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Religious people have to be mentally unbalanced or severely lacking intellect right?

I mean look at how the idiotic, cartoonish shit that Muslims, Christians and all the other religions believe in.

The simply have to be weak minded, mentally unbalanced or simply incapable or in denial in accepting that there is no life after death or higher power.

It's quite preposterous if you think about it.

What's the difference between kids believing in the tooth fair or santa and adults believing a guy could walk on water or turn water into wine or came back to life or 40 virgins after death etc?

Don't give me historical data and documentation etc. That's all man made (up) and equally as absurd.
 

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I’m 34 , I’m a stone cold atheist. The younger generation is heading that way. My parents use to make me goto church and I HATED it. That’s what started me being an atheist . What they were talking about never made sense to me, it was more like I’ll put the fear of God in you so you’ll be good and want to avoid hell.
My family still insists I get my daughter baptised, it just ain’t my thing . I’m talking about it now , but I usually just keep it to myself because people still get offended by it.
I honestly feel like more and more people are beginning to think like me and god will be fazed out little by little
The majority of Christians are god fearing good people. I think the belief in god and Jesus build this country and is what made it great for so long, it was a main stay in the average American family. It suppose to stand for good in this world.
I live by a strong set of morals my dad cast upon me, And I treat people how I want to be treated, the fear of hell doesn’t scare me into being a good person
 

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No, butt the OP is showing signs of such. Not very healthy to worry about how other people live their lives
 

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No, butt the OP is showing signs of such. Not very healthy to worry about how other people live their lives
This applies to every religious nut job. So concerned with every other person and how they live their lives.
 

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at least with religion you have a certain set up morals and a general life playbook to guide you. some can see this is an inflexible set of values but it is far better than you millennials that use leftist politics as your new religion and your playbook devolves every day. one day a man is a man, a woman is a woman, and suddenly you are whatever you feel like you want to be...one day life begins at conception, then it's at a heart beat, then it's 2nd trimester, and next up you put the baby through a wood chipper after it's born. i haven't been to a church in many years but at least growing up in a somewhat religious household explained what is right and wrong. atheist liberals have no concept of this

religious folks innately believe the man is born flawed and needs to follow a playbook to keep doing the things in life that make them successful and help their fellow man. you can be poor or rich or middle class and be happy because your life has meaning and you treat others like you want to be treated

atheist, almost always deeply radical liberals, believe that man is born purposeless and that religions are nothing but a set of myths designed to run your life, even if actual people like Mohammad and Jesus existed. but you are the most important thing on this planet, you are the king over your life, so people should cater to you no matter how much of a freak you are. tear your cock off and call yourself sally? that's fine because you are doing what you feel even if it is a true mental illness. decide in your 3rd trimester that you don't want to have the kid cause baby's daddy went to prison? no problem, let's get out the Dyson.

atheists say they're not religious but that's bullshit. instead of being jewish or christian or muslim you're an environmentalist, or a feminist, or a radical leftist, or a trans-rights crusader. the whole social justice warrior thing is nothing more than a godless atheist's way of making their life have meaning
 

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My Mother was Catholic (died this past Monday) and my father was an atheist. When I was a little kid, I asked my Dad if he ever goes to church and his response was something to the effect of "No, but I hope my neighbor does".

When looking at traditional religions of the West, they have been excellent at providing a set of moral teachings for people to understand.

There is a reason that the youth of today is so screwed and I think it is because we have taken the Mom (or a parent) from the home and we lessened the influence of church and we have lessened the influence of neighborhood, and we have lessened the use of judging others for their behavior ... and the only thing that we seem to be using to replace the church, family and neighborhood are our public schools and universities which are filled with people lacking in morality guiding our youth. We have really let down the Millennial kids. They are stupid and lacking morality because they were not taught it.

So whether any of the Gods exist, we are certainly not adequately addressing the void left by eliminating religion from our society.

