Religion and mental weakness

[Ajna]

I propose that ALL religious beliefs- including atheism (which by definition is the rejection of any divine or mystical possibility) is based in mental weakness.

There are big questions such as "what happens when we die", "how did we get here" etc... that make the average person very uncomfortable to think about.. because there is no answer. None of us are dead, and none of us were alive during the universes conception (or lack there of) The human mind struggles to control everything.. even things that we cannot.
So there are blueprints for your life... little comforts that alleviate the stress of not having those answers through your own journey and thoughts. Those blueprints are called religion.

If your parents die... its very comforting to think that they go to a beautiful place filled with joy where they can visit all their dead loved ones and drink tea with Einstein and smile down on you when your having a bad day... but thats simply an ideal. its what wed "like" to believe. It is much easier just to believe this and keep living our lives without the stress of the big question "what happens when we die".
This is a classic case of (i apologize for anyone following my posts if your seeing a trend in this point but...) Complacency vs Truth. It is the dividing line between most people as I see it. Matrix red pill vs blue pill.

In my life, i refuse to accept something as truth just because it makes things easier on me- or it feels nice to believe. Ignorance is bliss... but its an illusion of bliss. You are living in a house of cards, while someone who endeavors to create thier own beliefs based on an individual spiritual journey have a foundation of bricks... but they had to form all thier bricks by hand and have many sleepless nights building their structures.

I believe this so strongly, that I literally feel it is impossible to prove what im saying is incorrect. So... here is your chance to do just that, or to agree with me, or you know... whatever....... discuss!!!

 

[Luigitoilet]

420, time to smoke

 

[Fuelbi]

OOOOHHH!!!! Wait till God, Jewish god, Budda, Allah, Time Cube God, Scientologist God, Greek Gods, and all other gods hear about this. **** you be smited tonight XD

But srsly, there is no way I can argue back to any of this. But there is this interesting theory I heard: Aliens created humanity. Huh? Good idea eh?

 

[Strong Badam]

I believe this so strongly, that I literally feel it is impossible to prove what im saying is incorrect. So... here is your chance to do just that, or to agree with me, or you know... whatever....... discuss!!!

a flawless argument!

 

[Sucumbio]

I propose that ALL religious beliefs- including atheism (which by definition is the rejection of any divine or mystical possibility) is based in mental weakness.

You are living in a house of cards, while someone who endeavors to create thier own beliefs based on an individual spiritual journey have a foundation of bricks... but they had to form all thier bricks by hand and have many sleepless nights building their structures.

Pardon me, but there appears to be a contradiction.

 

[Suspect]

Ignorance is bliss

 

[~N9NE~]

You say that belief in a religion is a sign of mental weakness.

One could say that the absolute denial of religion possibly being correct is just as illogical.

 

[Attila_]

religion is comforting yes, but it dont mean that its a sign of weakness. that correlation is lacks fact of proof. something that makes you happy isn't necessarily fake. but that being said, you've already closed yourself off to religion, and thus, have become unable to comprehend this possibility, unable to fathom any notion of something you can't understand or control. when in fact, it may be correct to say that the complete denial of religion is a sign of mental weakness; one cannot possibly understand an entity greater or superior to himself, and thus, denies its existance. pride and self confidence in turn bring a false sense of one's importance in the universe, leading him to believe that nothing bigger than he can exist. chiefly because, he is scared of it. You're right about one thing though, ignorance is bliss. enjoy it while you can.

and just btw, this thread will make a lot of people angry, and most probably get closed soon. just a heads up.

 

[StinkomanFan]

Doesn't this belong in the debate hall?

 

[Eor]

There is nothing to disprove. You're claims are unfalsifiable and can't lead to any sort of predictions. You say "mental weakness" but don't define what you mean by that.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I heard this on the radio once:
"Here's what I think about religion. Picture in your mind a giant circle, with a smaller circle in the center of the larger circle. The smaller circle represents a god, deity, or some sort of higher being or power. Now picture lines going from the outline of the larger circle connecting straight to the inner circle. These lines are religions, whether it be Catholicism, Hinduism, Scientology, etc. This way everything's fine. But when one of those lines crosses over another, or they try to claim that another "line" is misplaced, that's when we have conflict."

You're crossing all the lines, with no support to your argument.

Better hope nothing gets too out of hand.

-Terywj

 

[Pluvia]

Black Jesus wont like this thread.

 

[spider_sense]

I propose that ALL religious beliefs- including atheism (which by definition is the rejection of any divine or mystical possibility) is based in mental weakness.

Atheism isn't a religion. =/

 

[Crimson King]

Religious topics are left to the DH and typically not allowed in the Proom.