment through serving that function for others.

Still, even within the binds of Christianity, how the Hell do Catholics rationalize prayer to non-Gods? And then there’s the practicing-gay minister of, was it Presbyterianism? It’s one thing to interpret the Bible in whatever ways, but when it flat-out says “no” and these groups get away with it, it’s saddening for the state of humanity to have such “duh” run rampant. Kinda like the “Oh my god”s that supposed Christians, even Jews, spurt out, despite something that’s posted damn near everywhere saying, “uh, nooo, that’s ba-ad.” <sigh> You have fools, but then you have sheer idiots.

As for an afterlife, I leave that posibility open, at least for human-level consciousnesses. I figure that there’s what’s instristic to this existence, than there’s a possible higher existence being represented in this one through our bodies and minds. Still, the thought that this really is it kinda makes one feel “bleh” about anything. Not necessarily **** at the world, but just a disinterest in doing anything for the sake of betterment. Guess that’s why we have games, esp. video games. Something to pbum the time in this increasing automated existence.