Consider myself an atheist

as far as I know Jesus hated all those long rituals, praying and those special places for gods, and that's exactly what Christianity became. I think that just being a nice person is all that Jesus really wanted from us.

I'll never be able to take religions like Christianity seriously because they'll never grow out of seeing God as this wizard who lives in the sky
God is an idea, not a person. That's why I'm an atheist

Because your parents force you

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Have a good original day user

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Same reason you consider yourself straight but keep sucking dicks.

I read the bible very occasionally, it's just a curiosity. I don't really care about what the afterlife is since there's so many interpretations. I sincerely doubt anybody actually knows and we're all just reading primordial fanfiction created from misinterpretations of urban legends. I find it fascinating because someone had to write this shit down in the first place, and then others mass-produced and copied it. There's multiple version of the bible too. Very probable the same happens to other religious texts. There's no way governments would just let such easily-edited, conspiracy theorist-bait books alone unmolested. They're mass-produced books, they can easily be tampered with. I don't get how people can put so much conviction in such easily-manipulated text. It's like the telephone game and then that one fucking kid changes the message from "lunch at 2" to "pickle juice". It's simpler than walking up to the manager and giving him a nice firm handshake.

this, absolutely what I feel: Quran was not meant to be written at all, it was the order of next sultans, pretty much the same with Zend-Avesta which got interpreted differently when Sassanids came into throne (though we don't know much about it).
It's only that living without believe is sad and desperate.
Why there always must be that one faggot in the thread? pic related

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>sultans
I meant khalifs

I'm the same OP, but I take part in other religions too. I get a lot out of it, even been on some pilgrimages.
If you find it's something you enjoy doing or whatever, go for it. Dealing in absolutes like athiest/religious is a bit limiting I think.

I can completely understand why people believe in the existence of god or a god-like entity, but why do they need religion for it? What makes you think this god-like being would favor you just because you participated in some rituals, like singing, burning certain plants, drinking wine or reading from an old book?

For the sweet Christain poon tang