Your Religous Views

[Proofpoochie]

Beer sucks almost as much as religion.

Nothing can suck as much as religion. Except maybe Justin Beiber.

[Mitchal]

Beer sucks almost as much as religion.

Nothing can suck as much as religion. Except maybe Justin Beiber.

Quit being envious of Bieber's fame. You know that you just want to be him.

Also, Dionysus is my favorite god. Who's yours?

[Cimmerian Dragon]

The Morrígan.

Though Artemis ranks a close second.

Beer sucks almost as much as religion.

Give me one afternoon, and I bet I could find a beer that you'd enjoy. Have you sampled anything beyond the macro-brews?

[RedZillaKing]

Tiamat. Chaaaaaaoooossss!

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Beer sucks almost as much as religion.

Give me one afternoon, and I bet I could find a beer that you'd enjoy. Have you sampled anything beyond the macro-brews?

This reminds me of The Oatmeal

[Cimmerian Dragon]

The difference between a beer lover and a beer elitist...beer lovers can admit that there are some damn good macros out there.

[Kaiju-King42]

So... is it a bad thing to be an Atheist? Cause that's what someone I know has been trying to tell me all week. I mean, the way he respond to me being an Atheist was in the tone of someone responding to an Al Qaeda sympathizer. Well, okay, maybe not that bad. It was more like: "Oh, man, being an Atheist is not good. Oh no, you should follow a religion. It's a bad thing if you don't! Don't tell me there's no higher power up there, I CAN FEEL HIM!"

Stuff like that.

[GotengoXGodzilla]

So... is it a bad thing to be an Atheist?

The important question is: Do you think it's a bad thing to be an atheist? Who cares what other think? Choosing to be atheist is a personal choice that has to be made by one person and nobody else.

I see nothing bad about being an atheist. If you think being an atheist is a good thing, then it's a good thing. If you don't think that, then no one is forcing you to be one.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

Listen, whether you're an atheist or a person of faith, all I care about is how you treat other people, and how you conduct yourself through life. You can be a good person who believes in God, or a good person who does not. The converse is also true.

Anyone who judges you based upon anything other than your actions is a fool. That's the key ideal that the United States was founded on, but it seems to be the one people forget most often.

[Jomei]

There's a strong cultural bias against Atheists in the west, especially in the US. But no, of course it's not a bad thing. Assuming we're not talking about strict atheism but rather a sort of strong agnostic position (i.e. "I'm not 100% sure there's no God, but there's no good evidence for one and plenty of reasons to doubt the popular conceptions of God, so I'm an atheist in practice"), then it's just the most parsimonious position to take.

[Mitchal]

I live in the freakin' South, and no one cares if you're an atheist.

What sort of backwoods hellholes are you living in where people actually care about this sort of thing?

[Jomei]

I live in the freakin' South, and no one cares if you're an atheist.

What sort of backwoods hellholes are you living in where people actually care about this sort of thing?

There are some famous opinion polls that show, assuming agreement on all other issues, atheists are the least electable group even after Muslims, homosexuals, those with no experience holding office, people in their 70s, and those without any college education.

And while anecdotal evidence isn't as important, I've experienced quit a bit of outright prejudice and plenty of nasty comments (in person, not even talking about internet bullshit) over not being religious.

[Kaiju-King42]

What sort of backwoods hellholes are you living in where people actually care about this sort of thing?

They call it: High School.

[TheSecondComing]

High schools are literally filled to the brim with stupid, phony, immature little jackoffs who haven't figured out any of life's lessons and have only adopted their parent's life philosophies. I've been out of high school since 2005 and there's one person I met there that I talk to a frequent basis.

Don't let kids rile you too much, they don't know better yet.

[Crocodile]

"Oh, man, being an Atheist is not good. Oh no, you should follow a religion. It's a bad thing if you don't! Don't tell me there's no higher power up there, I CAN FEEL HIM!"

Man that sounds like Grade A porn dialogue right there.

Also what TSC said.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

High schools are literally filled to the brim with stupid, phony, immature little jackoffs who haven't figured out any of life's lessons and have only adopted their parent's life philosophies. I've been out of high school since 2005 and there's one person I met there that I talk to a frequent basis.

Don't let kids rile you too much, they don't know better yet.

High schools are also riddled with stupid, phony, immature little jackoffs who think atheism is the way because its diametrically opposed to their parent's philosophies. And most of them think atheism = science, not the lack of a belief.

[TheSecondComing]

High schools are literally filled to the brim with stupid, phony, immature little jackoffs who haven't figured out any of life's lessons and have only adopted their parent's life philosophies. I've been out of high school since 2005 and there's one person I met there that I talk to a frequent basis.

Don't let kids rile you too much, they don't know better yet.

High schools are also riddled with stupid, phony, immature little jackoffs who think atheism is the way because its diametrically opposed to their parent's philosophies. And most of them think atheism = science, not the lack of a belief.

Atheism can be inherited from parents too, or kids can pick up religious belief because it's diametrically opposed to their parent's philosophies. Point is, high school is full of people with partially-formed intellect and you shouldn't take them seriously especially because most of them aren't going to be there after graduation day.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Atheism can be inherited from parents too, or kids can pick up religious belief because it's diametrically opposed to their parent's philosophies. Point is, high school is full of people with partially-formed intellect and you shouldn't take them seriously especially because most of them aren't going to be there after graduation day.

Or even make it to graduation day.

I'mma be a high school teacher. Oh joy.

[Cimmerian Dragon]

I'mma be a high school teacher. Oh joy.

My condolences.

[king_ghidorah]

I personally think Deism is the way to go. It's Christianity but without all the BS and aversion to common sense and science. It was good enough for the founding fathers, good enough for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism