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God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens

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a******s who ruin People's delusions: How pretentious pricks defame a system of moral guidelines set for billions that aid in creating a more charitable and righteous society with the occasion side-effect of fanatics and misguided fools but as a whole provides more good than bad effects and does what nothing else can which is provide a reasonable moral and life guidelines to those with little or the less-than-intelligent.

 

No, I am not pre-ordering.

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Super cool that you wanna be an atheist or whatever, but don't attack a religion. Likewise, religious folks shouldn't push their views down atheists throats. Live and let live, or whatever.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0la5DBtOVNI

 

Super cool that you wanna be an atheist or whatever, but don't attack a religion. Likewise, religious folks shouldn't push their views down atheists throats. Live and let live, or whatever.

 

+5 respect for Pika.

 

OT: You're being a massive hypocrite, Izaya. The main idea of Atheism is to be against religion, often because of it being forced down your throat. To push your atheism down the throat of Christians and the like is just massively hypocritical.

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a******s who ruin People's delusions: How pretentious pricks defame a system of moral guidelines set for billions that aid in creating a more charitable and righteous society with the occasion side-effect of fanatics and misguided fools but as a whole provides more good than bad effects and does what nothing else can which is provide a reasonable moral and life guidelines to those with little or the less-than-intelligent.

 

No, I am not pre-ordering.

Sure...

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UPDATE! Book came in. Pretty good but the first chapter was meh. Then again I ain't the biggest fan of those darn tootin memoirs. That is why I am not getting Hitch-22.

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I like the general consensus of society at the time because it teaches you to be moral and ethical and stuff. (Well, 'cept for Leviticus, but they hadn't straightened their facts out on that yet.) Atheism can't do nearly as good a job in that regard.

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OT: I'm not pre-ordering it because I have no interest in reading s*** I already know.

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fixed to be more accurate

 

OT: I'm not pre-ordering it because I have no interest in reading s*** I already know.

I think there is a lot of stuff in here you wouldn't know.

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I like religion because it teaches you to be moral and ethical and stuff. (Well, 'cept for Leviticus, but they hadn't straightened their facts out on that yet.) Atheism can't do nearly as good a job in that regard.

 

I disagree. Religion has caused war and other forms of violence (for example: The Crusades, The Holocaust, etc.), whereas atheism just leads to a lot of annoying people in the world. I mean, some religion does say 'love everyone and be a good person,' but I've honestly met more good, honest, caring individuals that are Atheist than I have those that are heavily religious.

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I disagree. Religion has caused war and other forms of violence (for example: The Crusades, The Holocaust, etc.), whereas atheism just leads to a lot of annoying people in the world. I mean, some religion does say 'love everyone and be a good person,' but I've honestly met more good, honest, caring individuals that are Atheist than I have those that are heavily religious.

 

i have to agree to some point, but remember that teachings and interpretations are 2 completely different things. its just as Raine says: its fanatics and misguidance that ruin religions name. im not saying this to protect religion in any way, im atheist, but the only thing i can do is respect other peoples views on the world, even if they may seem ridiculous or just plain silly.

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It looks pretty dumb. Like zarkus said, it just looks like a bunch of stuff that I already know.

 

And honestly izaya, you can go to some religious or political forum and shove atheism down their throats, but seriously, this is a children's card game forum. And it's also kind of annoying.

 

Sometimes I feel angry at hardcore religious people too, but I don't start telling everyone about it.

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I like to consider myself a firm atheist but I will not order the book because just based on the title, It's bound to be stuff I already know.

 

Religion is only a bad thing when the extremists get to play around with it, since all religions in truth basicly

only wants you to live a good life (a.k.a not steal, murder etc.), if you ask me.

Every war religion caused is because one or more side(s) thought that their God was the right one and that they were on some kind of mission (eventhough no religion that I know of says that anywhere) "to rid the world of heretics", heretics being every single person not worshiping the same god as you do.

 

Atheists should not force their opinions and views on theists and neither should theists force their religious oppinions and views on to atheists, period.

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Generally I am the most accepting person you will ever meet. You are who you are, and you believe what you believe.

 

However, there are days when I look at history, and see the horrific atrocities committed in the name of religion, and I become angry. I am against the institution of religion. I do not care about belief; you are entitled to your own beliefs. Religion, however, is an institution of forced conformity; it is a tool for mass hysteria and war-mongering; it is a political institution, a control mechanism, and the most powerful instrument of destruction and ignorance the world has ever known.

 

Today, however, is not one of those days...

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The main idea of Atheism is to be against religion, often because of it being forced down your throat. To push your atheism down the throat of Christians and the like is just massively hypocritical.

 

Nope. The main idea of atheism is the belief that there isn't a god. What you're talking about is antitheism, which is completely different in its nature.

 

I would like to read God is not Great some day, just to hear some of Hitchens' words on the subject. Never heard of him until he passed away, but he seems like an interesting person.

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