ThePretentiousEnema

If you think that the opposite side of this debate believes all actions in the bible are 100% "mandatory" then you are just wrong. Not everyone believes that, and it ...

Wow... just... Wow... It's astonishing to see how naive you truly are. You have rationalized the Bible to the extent where youare completely blind to all the dogmas and horrible ...

"First of all, stereotypical, this is. Secondly, the theory of evolution is as old as the ancient Greek philosophers, so...." Uh, yeah, but it's also supported by a ton of ...

If a holy scripture commands the stoning of unruly children, the enslavement of people, vicarious redemption, to regard women as marriage property, and to slay homosexuals - how is that ...

Jesus H. Christ, for the love of Zion, slow it down. Here's the deal, I admire that you're clearly thinking for yourself (or are you, considering you believe the writings ...

Also, a quick aside. There's no evidence that suggests that God does exist... Really? What about the countless accounts of Angel visitations on people's deathbeds or in day-to-day life? There ...

That wasn't the question the original post was asking actually. We're not debating whether God or religion is necessary to make a healthy society, but rather if the existence of ...

To answer the qustion of the original post; the short answer is: No. Religion, nor God is necessary to make a society healthy, or worth living in, and here's why; ...

Creationism is just an old relic that the ignorant use as an unconditional alternative where our scientific knowledge has gaps, which is an absurd stance to have. Just because there ...

I realize this thread has lost its fire, but I've got to give the discussion of abortion my two cents. To say that a woman's life should be sidelined at ...

The bad actions require faith in order to cloak them as moral, while the moral ones, which we could agree upon to be such, requires no more than a human ...

There are other religions besides the religions based on Abraham. Just sayin'. Saying that the bible is ridiculous is hardly any proof that religion is ridiculous. And it is really ...

Ah, another person I mostly agree with :) Although, you should substitute 'all religions' to 'most' or 'many'. And I don't think that it can really be proven that all ...

^ Sheesh. You must be new here too. New to the forums, yes. New to the debate? No.

All religions are mere mythologies cocked up by human insecurities and lust for order, as well as power. There is no supernatural truth within the Bible, all that is true ...