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 cookii
Female, 18-29, Europe
 1326 Posts
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Friday, January 04, 2008 1:48:40 PM
nardo218, yeah, its not entirely accurate as to what came before, but i think its just because its only showing major religions today, not so many years ago, which would have made it a lot longerand: "and kind of interesting how christianity all of a sudden just took over" Kinda like the internet and porno i think they should do a map of how fast that spread, |
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 Overmann
Male, 18-29, Southern US
3156 Posts
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Monday, December 31, 2007 7:16:43 AM
oumaverick, first of all, it's spelled 'atheist'. Failing that, I don't trust you to have an accurate understanding of the arguments from atheism. As much as it may cause you to question your faith, I'd suggest reading Dawkins' The God Delusion.Pascal's Wager can only be considered practical or 'better' under the pretense that one is willing to forfeit their lifetime for a possibly lost cause. I say rather than spend all this time preparing for a possible afterlife, we should enjoy, not knowing either way, the only life we know for certain we possess. My argument is thus: I don't believe a god would blame me for having doubt and wishing to commit a life to the pursuit of truth. If indeed a god does condemn me for doubting its existence, perhaps it isn't a god worth worshiping? "No trying to impose certian rituals or dogmatic beliefs on anyone." A compulsory love for God cannot be considered a 'dogmatic belief'? How not? |
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 Ravenclawd69
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
107 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:51:50 PM
"LyndsHottie, i think they're just showing the major religions of the world, also hinduism isnt monotheistic. and kind of interesting how christianity all of a sudden just took over"-cookiActually hinduism is monotheistic. That its not is a common misconception. They worship only ONE god. The many "gods and goddesses" you see are supposed to represent the many attributes of the ONE god. |
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 DarkProdigy
Male, 18-29, Canada
467 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:21:23 PM
I rofl'ed when Christianity DOMINATED the whole planet. (I'm Buddhist...) |
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 oumaverick
Male, 18-29, Southern US
198 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:04:48 PM
i swear, most people on this board are athiest. why? and, for the record, the point of Christianity was not to be a religion to try and change people's beliefs. The premise is simple. To love your creator with all that you are, and to love others as yourself. That's it. No trying to impose certian rituals or dogmatic beliefs on anyone. The point is to simply love them into a relationship with God. |
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 RecycleElf
Male, 18-29, Europe
3631 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:13:32 PM
bwahahaa, christianity did overkill! |
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 TrixieBlue
Female, 40-49, Western US
1063 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 1:00:38 PM
neato man! |
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 sarajayne33
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
46 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:53:54 PM
wow.
i deffinately just watched this in my history class a few weeks ago. |
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 omta
Female, 13-17, Canada
394 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:20:35 PM
Interesting.. |
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 kairobert
Male, 18-29, Europe
1634 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 8:58:35 AM
It looks like a chart of epidemics.
It is. |
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 llamaseacow
Male, 13-17, Australia
574 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 6:52:52 AM
WTF? Australia wasn't discovered till 200-300 years ago how could it have been brought christianity??? |
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 CapnCaveman
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
11 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 5:24:42 AM
Judaism doesn't even show up in Hollywood? Who made this, Mel Gibson? I think someone needs to check these stats a little better... |
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 phatzoma
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
319 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 3:59:44 AM
I think it's great that so many different beliefs came to be. |
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 yvonnedavies
Female, 30-39, Europe
8 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 2:48:33 AM
in response to: but it's saying that monotheistic religions sprung up suddenly, without anything that came before. That's not accurate. The polytheistic religions came before all of them and influenced them all. An accurate map would show influences, not sudden growth.That's not true. Because Buddhism isn't monotheistic and it was the 2nd religion on the map if i remember correctly. though you are right, there are more then a handful of religions in the world. thanks for the pie graph baal |
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 Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
4753 Posts
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Sunday, December 30, 2007 12:26:38 AM
Only 5 Major religions?2 Billion Xians. 1.5 Billion Muslims. 1.2 Billion Atheists (not shown). 750 mil to 1bil Hindus? 500 mil Bhuddists? 20 Million Jews? That covers up to 6.2 out of the worlds ~ 7.x Billion people. The next big religion after that is Sikhism with just 23 million people. It's hard to come up with 5 "Major" religions... Link to some numbers that are probably more accurate than my guesswork: Pie Chart. |
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 Mjustin
Male, 18-29, Western US
335 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 11:19:15 PM
I don't think this video was true to its name at all. It only showed 5 major religions that are practiced today. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
4753 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:32:52 PM
Incidentally, the link could have been better, but pretty nice. Some people are just so eager to take a dig at religion. "Omg like diseases! Mind diseases!" Yes, and pretty much the same way any brand of thought travels, from Democracy, to Communism, to concepts of Equality, to concepts of Racism, ad infinitum. If you want to keep blaming religion rather than human nature for war you're full of it. Take away religion and do you get peace? No. WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, Iraq II, Cold War, The Civil War. (P.S.
Saddam was consistently a secular dictator.
For all that say Hitler was a Christian, he also called Christianity a disease when not giving public speeches). Even look at Palestine/Israel. Jewish Orthodoxy originally *opposed* the settling of Israel. It has always been a war about land, not religion. If religion got it's way then, there would *be* Middle East peace. |
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Baalthazaq
Male, 18-29, Asia
4753 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:23:32 PM
Pascal's wager is mathematically accurate according to game theory, practically inaccurate, and based on the false premise that you choose what you believe. The act of belief is not simply saying "I believe in God". You cannot change what you believe on a whim due to what is nicer. If that were the case I would believe that I am surrounded by a small harem of beautiful women, on pillows stuffed with 100 dollar bills from where I rule the universe, and upon my death, I shall be rewarded as per how much sex I have had in my lifetime. Doesn't make it true. Alas. |
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greatestday1
Female, 13-17, Western US
20 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:21:36 PM
^iono, it just seems like if there is no reward, you kinda just spent your whole life acting a certain way for nothing. it's such a gamble. w.e. it's up to each person i guess.. |
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 tayreed
Male, 13-17, S. America
364 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 8:05:07 PM
logical conclusion of option one- Your on the safe side. No God, no punishment... logical conclusion of option two- Hell, hades, punishment, lower reincarnation, etc. So basically, with option one your end up better off. I guess. Just stating the facts, not necesarily my own opinion btw... |
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greatestday1
Female, 13-17, Western US
20 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:21:25 PM
Putzpie
Male, 13-17, Eastern US
135 Posts Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:58:48 PM
"Just remember it's better to have believed in God (or a least a god) and been wrong than to have not believed in God (or whatever) and been wrong ;)"How is it better? |
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 sulu
Male, 18-29, Western US
988 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:13:24 PM
They forgot that Paganism inhabited the New World for most of the time |
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 GirInsamija
Female, 18-29, Australia
26 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:05:50 PM
That.. That was horrible..
And my religion wasn't on there so that made it all the more boring.. |
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 manditaaknfv
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
287 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:21:32 PM
AKappy- "Look at them spread- like diseases."Yup. Horrible, isn't it? |
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 skypirate
Male, 18-29, Western US
1785 Posts
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Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:54:38 PM
they forgot greek and roman religion |
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