Proof that religion = delusion...

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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by angrychimp » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:14 am

So fundies==crack addicts? Always suspected as much.
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:23 am

Gee, religion gives people a "warm and fuzzy". :coffee:
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Feck » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:40 am

Not me :twisted: it gives me a nasty spiky
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:42 am

Feck wrote:Not me :twisted: it gives me a nasty spiky
Well, you're not Normal, are you. :hehe:
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Feck » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:47 am

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Feck wrote:Not me :twisted: it gives me a nasty spiky
Well, you're not Normal, are you. :hehe:
No I tried being normal ,it didn't work :lay:
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:50 am

Feck wrote:
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Feck wrote:Not me :twisted: it gives me a nasty spiky
Well, you're not Normal, are you. :hehe:
No I tried being normal ,it didn't work :lay:
Wuz borin'. No want!
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Chinaski » Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:00 pm

Wait, does this mean that indoctrinating a child is equivalent to giving him LSD?
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by CJ » Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:37 pm

FrigidSymphony wrote:Wait, does this mean that indoctrinating a child is equivalent to giving him LSD?
No it's worse. It's like giving the kid LSD and telling him what to hallucinate about at the same time!
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Re: Proof that religion = delusion...

Post by Ayaan » Sun Oct 11, 2009 3:24 pm

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FrigidSymphony wrote:Wait, does this mean that indoctrinating a child is equivalent to giving him LSD?
No it's worse. It's like giving the kid LSD and telling him what to hallucinate about at the same time!
Actually it really is like that. When I was a believer, there were many times after a prolonged prayer and/or worship session that I had a "high". There were even a few times I had visions and times when the "high" was so profound that I didn't eat or sleep for two or three days. More times than I can count I had people tell me that they could feel the presence of the "holy spirit" around me when I prayed. However, I think now that they were picking up on the extreme calm and stillness that could come over me when I prayed, rather like a meditative state - we are communal creatures and have evolved quite an ability to pick up other's emotional states.

As an atheist, I have meditated - for a time every day. It only took me a few weeks to start having experiences, one of which was profound enough for my teacher to call it a kensho, a first step to enlightenment. Right now, sitting here in the coffee shop, it would not take much concentration for me to induce that high feeling that I used to get from prayer/worship and meditation.

Apparently, I'm just wired that way. :dono:
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