Religion!

[greyowl]

After more than half a century on Planet Earth, I've come to the conclusion that religion is like masturbation -- there's nothing wrong with it as long as you don't annoy other people and demonstrate poor taste by practicing it in public.

 

[Massive690]

procrastination is like masturbation, it sounds like a good idea at the time... but in the end you just wind up fuckin yourself

 

[MANWHORE]

After more than half a century on Planet Earth, I've come to the conclusion that religion is like masturbation -- there's nothing wrong with it as long as you don't annoy other people and demonstrate poor taste by practicing it in public.

Yes,i like that

 

[greyowl]

Yes,i like that

The latter or the former?

 

[Massive690]

check the quote. he liked yours not mine... fucker

 

[MANWHORE]

The latter or the former?

Well,both of your quotes Owl
Ever notice how the meanest people on earth love going to church or work for the church. I don't know how it is in other places but around here alot of nuns and priests are mean as hell. My mother's friend love god and Jesus and whatever else they love and she is such a bitch.

 

[MANWHORE]

check the quote. he liked yours not mine... fucker

Your using those big words bro,so maybe i like your quote too,i just don't know
And what the hell is your avatar? I can't make out if that's an alien hand around the guys neck

 

[Massive690]

Your using those big words bro,so maybe i like your quote too,i just don't know
And what the hell is your avatar? I can't make out if that's an alien hand around the guys neck

im just giving you shit bro no harm no foul. my avatar is dave attell (from Insomniac on Comedy Central) with a dildo strapped to his chin. its a damn funny show. throw me a fricken bone here... ok

 

[MANWHORE]

im just giving you shit bro no harm no foul. my avatar is dave attell (from Insomniac on Comedy Central) with a dildo strapped to his chin. its a damn funny show. throw me a fricken bone here... ok

O i didn't take offence to anything you said.. I know who that guy is,i watched that show a few times but never really got into it. I accually never really "got into it" which is probably why i never got into it. Huh?

 

[VDC]

True religion and undefiled before God is to visit the Fatherless and the widows and remain unspotted from the world,,,I see nothing about waging war there or for any cruelty,,,Most religions are founded on a mans interpretation of what God meant or were inspired by lying spirits,,,Have to seek God for yourself,,,You can't let others deter you from the truth,,,There is no excuse,,,VDC

 

[MANWHORE]

True religion and undefiled before God is to visit the Fatherless and the widows and remain unspotted from the world,,,I see nothing about waging war there or for any cruelty,,,Most religions are founded on a mans interpretation of what God meant or were inspired by lying spirits,,,Have to seek God for yourself,,,You can't let others deter you from the truth,,,There is no excuse,,,VDC

HALLELUGAH!

 

[Massive690]

O i didn't take offence to anything you said.. I know who that guy is,i watched that show a few times but never really got into it. I accually never really "got into it" which is probably why i never got into it. Huh?

LMAO. you're confusing the hell outta me buddy. im too drunk for this shit. yeah, i guess you were too busy playing with fricken sharks with fricken laserbeams attached to their fricken heads to "get into it"

 

[MANWHORE]

I'm not allowed to have alcohol in the house. Well,i am but she gets mad,because i'm an alcoholic I'm not the kind of alcoholic that drinks all the time,i really only drink about once a month,but i just don't know when to stop when i do drink. I also drink Vodka and i love it,which can be a problem. MJ is elligal and alcohol isn't but a few hits of MJ and i'm feeling fine,not messin with anyone,and i get home nice and safe. A few(well little more)swigs of the bottle and the next thing you know,i'm starting fights yelling at cops,and i wake up on the bathroom floor. Man,it just doesn't seem right

 

[Rod]

After more than half a century on Planet Earth, I've come to the conclusion that religion is like masturbation -- there's nothing wrong with it as long as you don't annoy other people and demonstrate poor taste by practicing it in public.

Greyowl you are fifty? I would have never guessed.

I agree that there is nothing wrong with religion. In fact I think that there is something right with it. I think that one of the religions worldview is true. I also think that some of the other religions contain a significant amount of truth.

I also agree that you shouldn't "annoy" other people by trying to convince them of the truth of your religion. It serves no purpose. If you annoy them then they are not responsive to accept anything you say even if your points are valid. It is self-defeating.

