Do you agree that after religious are through with clobbering each other mindlessly to death ….that the only ones to survive would be the ones who choose spirituality over religion?
Could this be the apocalypse?
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Are religious doomsday scenarios actually self-fulfilling prophecies?
I mean, it seems to me that the people who would claim to be highly religious are the same ones screaming the loudest that we shouldn’t do anything to curb environmental degradation. It’s not our place, it’s all “natural”, this is not god’s kingdom, the earth is merely a filling station, etc. Yet, when you read what some of the scenarios are, they sound an awful lot like what will happen if we do nothing to address our environmental crisis. And I’m not just talking about global warming; I mean they despise any kind of attitude that suggests the earth has inherent value and should be protected just for the sake of it. Yet, they will want to point and “See, I told you so. God is real and this is the end and ha-ha all you other people are gonna burn.” Will religion destroy the earth?
chris: see? you’re what’s wrong with this country
cookie: i’m well aware of what a self-fulfilling prophecy is, thank you. what you don’t seem to realize is that it’s also closely tied to perspective. what you call pride i call narcissism. picking up trash won’t save you, but it’s a start.
if gandalf or “the seal” had said a little more, they might have got it.
and finally, to trk, whom i will award ten points: that actually does make me feel a little better, as i love our earth like it was my own body. however, i would only urge you to look honestly and critically at your own life. are you sure you are not also one who brings ruin to the earth? are you so sure that you are meek, as required? i hope so…otherwise you’re a hypocrit
Posted in 2012
Tagged anything, attitude, degradation, Doomsday, doomsday scenarios, Earth, environmental degradation, filling station, global warming, God, godâ, inherent value, ita, kingdom, naturalâ, place, religion, sake, self fulfilling prophecies, shouldnâ
Ok, now a hard one: Who are you?
I’m just curious how you define yourself. I’m posting it in spirituality and religion because many people DO define themselves by their religion, but don’t feel the need based on that. I’m just wondering how you define who you are and why you live the life you live. I just want to understand the kinds of people who go to yahoo answers, also.
As for me: I’m a spiritualist otherkin agnostic Follower of Set with some atheistic and reincarnation-type ideas. I’m a furry survivalist geek who loves zombies and apokalyptic ideas. I’m a liberal Republican and wavers towards the anarchist party (heh). I’m a writer who understand the evolution of language and that math is the only complete truth. I’m a heterosexual near-asexual male feminist who is also a father and a husband. I’m a dungeon master anti-conformist with a weak long-term memory, low self-esteem, and little care to others’ thoughts and emotions. I’m most commonly called an @$$h0|3 than any other insult, but I’m smart and incredibly loyal. And I use a lot of different labels because they each bring a feeling and attitude I identify myself with in a way I don’t care if the world hears.
Tagged life, NEED, religion, spirituality, spirituality and religion, yahoo
What is really the root of religion is it faith or is it an evolution process that our ancestor use to survive
humans work in packs or community because a pecking order based on strength and dominance has been established. When our ape like ancestor gradually became more intelligent individual can rationally begin to question the power of the leader. Intelligence by it nature, questions authority by reason, and hence could be dangerous, dissipative force on that community. individual will leave the tribes, and that tribe would fall apar, and eventually individuals would die so, a selection pressure was place on intelligent apes to suspend reason and blindly obey the leader and his myth, since doing other wise would challange the tribes cohesion. survival favored the intelligent ape who could reason rationally about tools and food gathering but also favored the one who could suspend that reason when it threatened the tribe integrity. A mythology was needed to define and preserve the tribe. Religion was a powerful tool that “glue” and held together the tribe. Religion is a genetic disorder
Tagged ancestor, Ape, cohesion, community, dominance, evolution, faith, genetic disorder, glue, integrity, intelligence, intelligent apes, leader, myth, mythology, pecking order, reason, religion, Root, selection pressure, survival, tribe, tribes
What is really the root of religion is it faith or is it an evolution process that our ancestor use to survive
humans work in packs or community because a pecking order based on strength and dominance has been established. When our ape like ancestor gradually became more intelligent individual can rationally begin to question the power of the leader. Intelligence by it nature, questions authority by reason, and hence could be dangerous, dissipative force on that community. individual will leave the tribes, and that tribe would fall apar, and eventually individuals would die so, a selection pressure was place on intelligent apes to suspend reason and blindly obey the leader and his myth, since doing other wise would challange the tribes cohesion. survival favored the intelligent ape who could reason rationally about tools and food gathering but also favored the one who could suspend that reason when it threatened the tribe integrity. A mythology was needed to define and preserve the tribe. Religion was a powerful tool that “glue” and held together the tribe. Religion is a genetic disorder
Tagged ancestor, Ape, cohesion, community, dominance, evolution, faith, genetic disorder, glue, integrity, intelligence, intelligent apes, leader, myth, mythology, pecking order, reason, religion, Root, selection pressure, survival, tribe, tribes