Posted by YC (142.165.188.249) on November 23, 2000 at 18:21:24:
In Reply to: Alright, I've had about enough of this posted by YC on November 23, 2000 at 09:13:24:
Alright, I was gonna just not touch this topic again but I felt I needed too.
First off, i'd like to apolagize for my last post, I went pretty overboard on you travis, but I was pretty worked up and a little pissed off at the same time which is not good when in an argument.
You wanted to know what I believe so i'll tell you.
I basically require proof to believe things, I don't just pick something and believe in it.
I don't believe in god or any higher power.
I believe there is a scientific explanation for everything, maybe we don't understand it now, but in the future science will explain all things.
I don't believe in fate, destiny, or supersticion. Don't ask why, I just don't.
I don't claim to know how the world was created, I know what I believe happened, but I can't prove that the religious explanation is not true, so I won't try and tell you it's wrong either.
Also, i'd just like to clarify something. You said you don't like being referred to as a sheep, I can't really remember ever calling you a sheep but alright. When I comment on people being sheep I am referring to people who just blindly follow religion without any thought for themselves. Kind of the "that's the way it's always been so that's how i'll be" thing. Some people can't help it, if your brought up from a little kid being taken to church and having god pounded into your head chances are you will be religous when you get older. I believe the only way to truly make your own opinion on such things is to be left out of it until you are old enough to weigh both sides and decide yourself.
The thing that really bugs me the most as I said before is when somebody works hard for something and when they get it, credit it to god. I say fuck that you worked for it you should be giving yourself the credit. I also don't like it when something bad happens and people say "why did god allow this to happen". Those are my pet pieves.
I also don't have a problem with religous people, I have a problem with religous organizations and organized religion. It then deviates from the religion to the benefit of itself, that's how everything is in this world, not just religous stuff.
These are just my OPINIONS and BELIEFS. If you have comments to make don't bother attacking what I said above because it really doesn't affect me what you believe and we both know that at the end of the day we're going to believe the same things we do now anyway.
YC