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    Posted: Jan. 6, 2011 - 1:08 PM ET #426

    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


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    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


     
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    The Bible is a great novel.

    Man is no more important than ANY other creature on earth.

    Man will some day be gone just like ALL the other species have.

    LAUGH, LOVE AND LIVE....because life is short

    Death is like..........before you were born....not so bad.

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    The Bible is a great novel.

    Man is no more important than ANY other creature on earth.

    Man will some day be gone just like ALL the other species have.

    LAUGH, LOVE AND LIVE....because life is short

    Death is like..........before you were born....not so bad.

     
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    Posted: Jan. 6, 2011 - 3:02 PM ET #428

    Quote Originally Posted by Kubrick:

    The Bible is a great novel.

    Man is no more important than ANY other creature on earth.

    Man will some day be gone just like ALL the other species have.

    LAUGH, LOVE AND LIVE....because life is short

    Death is like..........before you were born....not so bad.



    Speak like you believe it does not mean it is true.

    You maybe right, I maybe right.....

    BUT the concept man is no more important......you have got to be kidding.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Kubrick:

    The Bible is a great novel.

    Man is no more important than ANY other creature on earth.

    Man will some day be gone just like ALL the other species have.

    LAUGH, LOVE AND LIVE....because life is short

    Death is like..........before you were born....not so bad.



    Speak like you believe it does not mean it is true.

    You maybe right, I maybe right.....

    BUT the concept man is no more important......you have got to be kidding.


     
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    Posted: Jan. 6, 2011 - 3:05 PM ET #429

    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    Where do i start.....

    Fact 1.....The universe has an age.....That means it was born from somewhere.......Correct?

    Fact 2....Something cannot come from nothing....Perhaps if u can prove this wrong, u would probably be the richest man in humanity and have 95% of the worlds wealth......But u r clearly not.

    Fact 3. If something cannot come from nothing but we are here on a physical universe then something did come from nothing????

    To me, that leaves me with only alternative, God created the physical universe.......A physical atom or gas or molecule could not come about because no one can create those from nothing.....So something did CREATE IT. It cant be anything physical, cause for a physical creation, something would have to have been crreated before it, but the universe has an age....U decide......

    U are contradicting yourself big time.......u sound like a fool

    Secondly, the fine tuning of the universe.i have been through this, are we that lucky that everything just so happened to fall into place ( a one in a about twenty billion chance)......Only u must be convinced about that it seems.....

    I find a complete parrallell between when something is new some represenattive from the creator takes people around and teaches them about the invention.......example, the A380, reps from airbus take the airline reps through the plane, teach them about the plane and makes a presentation, a new ship, a house, a school etc etc etc......

    I believe God did this through jesus......to show how man should live on the earth he created........

    That cacabware (do u know what caca means in my language?), anyways......he watches and listens to that "atheist experience" on youtube where he alerted me to that Pascals wager failing..........The argument that middle aged fat bald guy uses is that there is alot to lose by following a religion, time praying , donations etc etc.......yeah, tell that to Josh Hamilton who was a druggy, drunk alco living in the gutter till he found God....he always points his turnaround in life to God.....all the praying, churches. Now he earns what $10 mill a year, a hero and role model to many people around the world and is loving life........Why doesnt that fat bald middle aged turd tell Josh Hamilton that he wasted his time praying and worshipping God......Josh Hamilton is 5 billion times the man that fat balded head guy is.......

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........

     


    1. You are struggling with the misconception that everything must have a beginning and an end. You need to accept the fact that something was always here.
    2. Luck? You think it's luck that we're here? Over the course of hundreds of billions of years not only is it not just luck that things happened to fall into place the way they did, it is almost a mathematical certainty that they would.
    3. There is statistical proof regarding an inverse relationship between belief in God and intelligence. Are statistics absolute fact? No. But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking. You only give credence to this theory by a. trying to say the big bang couldn't have happened b. assuming that if it wasn't the big bang, it had to be an imaginary being will super powers and c. using blatantly false probabilities to try and prove the unlikelihood of the big bang, when in fact, mathematically, had it never have happened, it would have been an anomaly.

