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« on: July 26, 2004, 01:46:02 PM »
i'm gonna have to agree with the janitor above me.
hovever unhappy it will make the world, the truth is better than a lie. why waste your whole life working for a lie, when you can work for something worthwhile and important in the long run(this is, of course, going back to the assumption that religion as a whole is found to be false).
if religions proves to be false, wouldn't it be better to spend the time that would otherwise be spent worshipping improving the quality of your time on earth?
the absense of religion does not mean the absense of peace, fellowship, or a feeling of belonging. i for one, would argue that of all the things things that caused peace, or continued peace, it would NOT be religion. religion has been a root cause of conflict in many, many wars throughout history. Is it not also true, that though there be atheists among the population of the world, they do not suffer from a lack of fellowship or feeling of belonging. being an atheist myself i'm quite willing to say that one could live without a god and still have all of the above.
anyway, basically my point is, i don't see that religion is required for people to live a good life, it just is a helpful tool for the lazy to find meaning.(absolutely no offense meant to any of you religious folks out there *grins*)