Also, religion has been around from the beginning. It is more common than not common throughout human history to have a belief in a higher being. To date, science has not answered the question of how we got here, or what our universe consists of, and is incapable of answering a question such as "what is the meaning of life" other than to say there is none (which would again devalue morality). So if people get a better moral compass from church than not going to church and if people get comfort from the idea that their dead loved one is in a better place and not just gone, why does it bother you so much?

I suppose there has been a lot of human destruction as a result of religion too.

BTW if you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, God, that there is no difference between a man and a woman, that the earth will be destroyed by climate change in 12 years, or that Trump colluded with Russia is not meaningful to me unless you try and force that belief on me through means other than intellectual influence. If you are trying to use government to force me to believe what you believe, then I will take issue but as long as you are not infringing on my freedom then do and believe what you want and allow me to do the same.
 

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Of course religion is all a farce, but being overly religious doesn't make one stupid at all. I view it as a harmless crutch that some need to give them support and mental help to get through life, much better to get your kids into church activities rather than gangs.

I highly doubt that most religious people actually believe the Bible literally. I never bought this crap, ever !

My parents were hardly church goers, I was told I was Protestant as a child, later in life I just went with Agnostic, in the last 15 years or so , I've become more honest with myself and have no qualms about saying I'm an athirst, but that's simply on an intellectual level.

Church type stuff is wholesome and just what many need, fine, great... If that helps you live your life , good, you found exactly what you needed to stabilize your life, but please don't try to recruit and save me, you have your beliefs, and I respect that, I don't push my beliefs onto others and expect the same in return.
 

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This thread has serious legs behind it , given the long responses so far, this will become an epic all-time great thread if mods don't bury it.

It's so very obvious that religion is BS, the Bible or Koran or whatever is BS, but it helps people to get through the day. In no way would I call overall religious folks feeble minded ! Deep down in their soul, they really believe the biblical BS
 

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can you be a conservative atheist ? i was raised in a methodist republican household. my dad taught me how to vote years ago, you look for the republicans and vote right down the line.
I work road construction and I voted for trump. I just don't believe in god,the morals my god fearing father passed onto me stuck.
I've definately come across more liberal millennials than i have conservative in my interactions with people overall, so i know where the stigma comes from, but we aint all like that.. everybody my age i work construction with are conservatives
 

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anybody know what religion this is from ?
most of it makes sense minus the magic bullshit



  • Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
  • Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure they want to hear them.
  • When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there.
  • If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat him cruelly and without mercy.
  • Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the mating signal.
  • Do not take that which does not belong to you unless it is a burden to the other person and he cries out to be relieved.
  • Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained.
  • Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself.
  • Do not harm little children.
  • Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food.
  • When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop, destroy him.
 

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This applies to every religious nut job. So concerned with every other person and how they live their lives.

If everyone lived with a little more moral clarity, the world would be a better place. If people acted like the OP, simply can't say the change. The catholic church did me no harm, it teaches no harm, I bring no harm to anyone anywhere

Anthiest are far more angry, always mocking religious people like the OP you're siding with

People who advocate personal responsibility are far more content. That and volunteering to help others.
 

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Most of my childhood and young adulthood I believed in our creator without a doubt.

Then I went many years caught in between not knowing what to believe.

In the past couple of years I'm back to firmly believing in God and that it's just as insane to believe we are here by chance.

This planet making life possible with oxygen, an ozone layer that protects us, the sun just far enough to aid in survival, all seem like too much to be mere coincidence.

There's a Christian scientist who said the chances of a big bang creating life is as likely as a tornado making it's way through a junkyard of airplanes, and when it.has passed, the planes are not only magically assembled back together, but they ALSO run.

It's kind of like UFO's.

I used to think that anyone who didn't believe extraterrestrial life is possibly clearly isn't too bright because of space being eternal.

But now I feel alien life does not exist for 2 reasons:

1. If you believe in God, we are probably his only creation

2. If you're atheist, then the astronomical odds in which everything had to come together so perfectly to create life on this planet are so impossible, that the chances of it happening more than twice or more somewhere else is just too great.
 