    If you flip a coin 10 times, what is the likelihood that you flip 10 heads? Very, very low. If you flip a coin infinite times, what is the probability that at some point in your infinite tosses, you'll find a string of 10 heads in a row? 99.9999999(goes on forever)%. Think of the universe is 10 heads in a row. In a few instances, it's unlikely to have formed the way it did, but over billions and billions of years, it's a near mathematical certainty that things would fall into place as they did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    Where do i start.....

    Fact 1.....The universe has an age.....That means it was born from somewhere.......Correct?

    Fact 2....Something cannot come from nothing....Perhaps if u can prove this wrong, u would probably be the richest man in humanity and have 95% of the worlds wealth......But u r clearly not.

    Fact 3. If something cannot come from nothing but we are here on a physical universe then something did come from nothing????

    To me, that leaves me with only alternative, God created the physical universe.......A physical atom or gas or molecule could not come about because no one can create those from nothing.....So something did CREATE IT. It cant be anything physical, cause for a physical creation, something would have to have been crreated before it, but the universe has an age....U decide......

    U are contradicting yourself big time.......u sound like a fool

    Secondly, the fine tuning of the universe.i have been through this, are we that lucky that everything just so happened to fall into place ( a one in a about twenty billion chance)......Only u must be convinced about that it seems.....

    I find a complete parrallell between when something is new some represenattive from the creator takes people around and teaches them about the invention.......example, the A380, reps from airbus take the airline reps through the plane, teach them about the plane and makes a presentation, a new ship, a house, a school etc etc etc......

    I believe God did this through jesus......to show how man should live on the earth he created........

    That cacabware (do u know what caca means in my language?), anyways......he watches and listens to that "atheist experience" on youtube where he alerted me to that Pascals wager failing..........The argument that middle aged fat bald guy uses is that there is alot to lose by following a religion, time praying , donations etc etc.......yeah, tell that to Josh Hamilton who was a druggy, drunk alco living in the gutter till he found God....he always points his turnaround in life to God.....all the praying, churches. Now he earns what $10 mill a year, a hero and role model to many people around the world and is loving life........Why doesnt that fat bald middle aged turd tell Josh Hamilton that he wasted his time praying and worshipping God......Josh Hamilton is 5 billion times the man that fat balded head guy is.......

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........

     


    1. You are struggling with the misconception that everything must have a beginning and an end. You need to accept the fact that something was always here.
    2. Luck? You think it's luck that we're here? Over the course of hundreds of billions of years not only is it not just luck that things happened to fall into place the way they did, it is almost a mathematical certainty that they would.
    3. There is statistical proof regarding an inverse relationship between belief in God and intelligence. Are statistics absolute fact? No. But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking. You only give credence to this theory by a. trying to say the big bang couldn't have happened b. assuming that if it wasn't the big bang, it had to be an imaginary being will super powers and c. using blatantly false probabilities to try and prove the unlikelihood of the big bang, when in fact, mathematically, had it never have happened, it would have been an anomaly.

    If you flip a coin 10 times, what is the likelihood that you flip 10 heads? Very, very low. If you flip a coin infinite times, what is the probability that at some point in your infinite tosses, you'll find a string of 10 heads in a row? 99.9999999(goes on forever)%. Think of the universe is 10 heads in a row. In a few instances, it's unlikely to have formed the way it did, but over billions and billions of years, it's a near mathematical certainty that things would fall into place as they did.
     
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    Posted: Jan. 6, 2011 - 4:47 PM ET #430

