how is christianity monotheistic

[dipp]

father, son, holy ghost

son kills self, resurrected as different embodiment

explanation, anyone? seems like quite a few gods up in this shit

asked my exes preacher this when she coerced me into going to her church, the conversation rapidly devolved into me stating my basis for life is what he would consider all sinful pleasures

tits make a man do strange things

then again i'm asking my fellow dgs/aogs to try and explain religion smh o.O O.o

:X

[pokemath]

They're supposed to be three separate embodiments of a single shared spirit

[creepin]

they are all of the same godlike essence.

it's kind of like how there's many forms of satan. lucifer, beezlebub, mammon, leviathan, etc

[Dr Seduce]

simple answer:

its all bullshit

[barack obama]

Grammatically correct answer:

It's all bullshit.

[pokemath]

Politically correct answer:

It's not all bullshit

[Dr Seduce]

backwards answer:

.tihsllub lla s'tI

[obscene]

scrambled answer:

s'it lal thillsub

[barack obama]

answer in Braille:

[Dr Seduce]

Leet answer:

17'5 4LL 8ulL5H17.

[UncleShagswell]

visual answer:

[UncleShagswell]

video answer:

[Dr Seduce]

Superhero answer:

[brianh03]

tv show answer

[tispe]

bullshit answer

religions not bullshit

[creepin]

I'm not sure if it's all bullshit or not. There's no way of determining that.

[celtik]

I'm not sure if it's all bullshit or not. There's no way of determining that.

it's funny when people make fun of religion for being "closed minded," but they apparently are 100% certain that religion is fake? I don't know, seems not to make since. Also, why talk so much about something that you don't believe in?

[dipp]

it's funny when people make fun of religion for being "closed minded," but they apparently are 100% certain that religion is fake? I don't know, seems not to make since. Also, why talk so much about something that you don't believe in?

Agnosticism/Deism = Most informed decision imo

I'll concede that religion provides somewhat of a moral compass although eventually, if allowing it too much entanglement on your life that basis of morality can easily erode into a paradigm of divisiveness

imo open mindedness and the ability to see both sides if not more to every argument will always prevail

[david blaine]

oh it's not talking about something you don't believe in. atheism has no belief system, but the ideology behind why it exists is to form the antithesis of religious dogma. the view point is religious dogma causes excuses for abhorrent human behavior, allowing the believer who has faith to go to confession and repent their sins. so it causes people to do shitty things to other people while giving them a cop out for why they do it, thus allowing them to form groups on such shitty behavior (going to war because god told us to, aka we wanna steal your land + women + oil). atheism has no pov, but you'd have to come up with some other reason for going to war if everyone was an atheist, you couldn't say god told us to, you'd have to be logical to justify behavior. and people wouldn't like the answer then, which would cause morality to improve for the human species if atheism was spread around.

[rocksteady]

you can't really group Agnosticism and Deism together...lol
Agnostic admit there is no way to prove one way or another if there is a God, and uses this lack of evidence as their reasoning for making no actual decision.
Deism, the religion/philosophy of several of the founding fathers of the USA, believes that there is a Universal Creator which created all that we see, but does not intervene in human life. They also believe that logic & reason rule the universe.

[dipp]

you can't really group Agnosticism and Deism together...lol
Agnostic admit there is no way to prove one way or another if there is a God, and uses this lack of evidence as their reasoning for making no actual decision.
Deism, the religion/philosophy of several of the founding fathers of the USA, believes that there is a Universal Creator which created all that we see, but does not intervene in human life. They also believe that logic & reason rule the universe.

secular similarities is all i'm sayin

live and let live

no overwhelming guilt/shame complexities attached

[reefer]

started turning into a reddit thread for a minute

[Invictus]

Superhero answer:

omg. I LOVE KARL!

Growing up going to Catholic school, I always found it amusing how the priests and nuns could not answer this very question. I used to get in trouble for repeatedly asking it. When they got tired of that...I brought in "the book" by Anton LaVey.