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If everyone lived with a little more moral clarity, the world would be a better place. If people acted like the OP, simply can't say the change. The catholic church did me no harm, it teaches no harm, I bring no harm to anyone anywhere

Anthiest are far more angry, always mocking religious people like the OP you're siding with

People who advocate personal responsibility are far more content. That and volunteering to help others.

And people advocating government solutions tend to be more disappointed and judgmental
 

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When i start to drift and think about billions of light years of universe and different galaxies , im sorry but that wasn't made with the snap of an invisible finger thousands of years ago
 

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There are 10% of the people on either end of the spectrum who can't control sharing their viewpoint and how they feel with anyone in the vicinity. That includes this topic and many others and, unfortunately, the "vicinity" as been expanded to the entire world thanks to the internet. That is what mental illness looks like. Meanwhile, the 80% in the middle believe what they want and understand that others have that same right. I'm not religious, but still can feel free to use the phase, "live and let live."
 

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When i start to drift and think about billions of light years of universe and different galaxies , im sorry but that wasn't made with the snap of an invisible finger thousands of years ago

It is pretty hard to believe it happened by mere chance.
 

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Religious people have to be mentally unbalanced or severely lacking intellect right?

I mean look at how the idiotic, cartoonish shit that Muslims, Christians and all the other religions believe in.

The simply have to be weak minded, mentally unbalanced or simply incapable or in denial in accepting that there is no life after death or higher power.

It's quite preposterous if you think about it.

What's the difference between kids believing in the tooth fair or santa and adults believing a guy could walk on water or turn water into wine or came back to life or 40 virgins after death etc?

Don't give me historical data and documentation etc. That's all man made (up) and equally as absurd.

What is so funny is you comparing the tooth fairy to Jesus Christ and then commenting on anyone's intellect.
 

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An ATHEIST was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said,
"Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow
passenger." The little girl, who had just started to read her book replied to the total stranger,
"What would you like to talk about?" "Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why
there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly. "Okay,"
she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse,
cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff-grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow
turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?" The atheist,
visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no
ideal." To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss God, Heaven and
Hell, or life after death, when you don't know SHIT?" And then she went back to reading her
book.

Q: What is so ironic about Atheist?
A: They're always talking about God!
 

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at least with religion you have a certain set up morals and a general life playbook to guide you. some can see this is an inflexible set of values but it is far better than you millennials that use leftist politics as your new religion and your playbook devolves every day. one day a man is a man, a woman is a woman, and suddenly you are whatever you feel like you want to be...one day life begins at conception, then it's at a heart beat, then it's 2nd trimester, and next up you put the baby through a wood chipper after it's born. i haven't been to a church in many years but at least growing up in a somewhat religious household explained what is right and wrong. atheist liberals have no concept of this

religious folks innately believe the man is born flawed and needs to follow a playbook to keep doing the things in life that make them successful and help their fellow man. you can be poor or rich or middle class and be happy because your life has meaning and you treat others like you want to be treated

atheist, almost always deeply radical liberals, believe that man is born purposeless and that religions are nothing but a set of myths designed to run your life, even if actual people like Mohammad and Jesus existed. but you are the most important thing on this planet, you are the king over your life, so people should cater to you no matter how much of a freak you are. tear your cock off and call yourself sally? that's fine because you are doing what you feel even if it is a true mental illness. decide in your 3rd trimester that you don't want to have the kid cause baby's daddy went to prison? no problem, let's get out the Dyson.

atheists say they're not religious but that's bullshit. instead of being jewish or christian or muslim you're an environmentalist, or a feminist, or a radical leftist, or a trans-rights crusader. the whole social justice warrior thing is nothing more than a godless atheist's way of making their life have meaning

What a load of crap. Generalize much? "Atheists liberals have no concept of right and wrong." Just plain stupid.
 

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