    People can believe whatever they want to believe and that's fine with me.  That's one of the beauties of living in America:  we are free to decide what we want regarding religion, or deity, and can do so without being seriously persecuted (noticed I said seriously bc someone will always hate on what you believe in).  I'm not a religious person.  I was raised in an extremely religious environment.  My father is a preacher and my mother is a crazy religious nut.  I had to go to church every Sunday and was raised to have faith in "God" and Jesus.  I'm not sure if I ever really had legitimate faith though.  I look at this scenario like this:  children that are raised in church are no different than children who are not raised in church in that, most children will adhere to what they are taught by their parents as "right."  Meaning, if your mother teaches you that sharing is a good practice and drills this notion into you, you are likely to share bc your mother said it is right and as a child you look to your parents for guidance.  Same thing with religion.  If you are raised in religion then you are likely to view it as true....why...because most children trust their parents and believe what is presented to them by their parents.  There was a quote posted in this thread that read "Depression is the disease of the intelligent."  I couldn't agree more.  Going back to what I was saying, if you are raised in religion you are most likely going to view your religious teachings as authentic.....UNLESS you have a brain, then at some point you question.  That's what happened to me.  I basically woke-up in my adolescense and starting questioning a lot of the basics of religion as a whole, not just the religion I was taught (which is Christianity btw).  Let me tell you, it depressed the hell out of me.  The world is a awful place for the most part and I couldn't (and still can't) understand how a "loving" God could allow a lot of the things that go on to occur.  What I found was no matter how many arguments I presented to religious ppl, the only answer I got back was "you have to have faith."  I felt misled and couldn't understand how ppl buy into this stuff so easily.  Karl Marx once said "Religion is the opium of the masses" and it truly is.  For the most part, religion is pitched as a saving grace.  If you do this and do that you will go to heaven, or be reincarnated, blah blah blah.  Religion is predominately pitched in a fear context.  If you don't believe blah blah blah you will be forever damned.  So, this in itself hooks the simple minded folks.  Now don't get me wrong, there are some damn smart religious people out there, and there are some completely retarded atheists.  I don't think it's fair to say that religious people aren't smart, but I do think it's fair to say that if you haven't accurately and logically dissected what you believe and why you believe it, you are a complete moron.  If you do this and you still find that you are in faith, then good for you.  If you don't, then good for you too.  I could keep rambling on this topic for hours, but I'll just say this:  respect other ppl's beliefs.  Everyone has different ideals, religious or nonreligious.  NO ONE is going to be able to give you the answers you are looking for.  You are going to have to draw your own conclusions based on your feelings, logic, reasonings, and ultimately what you believe.  Keep this in mind though:  be respectful of ppl and what they believe.  As long as it's not being crammed down your throat, then let ppl believe what they want.  It's their opinion. 

    I personally think it's a dickhead move to even consider telling your friend something like that.  A friend should be there for a friend NO MATTER WHAT they believe.  He asked you to pray, so what?  You could have simply said "ok" and left it at that.  However, since you are so caught up in your own spiritual struggle you would rather take the arrogant approach and dismiss your friends wishes.  Call it fake, phony, fugazi, or whatever other adjectives you wish to call it, but a simple "ok" would have sufficed in this situation.  Like I said earlier man, respect other ppl.  So what if you don't believe in prayer?  I don't either, but I sure as shit am not going to let my beliefs get a friend down, esp one who is in trying times.  Just think about it..... 

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    People can believe whatever they want to believe and that's fine with me.  That's one of the beauties of living in America:  we are free to decide what we want regarding religion, or deity, and can do so without being seriously persecuted (noticed I said seriously bc someone will always hate on what you believe in).  I'm not a religious person.  I was raised in an extremely religious environment.  My father is a preacher and my mother is a crazy religious nut.  I had to go to church every Sunday and was raised to have faith in "God" and Jesus.  I'm not sure if I ever really had legitimate faith though.  I look at this scenario like this:  children that are raised in church are no different than children who are not raised in church in that, most children will adhere to what they are taught by their parents as "right."  Meaning, if your mother teaches you that sharing is a good practice and drills this notion into you, you are likely to share bc your mother said it is right and as a child you look to your parents for guidance.  Same thing with religion.  If you are raised in religion then you are likely to view it as true....why...because most children trust their parents and believe what is presented to them by their parents.  There was a quote posted in this thread that read "Depression is the disease of the intelligent."  I couldn't agree more.  Going back to what I was saying, if you are raised in religion you are most likely going to view your religious teachings as authentic.....UNLESS you have a brain, then at some point you question.  That's what happened to me.  I basically woke-up in my adolescense and starting questioning a lot of the basics of religion as a whole, not just the religion I was taught (which is Christianity btw).  Let me tell you, it depressed the hell out of me.  The world is a awful place for the most part and I couldn't (and still can't) understand how a "loving" God could allow a lot of the things that go on to occur.  What I found was no matter how many arguments I presented to religious ppl, the only answer I got back was "you have to have faith."  I felt misled and couldn't understand how ppl buy into this stuff so easily.  Karl Marx once said "Religion is the opium of the masses" and it truly is.  For the most part, religion is pitched as a saving grace.  If you do this and do that you will go to heaven, or be reincarnated, blah blah blah.  Religion is predominately pitched in a fear context.  If you don't believe blah blah blah you will be forever damned.  So, this in itself hooks the simple minded folks.  Now don't get me wrong, there are some damn smart religious people out there, and there are some completely retarded atheists.  I don't think it's fair to say that religious people aren't smart, but I do think it's fair to say that if you haven't accurately and logically dissected what you believe and why you believe it, you are a complete moron.  If you do this and you still find that you are in faith, then good for you.  If you don't, then good for you too.  I could keep rambling on this topic for hours, but I'll just say this:  respect other ppl's beliefs.  Everyone has different ideals, religious or nonreligious.  NO ONE is going to be able to give you the answers you are looking for.  You are going to have to draw your own conclusions based on your feelings, logic, reasonings, and ultimately what you believe.  Keep this in mind though:  be respectful of ppl and what they believe.  As long as it's not being crammed down your throat, then let ppl believe what they want.  It's their opinion. 

