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You may have had a point 2000 years ago when man was uncivilised and needed a sky fairy to keep them in check.

But your point is utterly stupid and irrelevant to modern society. The more theocratic/religious nations in the world are not more socially cohesive, that is just factually incorrect. Look at the 26 most religious countries in the world:
  1. Ethiopia
  2. Malawi
  3. Niger
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. Yemen
  6. Burundi
  7. Djibouti
  8. Mauritania
  9. Somalia
  10. Afghanistan
  11. Comoros
  12. Egypt
  13. Guinea
  14. Laos
  15. Myanmar
  16. Cambodia
  17. Cameroon
  18. Jordan
  19. Senegal
  20. Chad equal to six other countries - Ghana, Mali, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Zambia
Now compare this with the least religious more secular countries in the world:
  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Estonia
  4. Sweden
  5. Norway
  6. Czech Republic
  7. Hong Kong
  8. Netherlands
  9. Israel
  10. United Kingdom
  11. New Zealand
  12. Australia
  13. Azerbaijan
  14. Belarus
  15. Cuba
  16. Germany
  17. Vietnam
  18. Spain
  19. Switzerland
  20. Albania equal with three other countries - Austria, Hungary and Luxembourg
Here is the world map showing religiosity. Pretty obvious there is a correlation between the most religious countries and countries with the most social and political upheaval:

View attachment 500559
China’s a pretty big matzo ball you’ve got hanging out there.

Japan has Shinto and Buddhism so deeply untwined in its culture it’s not funny.

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You may have had a point 2000 years ago when man was uncivilised and needed a sky fairy to keep them in check.

But your point is utterly stupid and irrelevant to modern society. The more theocratic/religious nations in the world are not more socially cohesive, that is just factually incorrect. Look at the 26 most religious countries in the world:
  1. Ethiopia
  2. Malawi
  3. Niger
  4. Sri Lanka
  5. Yemen
  6. Burundi
  7. Djibouti
  8. Mauritania
  9. Somalia
  10. Afghanistan
  11. Comoros
  12. Egypt
  13. Guinea
  14. Laos
  15. Myanmar
  16. Cambodia
  17. Cameroon
  18. Jordan
  19. Senegal
  20. Chad equal to six other countries - Ghana, Mali, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Zambia
Now compare this with the least religious more secular countries in the world:
  1. China
  2. Japan
  3. Estonia
  4. Sweden
  5. Norway
  6. Czech Republic
  7. Hong Kong
  8. Netherlands
  9. Israel
  10. United Kingdom
  11. New Zealand
  12. Australia
  13. Azerbaijan
  14. Belarus
  15. Cuba
  16. Germany
  17. Vietnam
  18. Spain
  19. Switzerland
  20. Albania equal with three other countries - Austria, Hungary and Luxembourg
Here is the world map showing religiosity. Pretty obvious there is a correlation between the most religious countries and countries with the most social and political upheaval:

View attachment 500559
Which is the dominant religion there
 

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You would struggle to find a poster who has made less of a contribution to SRP than him. The standard formula for Bennett contributions is: (1) regurgitate right wing talking point; (2) get called out and fact checked on your bullshit; (3) give shitty one line answer that attacks the poster; (4) exit the thread to go hide in your safe space for a few days; (5) wash, rinse and repeat.
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China’s a pretty big matzo ball you’ve got hanging out there.

Japan has Shinto and Buddhism so deeply untwined in its culture it’s not funny.

Merry Christmas.
Japanese Buddhism has a long history of being very violent. Shintoism has become more like a series of rituals rather than an actual organised religion, it is nothing serious like any of the major religions coming out of the Middle East. Japan has a long history of being averse to the western form of religion in general. In fact, on the "atheist" scale in terms of countries, Japan would rate among top 2-3 if not no.1
 

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China’s a pretty big matzo ball you’ve got hanging out there.

Japan has Shinto and Buddhism so deeply untwined in its culture it’s not funny.

Merry Christmas.
Having just been there recently,they aren’t religious one iota,they respect the history.
They’re atheist.
 

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Having just been there recently,they aren’t religious one iota,they respect the history.
They’re atheist.
Yet they all have Buddhist alters or Shinto shrines in their homes.
I’d say religion is fairly entrenched in their culture.
 
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Man did not invent his own nature.
Agree we did not "invent" our own nature, the present day characteristics of Homo Sapiens physical and of personality/mind/intellect are the result of evolution.
whom created the creator?
MMM, the believers in the bearded man in the sky theory say when it comes to man that nothing can come from nothing but when it comes to the sky fairy that is exactly where the vast majority say it came from.
 

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Japanese Buddhism has a long history of being very violent. Shintoism has become more like a series of rituals rather than an actual organised religion, it is nothing serious like any of the major religions coming out of the Middle East. Japan has a long history of being averse to the western form of religion in general. In fact, on the "atheist" scale in terms of countries, Japan would rate among top 2-3 if not no.1
They might be all atheists but they all put the food out and bang the triangle for dead Granny every night.
 

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I don't know.