[420p]

yeah shuda kept that reddit flow very creative guys i was gonna join until someone fucked it up

[velocitization]

In the sense that one does not pray to each of them individually. Where in polytheism, you have separate gods for a specialized purpose. Or whatever

[josez]

it's funny when people make fun of religion for being "closed minded," but they apparently are 100% certain that religion is fake? I don't know, seems not to make since. Also, why talk so much about something that you don't believe in?

im farily opened minded about a lot of things, im a bit of a moral relativist in fact. but yeah, i'm pretty fucking sure the earth is not 6000 years old nor that we're all the offspring of two humans and a talking snake tricking them into bring all the pain, tragedy, and evil into the world. and you know why people talk about it? because it controls our lives because so many other fools believe in it.

seriously one of the stupidest comments on dg ever: lol why do you guys talk about religion so march?? also are you shure its 100% fakes?

[pokemath]

im farily opened minded about a lot of things, im a bit of a moral relativist in fact. but yeah, i'm pretty fucking sure the earth is not 6000 years old nor that we're all the offspring of two humans and a talking snake tricking them into bring all the pain, tragedy, and evil into the world. and you know why people talk about it? because it controls our lives because so many other fools believe in it. seriously one of the stupidest comments on dg ever: lol why do you guys talk about religion so march?? also are you shure its 100% fakes?

Christians don't universally/collectively agree on all of your aforementioned statements. In fact I wouldn't say the majority of them believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old. But just because there's an insanely low probability of an event or series of events occurring doesn't mean it's impossible so nobody can say something did or didn't happen at all since there's no definitive proof for either argument, so why even bother arguing about it?

And how does belief in a religion control lives? I think it improves lifestyles by setting a moral compass and rules to live by since most popular religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.) all teach peace.

[enemy of juden]

atheism as we know it was conceived by OG commie kike karl marx to allow it's adherents to devote 100% of spiritual energy to materialism.
it is submission to inherent human flaws.

do note a strictly literal interpretation of the bible has negligible leaps in logic compared to the average atheist's thoughts on niggers.

[josez]

Christians don't universally/collectively agree on all of your aforementioned statements. In fact I wouldn't say the majority of them believe that the Earth is 6,000 years old. But just because there's an insanely low probability of an event or series of events occurring doesn't mean it's impossible so nobody can say something did or didn't happen at all since there's no definitive proof for either argument, so why even bother arguing about it?

And how does belief in a religion control lives? I think it improves lifestyles by setting a moral compass and rules to live by since most popular religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.) all teach peace.

The entire reason for Jesus to die for our collective sins is all based on the notion of original sin, all of Christianity has that as its absolute core. it's the entire reason we need to be saved. And no, I don't buy the ridiculous idea of a snake and one woman being the whole cause of it. I'm not arguing, I just think in terms of probabilities, its absolutely fucking low like so low it borders on the ridiculous. There's plenty of other theories I could pull out of my ass, but would you give them as much credence as this one? Or does this one deserve more because its engrained itself so much in the psyche of the population. Your idea, while nice and polite, is not realistic. Sure we can hear someone's ideas out, but there are more realistic and probable explanations that obviously deserve more time and attention.

Also, religion has probably been the dominant force/power in human civilization for the past 3000-5000 years. It has engrained itself so much into the power structure over that time, and modern power institution have learned a lot from it. I would need proof to ask for religion improving lives and setting a moral compass as we have the past 5000 years as a track record of religion and religious institutions running shit. Not exactly super peaceful. Also, we're not children, I think we both have realized by now that what someone preaches, it isnt exactly what they practice. *pun intended* I mean sure you might throw up Mao and Stalin, killing god knows how many hundreds of millions and being atheist. *ps, im not atheist* that's cool i dont deny that, i'm not arguing morality, or care about it that much. to be honest, im a bit of nihilist and think the whole human race is corrupt and contemptible, however sometimes i also see the beauty and love in mankind, but those two emotions are always coming and going like the tides.

[celtik]

im farily opened minded about a lot of things, im a bit of a moral relativist in fact. but yeah, i'm pretty fucking sure the earth is not 6000 years old nor that we're all the offspring of two humans and a talking snake tricking them into bring all the pain, tragedy, and evil into the world. and you know why people talk about it? because it controls our lives because so many other fools believe in it.

seriously one of the stupidest comments on dg ever: lol why do you guys talk about religion so march?? also are you shure its 100% fakes?

lol nice one broe...have fun enjoying this "obamacare" and everything else obama does that you never cared about until he started allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the US

And how does belief in a religion control lives? I think it improves lifestyles by setting a moral compass and rules to live by since most popular religions (Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.) all teach peace.

