Ocelot

Midnight Marauder
Jul 13, 2013
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Part of that is because the world has become far more political than religious. Or at least the religious aspects of politics are on the wane. (thankfully
Today much of what we call religion just serves politics.
I'd argue that the majority of all the famous seemingly religiously motivated acts in history have at least very important other reasons as well.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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Let's go tell them

you go first
We don't need to. It's slowly dying. Isis is a phenomenon of frustrated losers. It is causing a lot of suffering, sure, but it only harms Islam in the long run. The impact of religion on politics is getting less and less and eventually religion will die in the west.
 

Salvo

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Dec 17, 2007
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Religion will always thrive in less privileged countries and lower economic communities. Also a general fear of death will mean a lot of people will still want to believe in an afterlife. Spirituality will still hang around.
 

.zero

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Aug 8, 2006
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Religion will always thrive in less privileged countries and lower economic communities. Also a general fear of death will mean a lot of people will still want to believe in an afterlife. Spirituality will still hang around.
Money can buy spirituality and good cut coke which is good enough for me
 
Jul 1, 2010
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We don't need to. It's slowly dying. Isis is a phenomenon of frustrated losers. It is causing a lot of suffering, sure, but it only harms Islam in the long run. The impact of religion on politics is getting less and less and eventually religion will die in the west.
I highly doubt that, I actually think there's going to be a religious revival in the West in the next few decades. The spiritual void left by the decline of Christianity hasn't been compensated for by consumerism and materialism and I believe that at one point, there's going to be a comeback of religion.
 
Jul 1, 2010
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Religion will always thrive in less privileged countries and lower economic communities. Also a general fear of death will mean a lot of people will still want to believe in an afterlife. Spirituality will still hang around.
It's not only about fear. We're all trying to make sense of our existences and religions give us a purpose in life that materialism cannot provide.

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Is Trequartista a fundy-dundy now? How you gon' become a Christian after years of militant atheism?
I wouldn't say I was a militant atheist. I did debate quite strongly in the religion thread here before against religion but that's about it.

How did I become religious? Reading a lot of philosophy and reflecting on my existence.
 

Salvo

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Dec 17, 2007
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Ones that would give me purpose, reasons not to despair, and understand how to navigate through life.

I'm not a fundamentalist Christian by any stretch of the imagination but I try to life my life according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, which helps me a lot.
I find that quite interesting, what teachings in particular do you follow? What is your purpose now?
 

ALC

Ohaulick
Oct 28, 2010
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Is Trequartista a fundy-dundy now? How you gon' become a Christian after years of militant atheism?
:lol:

Ones that would give me purpose, reasons not to despair, and understand how to navigate through life.

I'm not a fundamentalist Christian by any stretch of the imagination but I try to life my life according to the teachings of Jesus Christ, which helps me a lot.
Our lord and savior. Jeezus. Oh lawd Jeezus. God have mercy. Jeezus.
 

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