Religion

[Deleted member 77198]

What about the amount of mental solace that religion gives children and adults ?

You don’t need to lie to provide comfort and solace for children and adults, we can do that as a species without the made up fairytales of religions.

Learning to provide comfort and solace without having to make up a load of old gibberish would be a better life skill as it would make people improve their understanding of empathy and social therapy and learn how to tackle problems through human understanding making people feel better through realism and humanism.

And for the one needing comfort and solace, once we as a species understand that there’s nothing out there, we will learn to be more resilient as we understand the realism that it’s us and only us who can change things; it’s not a god or the religion that changes things, it’s our own mindset.

 

[journolud]

There are probably better explanations of how religion is covered in schools but I suspect it isn’t really rammed down their throats. The link below also suggests there is an acknowledgment that other belief systems exist ie atheism

Surely being taught an overview of all religions is a step towards tolerance?

Sorry forgot the link

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/teaching-wiki/national-curriculum-for-religious-education

 

[Deleted member 77198]

Tune into Christian fm or any similar radio station.
It's not long before they ask you to send them money, so they can "continue to spread the message"
Fucking con artists, preying on the weak willed.

 

[crublue1]

There are probably better explanations of how religion is covered in schools but I suspect it isn’t really rammed down their throats. The link below also suggests there is an acknowledgment that other belief systems exist ie atheism

Surely being taught an overview of all religions is a step towards tolerance?

Or we could accept it for the farce it is and teach our children more important things instead.
Love, respect and tolerance for your fellow humans doesn't need to be linked to religion, in fact it's counterproductive to do so.

 

[journolud]

Or we could accept it for the farce it is and teach our children more important things instead.
Love, respect and tolerance for your fellow humans doesn't need to be linked to religion, in fact it's counterproductive to do so.

We’re a multicultural society with people of many faiths. What could be more important than teaching our children tolerance of those faiths while encouraging an open mind about them.

I don’t know how it works in a faith school or particularly how it works in general but I remember vaguely from my boys school days that Religious Education was very different to how it was at the Brother run Catholic school I went to and had an emphasis on tolerance, citizenship, compassion, being a decent human being.

I don’t follow a religion myself so have no agenda to push but do think some of the more stridently held and expressed atheist views are the opposite of the above

 

[Deleted member 77198]

“God is the creator, nothing can come from nothing”… yeah? well, if nothing can come from nothing, who created god?

“Everything is god’s will”… yeah? well, if everything is god’s will then what are you praying for? You’re praying for things that, if they are not part of his plan, they won’t happen so what’s the point?

 

[crublue1]

Ha ha that's quality. "I pray to Jo pesci, and the results are similar" brilliant.

Mr Jefferies on god at a party, apologies if seen.

 

[crublue1]

We’re a multicultural society with people of many faiths. What could be more important than teaching our children tolerance of those faiths while encouraging an open mind about them.

I don’t know how it works in a faith school or particularly how it works in general but I remember vaguely from my boys school days that Religious Education was very different to how it was at the Brother run Catholic school I went to and had an emphasis on tolerance, citizenship, compassion, being a decent human being.

I don’t follow a religion myself so have no agenda to push but do think some of the more stridently held and expressed atheist views are the opposite of the above

Fair play mate.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Or we could accept it for the farce it is and teach our children more important things instead.
Love, respect and tolerance for your fellow humans doesn't need to be linked to religion, in fact it's counterproductive to do so.

A quote from a scholar and a gentleman.

“Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it.”

Bless you Christopher Hitchens

 

[roy.or.r]

Would I go to Hell if I want to fuck inside a church?