[celtik]

edit: double post

[HAZMAT]

god is an imaginary friend for grownups

[josez]

lol nice one broe...have fun enjoying this "obamacare" and everything else obama does that you never cared about until he started allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the US

i dont even live in america. havent for three years now.
and i dont support obamacare and yes i do support illegal immigrants, my family is made up of them. my mother and father, aunts and uncles. who cares, i know hundreds of illegal immigrants, overall they're nice, honest, hardworking people who work shit jobs to provide for their families. they suffer and don't expect a fair lot out of life, but they'll suffer because they know that's what life is. also some, if not most, illegal immigrants do pay taxes. lol argue against me, when you dont even know one illegal immigrant.
also, i made the arguement about religion and its influence/power over society for the last 5000 years, don't be glib, yo.

[josez]

until he started allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the US

also reagan gave amnesty to the illegals back in 1986, lol its how my dad got legalized. add that to your conservative/libertarian framework and try not to let it discombobulate you.
just looked it up, yup 3 million wetbacks, goddamn. seriously there should be a picture or reagan next to the virgin de guadalupe in every mexican household.

[Crazy]

i know hundreds of illegal immigrants, overall they're nice, honest, hardworking people who work shit jobs to provide for their families. they suffer and don't expect a fair lot out of life, but they'll suffer because they know that's what life is

Couldn't agree more. In fact I contend that if we remove or drastically reduce the welfare state and free market regulations, stop getting involved in foreign conflicts and the affairs of other nations, we could practically remove the entire idea of an "immigration policy." Never really had a problem with immigrants competing for work. Everyone benefits.

[pokemath]

The entire reason for Jesus to die for our collective sins is all based on the notion of original sin, all of Christianity has that as its absolute core. it's the entire reason we need to be saved. And no, I don't buy the ridiculous idea of a snake and one woman being the whole cause of it. I'm not arguing, I just think in terms of probabilities, its absolutely fucking low like so low it borders on the ridiculous. There's plenty of other theories I could pull out of my ass, but would you give them as much credence as this one? Or does this one deserve more because its engrained itself so much in the psyche of the population. Your idea, while nice and polite, is not realistic. Sure we can hear someone's ideas out, but there are more realistic and probable explanations that obviously deserve more time and attention.

I think most "theories" have just as much inexplicableness as any other theory, not limited to those of religion. To me they just all seem like equally valid beliefs, religion or not

Also, religion has probably been the dominant force/power in human civilization for the past 3000-5000 years. It has engrained itself so much into the power structure over that time, and modern power institution have learned a lot from it. I would need proof to ask for religion improving lives and setting a moral compass as we have the past 5000 years as a track record of religion and religious institutions running shit. Not exactly super peaceful. Also, we're not children, I think we both have realized by now that what someone preaches, it isnt exactly what they practice. *pun intended* I mean sure you might throw up Mao and Stalin, killing god knows how many hundreds of millions and being atheist. *ps, im not atheist* that's cool i dont deny that, i'm not arguing morality, or care about it that much. to be honest, im a bit of nihilist and think the whole human race is corrupt and contemptible, however sometimes i also see the beauty and love in mankind, but those two emotions are always coming and going like the tides.

I don't think it's fair to categorize those acting in the name of religion with the same group as those who are 'righteously' religious. Anyone can claim to be under the flagship of any given denomination and murder by their principles, but I think those exceptions should be distinguishable from the obviously more humane nature of people.

[josez]

I think most "theories" have just as much inexplicableness as any other theory, not limited to those of religion. To me they just all seem like equally valid beliefs, religion or not

dude that's completely ludicrous. so does the earth revolve around the sun or vice versa? or they're both equally valid theories that should be given equal weight and consideration and have both taught in school and given equal air time?

I don't think it's fair to categorize those acting in the name of religion with the same group as those who are 'righteously' religious. Anyone can claim to be under the flagship of any given denomination and murder by their principles, but I think those exceptions should be distinguishable from the obviously more humane nature of people.

i think it is fair to categorize them. i guess we'll just have to agree to disagree