All I know is that we are not the inventors of our own nature.....That is to both pre-suppose & subsume our very own metaphysical being.....Which is of course, absurd.
You seem to be the one doing all the presupposition work.
We invented the metaphysical as a way to cope with the horrors of natural world.
You can still very much see it today,that’s why we have an orangutan currently running the show,a show not worthy of watching and a show that becomes more dangerous to our collective survival as each episode airs.
Take a good hard look,as I know you probably already have,at all of his political appointments,all fundies and all hell bent on destroying the world!
Not one custodian of humanity or their mother planet amongst them.
All for the sake of making him a few lousy bucks in the process.
 

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That's just emotive nonsense.

Society has been violent since day dot. In the name of religion, nationalism, the state, communism.

The least violent societies have been in the past 70 years, and have been secular liberal states. That is the model. People can worship their gods, but keep it private. It won't be tolerated in the public square.
None of you really know much about history do you? Or you are deliberately ignoring the obvious. Genocide of all theists and undesirables is hardly emotive nonsense, a hand waving quip you seem so apt at using. You realise that demanding everyone be like you in the public square is rather authoritarian in itself? People have the right to converse and show their beliefs in public if they wish. Why even have this forum and discussion if thats what you truly want?

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The butsudan is commonly seen as an essential part in the life of a traditional Japanese family as it is the centre of spiritual faith within the household, especially in dealing with the deaths of family members or reflecting on the lives of ancestors. This is especially true in many rural villages, where it is common for more than 90% of households to possess a butsudan, to be contrasted with urban and suburban areas, where the rate of possession can drop down to below 60%.[7]
 
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Agree we did not "invent" our own nature, the present day characteristics of Homo Sapiens physical and of personality/mind/intellect are the result of evolution.

MMM, the believers in the bearded man in the sky theory say when it comes to man that nothing can come from nothing but when it comes to the sky fairy that is exactly where the vast majority say it came from.
Oh?....But doesn't the Bible State that God fashioned man from the earth?....That Adam is made from the Clay.....Is that nothing?

When you think of the word human, it derives it's etymology from the word humus....Which is the organic soil layer of the earth....So knowing our correct place in the overall scheme of things, makes us humble & gives us humility, by recognising our origin & from whence we sprang.....Ergo Earthlings.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
 
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You seem to be the one doing all the presupposition work.
We invented the metaphysical as a way to cope with the horrors of natural world.
You can still very much see it today,that’s why we have an orangutan currently running the show,a show not worthy of watching and a show that becomes more dangerous to our collective survival as each episode airs.
Take a good hard look,as I know you probably already have,at all of his political appointments,all fundies and all hell bent on destroying the world!
Not one custodian of humanity or their mother planet amongst them.
All for the sake of making him a few lousy bucks in the process.
But that is because we have turned our backs on God.....The U.S is all about resource acquisition at any & all costs, in order to maintain it's strangle-hold as the worlds great Empire.....That's what happens when a materialist mind-set Trumps a universal ethic of justice & humanity.

And as you can see; Violence, threats, intimidation & bully-boy tactics - In other words 'might is right' - has become it's all too familiar colophon call.

Trump is merely doing the bidding of the oil men, the banksters & the racketeers, who recognise that their strangle-hold upon the Western worlds economy, is prefaced upon the petro-dollar.....And anyone who dares defy it's terms on that front, meets the same fate as Libya, Iraq & Syria.....We all know how it works by now.
 

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Anyone else getting tired of reading responses from people standing on the backs of religious culture insisting that they have no need for it? Getting tired of reading responses from atheists insisting on moral imperatives when their very worldview allows for no such thing? How about the dronish insistence that their position is TRUE, when that worldview also does not afford any accomodation for an ultimate standard of truth? Its the constant borrowing from other worldviews and passing it off as their own that I for one get tired of reading. As I have said many times before it is impossible for an atheist to live and function if they consistently followed their atheism to its logical ends, they would be the most miserable suicidal people on earth if they did. This debate just goes around and around in circles because of assumptions and borrowing from other worldviews. It can never progress as long as that happens.

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But that is because we have turned our backs on God.....The U.S is all about resource acquisition at any & all costs, in order to maintain it's strangle-hold as the worlds great Empire.....That's what happens when a materialist mind-set Trumps a universal ethic of justice & humanity.

And as you can see; Violence, threats, intimidation & bully-boy tactics - In other words 'might is right' - has become it's all too familiar colophon call.

Trump is merely doing the bidding of the oil men, the banksters & the racketeers, who recognise that their strangle-hold upon the Western worlds economy, is prefaced upon the petro-dollar.....And anyone who dares defy it's terms on that front, meets the same fate as Libya, Iraq & Syria.....We all know how it works by now.
Before 911 occured a group called the Project for a New American Century consisting of the Neocons who came in with Bush published a list of countries they wanted to take out in the middle east - Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran and others. They also said they would need a "new pearl harbor type event" to justify doing it all. Funny huh. Must have had a crystal ball or something. Anyway, thats irrelevant atm.

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