Originally posted by Fishy
Religion is a great thing, it gives people strength if they need it, it can comfort people and give them a reason.Besides if people don't want it then they don't have to notice it.
Organised Religion is another thing all together, organised religion sucks more then anything else I have ever seen. It destroys the very things it preaches and instead of creating peace it creates war. There isn't an institution in the world today with more money then the Vatican and yet they preach that we should give to the poor. They have entire rooms filled with paintings and sculptures they could sell for millions a piece which they could give to poor people. But no they won't do that. Let normal people pay for the poor people and a nice new Van Gogh while they are at it.
"Besides if people don't want it then they don't have to notice it."
That's not always true.Sadly,religon is shoved down a lot of peoples throats.Not as much as it used to be,but it's manipulated to make us belive religon is more central than what it realy is.
They did.
Originally posted by mr.smileyChristianity today is just christianized paganism. We celebrate their holidays and practice their rituals and just change the names. The pagan practises are done by most christians and a lot of them don't know it while others don't care because it's all been christianized.
I think we would all be better off if Pagans would have stayed in charge in Rome.
Re: They did.
Originally posted by markie
Christianity today is just christianized paganism. We celebrate their holidays and practice their rituals and just change the names. The pagan practises are done by most christians and a lot of them don't know it while others don't care because it's all been christianized.
Yep...though I find religion repressive......And that's a bad thing...
Re: They did.
Originally posted by markie
Christianity today is just christianized paganism. We celebrate their holidays and practice their rituals and just change the names. The pagan practises are done by most christians and a lot of them don't know it while others don't care because it's all been christianized.
Very true.However,the philosophy that accompaniyed ancienct Paganism is gone.