Jareth Posted March 9 VT Supporter Share Posted March 9 It is difficult not to notice American clamour for scripture. Also Israeli clamour for theological supremacy. The UK has evangelisists, but I'm pretty sure we are quite secular. Personally I am worried that most of the western world has lost rationality. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 As opposed to the non Western world? The whole world is bonkers to some degree. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 9 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9 Just now, Xela said: As opposed to the non Western world? The whole world is bonkers to some degree. The US has banned abortion, Israel has an attitude that being so close to god gives them a right to mass murder, and have you met UK evangelists? Very weird people, but they are prevalent especially amongst the middle classes, and they are also devout and dedicated. It freaks me out that a middle class mate has a brother that is an evangelist - a church of theirs used to be just a church but it's now a mostly white stronghold of wealthy easily scared people in the centre of Bristol. These people are supposed to care about share prices etc but they have a theological foundation. There is so much good about religion but we are moving from nationalism to theologiasm, it's scary shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Maybe they have noticed that secular values carry no political weight but theological values do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 9 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 9 11 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: Maybe they have noticed that secular values carry no political weight but theological values do? More than noticed, tory MPs have based their careers on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loxstock92 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 41 minutes ago, Jareth said: have you met UK evangelists? Very weird people That’s my mom unfortunately. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 There are no gods. Religion causes evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 10 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: There are no gods. Religion causes evil. Nah - people cause it - under the banner of religion Edited March 10 by Jareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruitvilla Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: There are no gods. While I agree with this ... I remain agnostic ... ie I don't have an ideology or doctrine regarding gods. 30 minutes ago, Jareth said: 2 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Religion causes evil. Nah - people cause it - under the banner of religion Nah ... evil (and good) are social constructs ... literally, they are figments of our collective imagination. Also, I think you mean theistic disaster, rather than theological. Or perhaps religious disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted March 10 Author VT Supporter Share Posted March 10 3 minutes ago, fruitvilla said: While I agree with this ... I remain agnostic ... ie I don't have an ideology or doctrine regarding gods. Nah ... evil (and good) are social constructs ... literally, they are figments of our collective imagination. Also, I think you mean theistic disaster, rather than theological. Or perhaps religious disaster. I'm not an academic, I mean religiousness has corrupted politics. It will get worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10 Moderator Share Posted March 10 This topic appears to have no clear definition of what it is and why it shouldn’t be part of the all purpose religion topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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