lol I can see this blowing up once the crazies get in. I think everyone should be allowed to believe what they want to. But if I had to pick one I would say Christianity or Islam, Both if possible.
[QUOTE="clembo1990"]Christianity. It's definately annoying the internet a lot.harashawn
No, you're thinking of people. Without all this Christianity vs atheism stuff (which is clearly a futile arguement amongst rank amateurs) it'd be a more productive place.
[QUOTE="harashawn"][QUOTE="clembo1990"]Christianity. It's definately annoying the internet a lot.clembo1990
No, you're thinking of people. Without all this Christianity vs atheism stuff (which is clearly a futile arguement amongst rank amateurs) it'd be a more productive place. Wrong, the atheists will just pick on the next most popular religion, which happens to either Islam, Judaism, or Hinduism. Back on topic, if there's any religion I would like to see disappear, it's the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" and Jehovah's Witness.
[QUOTE="mindstorm"]Only the ones that are not true...clembo1990
So, are you saying all of the ones except yours? He's joking, and ya sappin ma sig >:CI don't think he's joking since it looks like he's a serious Christian. And you stole my sig :P
Actually, difference = psychological methods of forced persuasion, harm to community and members, and control of members' personal finances.
Cults are usually considered unorthodox, thus they have smaller followings than religions. The things you mentioned are unorthodox practices found in some cults, but certainly not all. And you could most definitely make an argument that you find those three things in religions as well.
[QUOTE="MyNameisaMeme"]Indeed. Difference = the size of the following
MyNameisaMeme
Actually, difference = psychological methods of forced persuasion, harm to community and members, and control of members' personal finances.
Cults are usually considered unorthodox, thus they have smaller followings than religions. The things you mentioned are unorthodox practices found in some cults, but certainly not all. And you could most definitely make an argument that you find those three things in religions as well.
A cult is not judged by its followers, otherwise Mormonism is a cult. A cult is considered unorthodox, but that is not why it's considered a cult. You can find those three things in some religions--but then they're cults, not religions.
A cult is judged by how its members are recruited and treated, not by how many people follow it.
[QUOTE="hiphops_savior"][QUOTE="clembo1990"][QUOTE="harashawn"] No, you're thinking of people. Without all this Christianity vs atheism stuff (which is clearly a futile arguement amongst rank amateurs) it'd be a more productive place. Wrong, the atheists will just pick on the next most popular religion, which happens to either Islam, Judaism, or Hinduism. Back on topic, if there's any religion I would like to see disappear, it's the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" and Jehovah's Witness. That's ok because the other religions are weaker.
Both of them killed billions. Christianism kill less today but is still a problem.. Islam is a huge problem.
clembo1990
Pop quiz, how many people did Stalin, Hitler and the Khmar Rouge kill? How many were killed in the Taiping massacre? We can play hard ball. Far less than were killed by Stalin, Hitler and the Khmar Rouge.
Islam, because it already wants every other dogma off the face of the earth. It's a religion of peace in the same way that lions are harmless towards deer.
Just treat it like mythology. that's all. religion has too many fun things to work with when it comes to making up stories and creating backgrounds for characters.
[QUOTE="clembo1990"][QUOTE="hiphops_savior"] Pop quiz, how many people did Stalin, Hitler and the Khmar Rouge kill?Theokhoth
How many were killed in the Taiping massacre? We can play hard ball. Far less than were killed by Hitler Stalin and the Khmar Rouge. Depends what numbers you look at. Its futile anyway. Hitler Stalin and Potty had their own motives for killing people. Stalin was a totalitarian using leninism as a justification for his bullying. Polly was a marxist nut who identified everyone with glasses or who read books as bourgeois and had them killed. Hitler was a douche who thought the jews and marxists were out the destroy his German reich. But it's pretty damn clear that the deformed Christianity used in that particular rebellion were killing in the name of God (well him and the self proclaimed leader God - it's like Mormons but actually scary)
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