Switch Religions for a Week!! (Oppurtunity). (1 Viewer)

[sam04u]

I've come up with an idea (which will benefit members of the board willing to participate), all those interested post here.

Here's what will happen (everyone interested, will announce/denouce their faiths for a week), including progressive reports of day to day activity, ofcourse we'll need experts to help keep this thing running... and should start about this time tommorow.

Post here if you're interested, and post your current religion. (at the end we'll all be able to better understand.)

[this is going to be hard for me.. as a devout muslim... but, so long as i don't die in this week i'll be ok]

So post up, i'll choose a religion for you to try. ~_~.....
(You guys can choose a religion/no religion for me.)

-[hoping for responses]

 

[littlewing69]

you can't just pick up a religion like that.

 

[transcendent]

easier to drop a religion than pick one up. as an atheist you aren't required to drop your moral stand point but are in some ways required to explain how you came to value that stand point, whereas to become religious you have to first extensively research their belief, their rituals and adhere to their doctrines. one is easy and requires not doing anything, the other requires picking up and learning things. it's an imbalanced approach.

 

[littlewing69]

easier to drop a religion than pick one up. as an atheist you aren't required to drop your moral stand point but are in some ways required to explain how you came to value that stand point, whereas to become religious you have to first extensively research their belief, their rituals and adhere to their doctrines. one is easy and requires not doing anything, the other requires picking up and learning things. it's an imbalanced approach.

1.) Being religious doesn't necessarily entail adhering to one specific tradition's dogma.
2.) Religious people can and do examine the origins of their moral stance.
3.) Being a good atheist should involve some education on the subject, no?

 

[Ennaybur]

I'm interested,
current religious stance: athiest

 

[transcendent]

How do you educate a religious person on Atheism? =\

 

[littlewing69]

How do you educate a religious person on Atheism? =\

Well, being a good atheist, to my mind, would require knowledge of logic, science, and some atheist philosophy.

 

[Ennaybur]

How do you educate a religious person on Atheism? =\

step one: educate them

 

[transcendent]

It was a rhetorical question

I see being Atheism as being free from Theism's oppression. You have the liberty to take control of your own life, take responsibility for all your actions ( as opposed to attributing good things to God and bad things to the Devil ) and explore life with no limitation or obligation.

 

[littlewing69]

It was a rhetorical question

I see being Atheism as being free from Theism's oppression. You have the liberty to take control of your own life, take responsibility for all your actions ( as opposed to attributing good things to God and bad things to the Devil ) and explore life with no limitation or obligation.

Fair enough.

I'm not an atheist, but I know many good ones, and they are well-versed in philosophy and religion--often moreso than any theists. You're in good company.

 

[Aznpsycho]

Don't be an obnoxious ass - religious or athiest, you're not doing yourself any favours.

 

[walrusbear]

what's the freaking obsession with religion on this board?
and most of the opinions are horrible trite (both 'atheists' and otherwise)
and it's opportunity, not oppurtunity