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Human nature and not religion is the cause of violence in the World. If religion did not exist at all there would be just as many senseless acts of violence, murders, and wars. This is a psychological problem not a social problem with religion.

Gee I don't know. Sometimes I think people are so obsessed with Jesus the lose sight of God. The word "Jesus" is an idol for many people. There is only one true all-powerful all-loving God and that God is God. My faith in God is probably stronger than most idol worshipers. I believe our...

What does it mean for "Christ is in you" ? Does it mean you repeat the magic words exactly like they are suppose to be said. Yes, I've taken the Lord Jesus Christ as my savior. But what does that mean other than blind obedience to the authorities in the church? Or idol worshiper words of...

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Here's another interesting video on the context of religion: Although I do not agree with the author's negative conclusions, the content is interesting and supports religion in my opinion.

Interesting video on the thread topic:

I like George more than Paul:

Airplanes are just as evil has a fork or butter knife. I think human agents would be more responsible for the evils you've presented than the technology used to carry out the evil. I would argue human nature is the problem not our technology. Everyone is likely familiar with the 19th century...

"Buddhism suffers", great pun!!! I think many people idolize the words in the Bible without any regard to what the words actually mean.

Are you suggesting semantic pareidolia idea for God. Meaning is in the mind of the beholder?

I once read the Sanskrit word for God was gender neutral. I am not an expert on Sanskrit and I was never able to confirm if this is the case. Maybe you have some link you can provide with insights int he Sanskrit language and the word for God.

God is a word. I think we can at least agree on that. The word God means something. I think we can agree on that. What the word God means is purely subjective so it is up to each of us to decide the best possible meaning for the word God. I am currently resonating with a type of meaning for...

I think God ignores our prayers. However, I do believe prayers, mantras, and religious rituals serve a purpose for aligning our minds in the proper direction. I think it is all up to us to solve ALL our own problems. Whether it is justice for our sins or healing for our sicknesses. As I've...

Sorry to hear you are uncomfortable. The problem with scripture is interpreted in a million different ways. I don't want to upset you so I will just accept your answer. People pray and God participates is a fine answer. I'm sorry to hear you hurt people you loved. When this happens, at...

When you say "God fulfills them" are you saying God as a conscious person choosing to interact with the affairs of men. It seems to me God is mostly indifferent to our prayers. Based on human experiments there is no amount of evil God will not tolerate in order to preserve our free-will. It...

If it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger. Pain builds character.

Anything else would not have any meaning. At some point, the word God has to mean something.

The most interesting thing about the Wright brothers was the invention of the optimally shaped airplane propeller.

No problem with any of your responses. First, power corrupts. The way power corrupts is psychological problem. It has nothing to do with a whether you have a left wing or right wing totalitarian type government. Marx had amazing insights into the problems of laissez faire capitalism like...