 

[MANWHORE]

Just seems like a waste of time giving money i don't have to the church,wasting Sun morning going there when out partying all night. I say just give respect to yourself and others who deserve it,don't GET CAUGHT breaking any laws,and eat your 5 servings of vegetables every day. I like to keep it simple or shall i say "I like to keep it real"

 

[Rod]

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[Rod]

I like to keep it simple or shall i say "I like to keep it real"

What is simple and what real (i.e. true) don't necessarily correspond. I think that is more important to keep it true. You will do yourself no favors keeping it simple if neglect what is true. Seek truth even if it is hard. Living by falsehood will not prove simpler in the long run.

 

[MANWHORE]

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[MANWHORE]

What is simple and what real (i.e. true) don't necessarily correspond. I think that is more important to keep it true. You will do yourself no favors keeping it simple if neglect what is true. Seek truth even if it is hard. Living by falsehood will not prove simpler in the long run.

Well,truth is basically what i meant

 

[Neodavid]

I'm really good with your statement except for the part about practicing it in public, which I am not sure I understand.

I'm against religion, personally, but I think of religion as a system of rules and regulations based on someone's experience and interpretation of a text (like the bible).

I'm for a relationship with God, and for others practicing the results of that relationship. I don't know how a person could avoid practicing religion in public, if 'that' is what you mean. But if you mean the rules and regs thing, and by publically, people annoying others by stepping into their space, I'd agree. But then again I'm against those food court people at the mall trying to get me to taste their wares as I walk by.

The problem with religion for me, is it's poisonous. There isn't anything useful in it. Groups of people trying to spread a specific belief is irritating, and kills the poor suckers doing the work.

Having a relationship with God is great, but churches pervert the joy of that relationship by getting gullible people, well meaning people, to think that the church somehow represents God's authority on earth.

My story is I met God at 18, went to bible college and got my degree in theoology, and then spent 20 frustrating years trying to match my relationship with God, with what the church said.

Then one day watching "The Matrix", God shows up and tells me my problem is I'm trapped by the matrix of the church and religion. When the scene came up where Neo dodges the bullets, I couldn't move at all, and God said, "That's you". I thought that was amazing and cool, until the end of the movie, after Neo dies and is resurrected, having total control over the matrix. Then God said, "That's where I want you to be".

20 years of religion went out the window, and very odd things have happened since.

An example of things God is for the church is against... alcohol and weed. I had not taken a drink in 40 years of life, not one. After this, God told me to go get some alcohol and get drunk. My parents were alcoholics, and he said I needed to not be afraid. Also, he said if you drink, there is no chance you can ever judge someone else who drinks, or has a problem with it controlling their lives.

So drunk I got, and it was nothing. The room spun around and I got a kick out of the fact that I KNEW that corner of the room was not moving, that I was not moving, but there is was anyway, moving.

Then he had me get weed. Then he had me get drunk while smoking weed, and then make love while smoking and drunk. Let me tell you, my wife's and my relationship has become INCREDIBLY intense and intimate because of these things.

Anyway, the church is f'd up big time, and the people in it, are in a matrix of lies. There are agents and all manner of evil keeping good people DOING things rather than HAVING a relationship, a love affair, with God and their neighbors. It's 11:39. Eleven 11 will understand that one... Numbers are a big thing with God.

As one once trapped by the matrix, I now try to set others free of it.

All practical truth can be summed up in this, "Love God with all of your heart, and your neigbor as yourself".

Religion is a set of lies that tell you HOW you should go about doing that. They are wrong. A love affair knows no bounds, no borders. To quote Neo's last phone scene, "I'm going to show them a world, a world without borders or boundries... where we go from there, I leave up to you."

For what it's worth, I'm juicing because God told me to. Practicing my religion in public for me, is juicing, drinking, and having a good time. Part of that may sometime include my telling people who ask, how great God is in your life, but to me that's the same as just being at the store and a kid says to me, "Why run, life sucks, why make it last longer". I said, "Well, for 20 minutes 5 days a week, you can nail your wife a lot longer and harder, and she will want to do it more..."

After more than half a century on Planet Earth, I've come to the conclusion that religion is like masturbation -- there's nothing wrong with it as long as you don't annoy other people and demonstrate poor taste by practicing it in public.