Posted by Pimpsy G.

Both of those sites are actually full of very good debaters. If you're good at debating, you can prove almost anyone wrong no matter how ridiculous the concept is (flat earth society), especially on a forum.

LAWL!
Theyre both parodies. 10/10  

Even if those sites were just satire, who's to say some random person found it, and joined in believing the discussions were serious and dedicated? There's definitely some people on those forums that are legitimate believers of those 'experiments' and the flat earth theory.  

Even I'm smart enough to stay out of this one.
....*sigh* fine..


Some people just don't want to learn, I don't blame them, the religions paint a much more inspiring outlook at life, even if they are not scientifically true. Religions show humans as great important beings being cared after by a guiding deity... Science explains and proves but in the end makes you realize you are just one organism on a small rock orbiting one of the millions and millions of stars in just one of the millions of galaxy's in a infinite galaxy.
Religion says you will go to a good place if you support the religion and continue it, science shows why humans make religions to cope and explain and unite and shows how what we are is just the workings of the brain and on death we simply cease being able to think and rot away and decompose...

They won't change, it's very hard to change their beliefs, same with political views. I don't even bother now unless they try to spew their nonsense near me.

As long as the cults stay out of laws and our lives then okay. They can huddle in their places of worship and live how they want if it makes them feel better. They are brought into it from a young age. Converting them would be like convincing them that blue is really red, or that they really live In the matrix.


All in all, it makes for fights, hard feelings, and furthers the intolerance for each others beliefs/facts.

Also as for the water into wine, not that hard, dehydrated grape powder, put a handfull into water, looks and smells like wine,

I did it as a party trick and really ticked a few people off.  

Posted by Talon

Even if those sites were just satire, who's to say some random person found it, and joined in believing the discussions were serious and dedicated? There's definitely some people on those forums that are legitimate believers of those 'experiments' and the flat earth theory.

This. This is why it's hard to tell sometimes.

higbey

This just in! 10 more pages added to the religious debate thread!
But yeah I agree with most of that. Besides the idea that science makes us feel insignificant. Neil degrasse tyson's star quote is a food example.  

Posted by Pimpsy G.

Actually I think its not, or at least its to the point where they are so serious and so dedicated that its almost impossible to tell. I read that site four years ago and some people still post there actively to this day. They have their own complex theories and terminology. Its interesting to debate with them. They aren't your average jokesters.

I know flatearth is a satire, haven't looked at the other one but I'm sure that one is also satrical based on the link provided here.  

Posted by Crono

I know flatearth is a satire, haven't looked at the other one but I'm sure that one is also satrical based on the link provided here.

They both are.  

Lol now I got there for my daily laugh. This site wants to ban Diablo 3. Over my dead body.  

Posted by Higbey

long stuff

You act as if every religious person is a cultist who denounces science and praises the lord in all his holy glory.  

Posted by Imprint

You act as if every religious person is a cultist who denounces science and praises the lord in all his holy glory.

I understand your statement but to be fair when I went to my Lutheran private school my science teacher saw a statement in our text book saying deer have been around for hundereds of thousands of years and she freaked out and made all of us all read an article claiming the earth is only 6000 years old. I'm not stereotyping or anything, but its easy for people that have never been religious to assume things like that because of people like this. Same goes vise versa.  

Faith.  

Posted by Imprint

You act as if every religious person is a cultist who denounces science and praises the lord in all his holy glory.

All religions are technically cults, just more widespread. Personally I liked the greek and roman gods and myths. Just feels kinda pointless and only causes problems now.  

Posted by Higbey

All religions are technically cults, just more widespread.

Uh, care to elaborate a bit more on this one? I fail to understand how all religions are technically cults, so any insight would be appreciated here.  

All are a group of people believing in a set belief and following a guideline of the group, usually the basis of the beliefs are religious, although not always, basically, all religions qualify as a cult, not all cults are religious.  

Posted by Higbey

All are a group of people believing in a set belief and following a guideline of the group, usually the basis of the beliefs are religious, although not always, basically, all religions qualify as a cult, not all cults are religious.

Ok then, you just took a very broad definition of the word cult. I guess I'll give you credit, since you are technically correct, but the word cult has a very negative connotation attached to it, so I'm assuming you called all religions cults to get some sort of response. So with your broad definition of what a cult is, it is technically safe to call atheism a cult as well.  

Posted by -Albus

Ok then, you just took a very broad definition of the word cult. I guess I'll give you credit, since you are technically correct, but the word cult has a very negative connotation attached to it, so I'm assuming you called all religions cults to get some sort of response. So with your broad definition of what a cult is, it is technically safe to call atheism a cult as well.

Well technically humans are all in a cult as well as they all are humans, technically a cult is just a group of similar people, same with community, it's just the connotation of cults are negative creepy mysterious people doing rituals, wearing matching outfits, although when you think about it, eating biscuits and wine to symbolize eating your saviour's flesh and blood...
And the not eating meat from a animal without certain feet... And starving yourself, and praying in a certain direction, and covering your females complete body.... And believing a guy back in the time of the roman empire, came to north America, which wasn't discovered yet, and was inhabitated by indigenous people whose religions and limited records showed none of this....

Hindu has too many gods for me to even satire, and Buddhism.... Eh... I won't go over the lesser known or dead religions, but they have pretty silly stuff too...


At least the cult of cthulhu had more tentacle rape in their armageddon views.

I wasn't supposed to get into this but the philosophical cynical and analytical sides of me drew me in.