Joey, you actually do seem to have a lot of experience with different religions and appear to actually have given these ideas some thought. Yet you insist on mostly just throwing out one liners. Here a poster laid out a hypothesis on how belief in Gods formed initially. Your reply was that he had a lot to learn. That implies that you have an alternative hypothesis, and that you may have sources. My suggestion was instead of throwing out an empty one-liner, tell him your hypothesis, provide your sources, share a little knowledge. That's what we're here for, and that's what makes these discussions so interesting. If you truly don't feel that you have anything to share then yes, tell me and I'll stop trying to prod you into making better posts since it would be futile.

you are wasting your time

I did one year of a BA in Biblical Theology*, and one of the first things one of our lecturers told us was that if Earth had had two moons, or none, the history of religion would likely have been radically different.

*(µbrag: Maiden Speaker Prize, Dublin University Theological Society, 1999 Competition was not stiff.)

No one here thinks that is what you are doing...it's obvious what you are doing and it gets old. Go play with your new infant and stop stirring up things for no reason.

(Thinking to myself: probably, but maybe not, I really do think Joey has something to offer.)


Sigh.

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and now my pony's slow too

Not sure what inspired your comment but I sure you’re right. I do have a lot to learn.
Perhaps you would be kind enough to reveal any resources that you feel may be helpful at getting me to any facts that would enlighten me on this matter.

Dude, seriously. You're working too hard.

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What is sam Harris's conversational intolerance? He encourages people to have conversations and discuss things. To look and discuss religions with the same critical eye we do everything else. That's the opposite of intolerance. Its the encouragement of conversation. The more you write about people who you've likely never read their works, the more things you get completely wrong.

Time to post an unrelated link.

Splendour gives another nuanced argument with a metaphor about why she wouldn't help a drowning person. But its atheists with flawed thinking.

I can't think of a greater champion for atheism then splenda.

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Eh... thanks for sharing.

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@ILOVEPoker, lol thats gross

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pitiful onslaught sir

it could be countered with phyligers gambit by a complete noob

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lol discussion.

The only conclusion you can draw from having so many religions is that it would be very, very arrogant to think that youre religion is actually the one, the best, etc. Some religions have one god, others have more than 10. Take youre pick.

Little secret: there is no god.

These things happen fairly regularly. People invent some new crap belief and then convince others (and on a few occassions even themselves) that they have to die for the truth.

In the end, all that matters is that jumping off a plane doesn't make your parachute safer. It's a dumb theological argument to claim it does.

Except that in Christianity...I can't speak for other religions....its not an invention its a witness. Also Christians martyrs didn't "seek" death the way some cultists do....they "met" it in defense of their personal witness.

Well, I fail to see the difference between your witnesses and the witnesses of animal spirit worship, except they deliver a slightly different message. I also think your martyrs are of pretty much the exact same ilk as the martyrs of other religions.

I understand that it probably doesn't seem that way to you, because you happen to believe in your religion and not all those other ones.