Quote (PikamanX)
2012 scare bs
As there are those that believe 2012 will be the end of us, there are an equal number of theorists that believe and possess evidence to suggest the very opposite. I would really just put thoughts relating to all this to rest since whatever happens, happens. It ain't worth trippin' over.
Quote (Johnny)
Religious bs
And I say bs not in the sense of lying, but rather in the sense of ignorance. Those who are taught the ways of Christ, by those very creeds, are also instructed not to judge the beliefs of others, even if the so-called heathens are hell-bound. Hypocrisy is in fact the very reason I am Agnostic.
On a somewhat related note, I'm not a particularly big fan of any religion, as I feel they tend to follow certain trends...
-Someone develops a genuinely decent set of beliefs with which to go about their lives.
-Others make note of it, and thusly proceed to attempt at sharing it with the world.
-People eventually complicate the beliefs with sub-sections and multi-interpretations to the initial concepts, then create hierarchies of 'those more connected to the beliefs' so as to have 'structure' in the faith.
-Those in power tend to bend the information concerning the beliefs toward their own personal beliefs, and the inevitability of misinterpretation ensues.
-Corruption of beliefs is often bred from all of this, and we find ourselves less and less in a system of our own beliefs and rather more and more are we stringed and pulled around like a puppet to another's will.
In the end, we are more often than not in fact not 'guided' by a 'deity' but rather controlled by our own fellow man.
I despise this common trend of corruption, which is easily applied to events related modern Catholicism(misinterpretations could be connected to molestation) and Islam(misinterpretations allowed Al Queda to manipulate people to use as suicide tools). As such, I am fairly anti-religion, and prefer to follow my own simple ideals, which are as thus:
If I am genuinely decent to others, they are likely to reciprocate. This will not always hold true, but only a fool believes in absolutes. If I'm dick to people, they'll be more inclined to be dickish to me, so I'll try to avoid that. That's it. Simple and sweet.
But anyway, that's my two cents. Hope I didn't offend anyone, but my bad if I did.