    I personally think it's a dickhead move to even consider telling your friend something like that.  A friend should be there for a friend NO MATTER WHAT they believe.  He asked you to pray, so what?  You could have simply said "ok" and left it at that.  However, since you are so caught up in your own spiritual struggle you would rather take the arrogant approach and dismiss your friends wishes.  Call it fake, phony, fugazi, or whatever other adjectives you wish to call it, but a simple "ok" would have sufficed in this situation.  Like I said earlier man, respect other ppl.  So what if you don't believe in prayer?  I don't either, but I sure as shit am not going to let my beliefs get a friend down, esp one who is in trying times.  Just think about it..... 

     
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     But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking.

     

    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     

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     But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking.

     

    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by callmetim:

     

    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     

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    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by callmetim:

     

    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     



    Tim we are called stupid and retarded.....

    If you believe in God you must be small minded is an attack the Evolutionist have been using for years.

    The movie EXPELLED is awesome and over and over again Richard Dawkins and his buddies offer no answer for how life began.  The only thing is that it might have happened "OFF THE BACK OF CRYTALS"......

    and we are retarded.

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    What is it with you always calling others dumb or moronic? Can you not have a civil debate? I have no doubt you're a smart person and I have no doubt that you have no doubt you're the only smart person, but try acting with some semblence of class.

    A very wise woman told me once.... "Tim, manners and class are free and pay the biggest dividends." Try heeding her advice.

     



    Tim we are called stupid and retarded.....

    If you believe in God you must be small minded is an attack the Evolutionist have been using for years.

    The movie EXPELLED is awesome and over and over again Richard Dawkins and his buddies offer no answer for how life began.  The only thing is that it might have happened "OFF THE BACK OF CRYTALS"......

    and we are retarded.

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    BTW Crash I am sorry this thread has turned in to what it has, it is certainly not answering your question.

    I really do not believe you would call your close friend and say what you said you wanted to say....

    but the question is fair and there is no answer only opinions, i know I am not ready to die I have two kids who still need my help and things like that, but I have no fear of death at all.  I am sinner no doubt, I worship Football, Basketball and Baseball ( I do not even like baseball that much but i like to gamble alot),  and have many other issues but i enjoy what this site offers, but no doubt many posters here just want to fight and argue and not discuss.

    BOLTA, i will not be back to this thread.

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    BTW Crash I am sorry this thread has turned in to what it has, it is certainly not answering your question.

    I really do not believe you would call your close friend and say what you said you wanted to say....

    but the question is fair and there is no answer only opinions, i know I am not ready to die I have two kids who still need my help and things like that, but I have no fear of death at all.  I am sinner no doubt, I worship Football, Basketball and Baseball ( I do not even like baseball that much but i like to gamble alot),  and have many other issues but i enjoy what this site offers, but no doubt many posters here just want to fight and argue and not discuss.

    BOLTA, i will not be back to this thread.

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    I'd like to read some of these threads but holy cow you guys go a little off the deep end.
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    I'd like to read some of these threads but holy cow you guys go a little off the deep end.
     
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    I most certainly did not read all the way through this thread, but did come across one entry that claimed 90% of humans beleive in god. I understand that by god this poster meant any number of single all powerful figures, but this claim is indeed absurd. I have no idea where it came from.

