Adultery in their laws don't have to include sex, i guess

Some people try to do that with a one handed sword, though

Never ends well

VERY unprofessional

better than a rusty box cutter

those cartels don't mess around

I'd rather bleed out after getting shanked by a methhead than have some incompetent try to behead me

animals

wish the god emperor would come about now and destroy religion

Any day now

easy there bigots

@EmEm
He becomes god in the end

It don't exactly solve the problem

no

Yes

atleast he is a REAL god

not these, Allahapallah fuckfaces

Exactly

He's legit

God, allah, Tor, Ra, and every other god

He's also just a really big person

just imaginary friends

Which is ideal diety status

that's satan talking, read the bible

Being half animal is for bitches, real gods are just REALLY big

fuck satan

half animal?

Most of the egyptian ones had animal heads or some shit

I get why they did it, but the ultimate god for humans to worship is another human

@EmEm begone thot

Preferably one who has the power to deserve that worship

nah

you don't get it

@Deleted User

No, you don't

no u

What better god for humans than one of their own?

you don't understand religious language, i can tell

I'm unimpressed by many people's devotion to nothing

that's ignorant

like i said, you don't get it

Some people devote themselves to tasks in the name of a god, and that's respectable, but just blaming/thanking god for EVERYTHING is largely pointless

there are arguments for most practices

Practices are fine

But just monotheism-ing all over the place is lame

religion is a mostly psychological exercise

It's not interesting to do or look at

it's about growth

some people take it too far

Yes, and I can think of no exercise less effective than having one explanation for everything

people don't leave it there though

At least pantheons provide some explanation for why things work against each other, monotheism as it is today is a lame cop out

it's a continuous process of learning and self improvement

It's childish "my all powerful diety is better than your all powerful diety!"

I see no self improvement in that

Just repetition of the same rituals and regurgitation of script

And script is fine, but it loses its value if it is used too often

there is a cultural aspect to religion, that is different

That shit is usually lame too

what i'm saying is, that i think you need separate that from the religion itself

Maybe it's better in other countries, but I can't imagine attending any of the shit-tier protestant churches here or any other stupid shit people come up with in their spare time

No, it's a full package

i disagree

If there are enough good parts I'll put up with some stuff I don't like, but there's nothing alluring about american Christianity

because it's mostly cultural

By which I mean protestantism in all its forms, catholicism requires more belief than I have to give

people who would call themselves christian might not have any real interest in it

Yes and that makes me not take the religion seriously

lol

I know nothing about Sikhism but they all take it seriously, so I also take it seriously

i don't get that logic

or whatever it is

Well you were talking about the cultural aspect

If the practitioners of a religion visibly care about it consistently, that gives them credibility

If they only pull it out of their ass when its convenient I think they're liars

and that is why i'm saying you need to separate the teachings from the followers

No, the two of them are the package

you are criticizing people

The religion as it is is the sum total of the written beliefs and actual practices

hmmmm

but you said you will judge the religion based on the practitioners, if you include people who arent serious, then that isnt an accurate assessment

If the practitioners are not serious than they do not take the religion seriously

If nobody involved in the religion takes it seriously why should I?

Right, that's why I just take the average

@M4Gunner
Agreed

i didnt say no one, I'm trying to make a point about painting with a broad brush

By subgroup, of course

Well I have my own beliefs about divinity and all that but I'm not about to found my own religion. You can't define religion person by person

For me a religion is like a big shared thought

If nobody can agree on it it's not much of anything

i disagree

I'm not particularly religious though, I'm just not an atheist

Neither am I

i think your statements are a big faulty

k

Why

you are making an assumption that it's all or nothing with some of this stuff, which doesn't make sense to me

Could you be more specific?

yeah