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DaveinGermany · 29-01-2010, 17:18

Must admit to being on the side of Accyman on the religion question. I tend to have a rather jaded view towards "All religions". Since there are so many who can claim to be right ? which is the true religion of & for man ? It seems over the years the right one was the one that was backed up with the greater show of force ! Persecution & putting to death of non believers has sounded from followers of many religions it appears generic to that individuals belief.

I'm not against people of faith lets make that clear, each & everyone one of us has that right to choose what we believe in & should that be the belief in a faith & all its encompassing Deities, well good for you, but please don't try to ram it down the throats of those of us who have no truck with religion! Why should a religious book define who I am & how I should behave. we have books of Laws & Statutes, etc which should be sufficient to guide us.

Our Families & Friends should also be relevant to our developing & behaviour as people. These are the ones who give us our basic tenets of decency/ respect/self worth/fairness, they are truly omnipresent not some fabled omnipotence that we should aspire to. Sadly though with some families this is not the case & it is immaterial if they have faith or not, they are just deficient regardless, this is a trait of being Human & we are what we are. If there was a supreme being would they not have made us perfect ?

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DaveinGermany a multieloquent Mule Xeno Tactic Champion! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Back in Bramsche, Germany Posts: 9,023 Blog Entries: 76 Liked: 4664 times Rep Power: 905668	Re: These people are animals in the name of religion Must admit to being on the side of Accyman on the religion question. I tend to have a rather jaded view towards "All religions". Since there are so many who can claim to be right ? which is the true religion of & for man ? It seems over the years the right one was the one that was backed up with the greater show of force ! Persecution & putting to death of non believers has sounded from followers of many religions it appears generic to that individuals belief. I'm not against people of faith lets make that clear, each & everyone one of us has that right to choose what we believe in & should that be the belief in a faith & all its encompassing Deities, well good for you, but please don't try to ram it down the throats of those of us who have no truck with religion! Why should a religious book define who I am & how I should behave. we have books of Laws & Statutes, etc which should be sufficient to guide us. Our Families & Friends should also be relevant to our developing & behaviour as people. These are the ones who give us our basic tenets of decency/ respect/self worth/fairness, they are truly omnipresent not some fabled omnipotence that we should aspire to. Sadly though with some families this is not the case & it is immaterial if they have faith or not, they are just deficient regardless, this is a trait of being Human & we are what we are. If there was a supreme being would they not have made us perfect ?