     

    Non-religious 11.9%

    Atheist 2.35%

    Buddist 5.87% (Buddah is not a diety, simply the first human to acheive enlightenment).

     

    And there are several more that would not fall into the 1 supreme being belief.

     

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    I most certainly did not read all the way through this thread, but did come across one entry that claimed 90% of humans beleive in god. I understand that by god this poster meant any number of single all powerful figures, but this claim is indeed absurd. I have no idea where it came from.

     

    Non-religious 11.9%

    Atheist 2.35%

    Buddist 5.87% (Buddah is not a diety, simply the first human to acheive enlightenment).

     

    And there are several more that would not fall into the 1 supreme being belief.

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by facehead:

    I most certainly did not read all the way through this thread, but did come across one entry that claimed 90% of humans beleive in god. I understand that by god this poster meant any number of single all powerful figures, but this claim is indeed absurd. I have no idea where it came from.

     

    Non-religious 11.9%

    Atheist 2.35%

    Buddist 5.87% (Buddah is not a diety, simply the first human to acheive enlightenment).

     

    And there are several more that would not fall into the 1 supreme being belief.

     


    Yea, some posters like to make things up to try to support their beliefs...
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    I most certainly did not read all the way through this thread, but did come across one entry that claimed 90% of humans beleive in god. I understand that by god this poster meant any number of single all powerful figures, but this claim is indeed absurd. I have no idea where it came from.

     

    Non-religious 11.9%

    Atheist 2.35%

    Buddist 5.87% (Buddah is not a diety, simply the first human to acheive enlightenment).

     

    And there are several more that would not fall into the 1 supreme being belief.

     


    Yea, some posters like to make things up to try to support their beliefs...
     
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    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


    Hang on a second...........That Matt guy said u are wasting your time by praying, going to church, donations......My question is, Josh Hamilton readily admits that his life was down a path of destruction until he allowed God in his life through Church, prayer etc etc............So why doesnt this Matt guy ask Josh Hamilton if the time he spends praying , going to church was a waste of time....There are millions of millions of millions of people around the world just like Josh Hamilton........No they havent become MLB players but there lives have changed for the better by allowing God in there lives...........

    So for Matt to say it is a waste of time.......he is talking rubbish...

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    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


    Hang on a second...........That Matt guy said u are wasting your time by praying, going to church, donations......My question is, Josh Hamilton readily admits that his life was down a path of destruction until he allowed God in his life through Church, prayer etc etc............So why doesnt this Matt guy ask Josh Hamilton if the time he spends praying , going to church was a waste of time....There are millions of millions of millions of people around the world just like Josh Hamilton........No they havent become MLB players but there lives have changed for the better by allowing God in there lives...........

    So for Matt to say it is a waste of time.......he is talking rubbish...

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by SYSTEM:

    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     

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    Rostos,

    First of all, caca didn't send you to the youtube clip, I did. Second, know what you're talking about when you start spouting off about things you don't know. The "fat bald guy" (I like how you put people down with insults, not very christian like)  knows more about religion than you or I. And I would have to disagree that Hamilton is more the man. 

    Matt Dillahunty is the president of the Atheist Community of Austin, and is also a host of the live internet radio show "Non-Prophets Radio" and of the Austin cable access show "The Atheist Experience". Matt was raised as a fundamentalist Baptist Christian, and sought to become a Baptist minister.[1] His religious studies, instead of bolstering his faith as he intended, led to a complete rejection of Christianity. He now continues to study philosophy, religion, science, and history, while attempting to educate people about atheism and religion, and "to prevent others from wasting another day on irrational beliefs".[2] Dillahunty also served in the armed forces during the Gulf War and was also in the Armed forces in Haiti during the early 1990s.

    You keep saying this,

    People who are lonely, broke, no future, drunk, always high, no love in there life, suicidal are the ones generally dont believe in a higher being........  

    but you have no data for this, and you have nothing to say about the fact that most inmates are religious News flash, people do overcome hardships without believing in the make believe. Basically, this statement is a load of crap.


