Athena

The book "Empire of Illusion" by Chris Hedges begins with an explanation of the Wrestlemania mentality and comparing it to our political reality. Does...

Interesting questions. Without knowledge there is no logic for even logic is learned. We are born only with the potential for learning.

okay, I see.

It is not apples and oranges. The God of Abraham is the same God in all three religions. He is a jealous, revengeful, fearsome and punishing God. The ...

Did you tell me to mind my own business?

We take being civilized for granted and that is a big mistake. I hope we learn better because if our economy crashes before we understand what makes u...

Oh my, I see. You know what you know and that is not much, and it will not change unless you want to change it. I will leave you alone with what you w...

That question came after your quote, in the same post, so yes the question is directed at you. You are explaining reality to us and I am asking what d...

Muslims do not hate us. How many of them do you know? There are fanatics in every religion who have some pretty awful ideas and there are normal peopl...

And after studying the other religions how did you come to that decision?

That is not how I believe. I think that belief is very problematic so I must speak against it, but I hesitate to do that because I know without that b...

:chin: What do you think makes us civilized?

Quite obviously only that which benefits our survival can promote the life of our species and if we are ignorant and make bad choices, death is the co...

I am glad we could agree on something.

We have come a long way since Darwin. You might want to read "Science of Good and Evil" before you defend your argument that evolutionists can't expla...

A nonintellectual person is apt to have beliefs s/he does not question and goes through life reacting to everything based on the belief. An intellectu...

Not true. We are good to each other for the same reason other social animals are good to each other. Our problem is not recognizing our limits that ar...

Our brains are the product of evolution. We being with the reptilian brain. The next layer is the evolved mammalian brain. Then comes the devolved cor...

I feel confident that when the stories were first told they were not fiction, but when everyone who remembered the events died, the stories became fic...

Okay, I will try this again. Do you see a cutting remark in that quote? I could be wrong, but that appears to be a disrespectful comment, a cutting re...

I think you missed the point. I don't know about you but I find it very hard to focus on the subject when I want to lash out at someone. I also I know...

Now that is a good post. I am saying so with the hope others will follow your example. You make me ponder your thoughts, and I notice I am doing so wi...

Hum, that is true, but for some reason, your posts seem to carry a knife. That is not an innocent statement and I do not enjoy such cutting remarks. T...

Wow, what are you thinking? That seems to be an insult, not a reasonable argument? Is it your intention to dismiss reason and insult someone? It requi...

Perhaps your post would be more pleasant if you understood what we can understand depends on what you already know. When people are from different cul...

Just this morning while playing a word game I realized "belie" is part of the word "believe". That seems to indicate whose words are part of the consc...

Thank you. :lol: The way I am built it is really hard to piss into the wind. I could try spitting into the wind but I don't think that would work so w...

Really you are not aware of news in the USA and Christians interpreting the Bible to justify discrimination and even brutalizing of homosexuals? I dou...

Looks true to me. The Christian right not only elected Bush Jr. and Cheny, but they got them reelected after the wrongful invasion of Iraq. We could a...

That is the correct fact. And now about the treatment of people with dark skins and or Native Americans, Christians do not have a good track record.

Fine, Let us agree there is no big difference between the God of Abraham religions and they are all based on the same false beliefs and unacceptable b...

Yes! When I was a Toastmistess I thought being President was the best thing in the world. Little did I know long term members didn't run for president...

You cheat. You know the Bible is about kings and slaves and surely we claim the Bible is God's truth, and then you dismiss all the evil in the Bible, ...

A reminder, I don't dare do Youtube because my internet time is limited by information bites and if I use them too fast, I wind up with no internet un...

And when did Christians start being any different? When?

Yes, Christianity is about kings and slaves, not democracy. That is why I object so strongly to Christianity. It is not compatible with democracy, and...

You obviously have different information than I do, and I don't believe as you do. Is that so hard for you to get your head around? Here is what I bel...

What does that have to do with religion? The God of Abraham has a kingdom not a democracy. One of the most important wars in history was the Maccabean...

Since you are the authority on Islam and I most certainly am not, please correct this Wikipedia explanation of Allah and explain how other ideas of th...

You got that right.

That is a hierarchy of authority. It separates management from the laborer as Christianity separates those born to rule from those born to serve.

What the heck! Why are you so onerary? Mohammid plagiarized Jewish and Christian stories to write a book for Arabs. The mentality at that time was not...

Most industry is built on the autocratic model, right? I said Germany has more industry based on the democratic model than the US but are there some i...

Yeah, and I just wish we all agreed that is why prayers work. It is not a special gift from Jesus. It doesn't matter what religion a person is practic...

:lol: You and I are having a very different conversation than everyone else. I prefer the conversation we are having. Wanting knowledge is not wanting...

Starting with the God of Abraham all the notions of God are false, so my dear, there is no god who hates people, there are only people who believe the...

That was an interesting read that held my attention. However, when I asked my question, I was not thinking of comparing human stories of the gods. My ...

What is important or what is true? In an extremely short time, say between Bacon and the present, we have we overcome the evils that took our children...

How is such a god who can be known different from Zeus?

Same God for Jews, Christians and Muslims. It is not logical to believe one of these groups has the true god and the others do not because they do not...