re: #160 c6gunner

Ok, I can agree with that. But the fact of the matter is that most religious people today came to their beliefs through simple indoctrination as children. Why should we have any respect for that?

It is also a fact that many people go through a period of questioning of their faith, then return either to their original faith or a different one.

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However, it doesn’t matter how nicely you dress up your religion, or how educated you may sound while talking about it - the fact of the matter is that there is just as much evidence and logic behind Scientology as there is behind the Abrahamic faiths. The main reason we think Scientology is exceptionally nutty is because it’s a recent invention - if it had been invented 2,000 years ago, it would enjoy the same level of respect as other religions.

re: #176 c6gunner

That’s much better, mainly because it’s completely different from your original statement. The two don’t even resemble eachother.

Anyway, it’s still wrong. Plenty of people DO use god as a crutch

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And plenty of people don’t. What is your point?

If you don’t realize this, you haven’t spoken to any creationists. Or any Fundamentalist Muslims. Or Orthodox Jews. Or Native Americans. Or Africans. In point of fact, you’d have to be completely ignorant of numerous forms of mythology in order to make such claims. Read some Greek Legends some time. Or, hell, read the Bible! People have been using God as an explanation for natural phenomenon since they were first able to fathom the idea of a supernatural being - and we continue to do it today. How can you possibly deny such a self-evident fact?

You use the word “fact” very often, in almost everything you say.
What information to you have, other than your own observations (perhaps biased, perhaps not), to prove these “facts”?