    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     

    I think what he was saying is a lot of people find God in prison because they have nothing else.  But, to comment on what you said:  EVERYONE "sins" buddy.  I don't care if you are a religious person, a spiritual person, atheist, or agnostic.  So for you to say these ppl wouldn't be locked up if they truly believed is outrageous.  People make mistakes.  One mistake could land you in prison for a long time.  I hear what you're saying about practice what you preach, but ppl fall away from their faith very often.  It's easy to do when all you have is just that....faith.  Perhaps you could enlighten us as to how you live your perfect life?

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    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     

    I think what he was saying is a lot of people find God in prison because they have nothing else.  But, to comment on what you said:  EVERYONE "sins" buddy.  I don't care if you are a religious person, a spiritual person, atheist, or agnostic.  So for you to say these ppl wouldn't be locked up if they truly believed is outrageous.  People make mistakes.  One mistake could land you in prison for a long time.  I hear what you're saying about practice what you preach, but ppl fall away from their faith very often.  It's easy to do when all you have is just that....faith.  Perhaps you could enlighten us as to how you live your perfect life?

     
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    1. You are struggling with the misconception that everything must have a beginning and an end. You need to accept the fact that something was always here.
    2. Luck? You think it's luck that we're here? Over the course of hundreds of billions of years not only is it not just luck that things happened to fall into place the way they did, it is almost a mathematical certainty that they would.
    3. There is statistical proof regarding an inverse relationship between belief in God and intelligence. Are statistics absolute fact? No. But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking. You only give credence to this theory by a. trying to say the big bang couldn't have happened b. assuming that if it wasn't the big bang, it had to be an imaginary being will super powers and c. using blatantly false probabilities to try and prove the unlikelihood of the big bang, when in fact, mathematically, had it never have happened, it would have been an anomaly.

    If you flip a coin 10 times, what is the likelihood that you flip 10 heads? Very, very low. If you flip a coin infinite times, what is the probability that at some point in your infinite tosses, you'll find a string of 10 heads in a row? 99.9999999(goes on forever)%. Think of the universe is 10 heads in a row. In a few instances, it's unlikely to have formed the way it did, but over billions and billions of years, it's a near mathematical certainty that things would fall into place as they did.

    I didnt know we have one of the world leading astrophysicists on covers..............Ask any of the most repspected Atheists in terms of scientific qualification and they will tell you
    "SOMETHING CANNOT COME NOTHING in this physical universe".........

    The universe has an age...15 billion years.......This has been mathematically proven.....

    if something has a birthdate, then it means it never existed before that birthdate...........Correct?

    So what created the universe? It couldnt have been anything physical cause that means something needed to be physically in place to create it, but the universe has a birthdate........?

    So who was it then? 

    based on your beliefs, maybe we can sit down have a drink together in your lounge and we might just hear a loud bang and i will say nothing caused that, it just happened...........

    Oh, 90% of the workd BELIEVE in a higher spiritual being, oh i suppose 90% of the world is wrong?

     

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    1. You are struggling with the misconception that everything must have a beginning and an end. You need to accept the fact that something was always here.
    2. Luck? You think it's luck that we're here? Over the course of hundreds of billions of years not only is it not just luck that things happened to fall into place the way they did, it is almost a mathematical certainty that they would.
    3. There is statistical proof regarding an inverse relationship between belief in God and intelligence. Are statistics absolute fact? No. But in general, if you are dumb enough to actually believe that a higher being that can defy the laws of the universe exists, you're intelligence in other areas of life is lacking. You only give credence to this theory by a. trying to say the big bang couldn't have happened b. assuming that if it wasn't the big bang, it had to be an imaginary being will super powers and c. using blatantly false probabilities to try and prove the unlikelihood of the big bang, when in fact, mathematically, had it never have happened, it would have been an anomaly.

    If you flip a coin 10 times, what is the likelihood that you flip 10 heads? Very, very low. If you flip a coin infinite times, what is the probability that at some point in your infinite tosses, you'll find a string of 10 heads in a row? 99.9999999(goes on forever)%. Think of the universe is 10 heads in a row. In a few instances, it's unlikely to have formed the way it did, but over billions and billions of years, it's a near mathematical certainty that things would fall into place as they did.

    I didnt know we have one of the world leading astrophysicists on covers..............Ask any of the most repspected Atheists in terms of scientific qualification and they will tell you
    "SOMETHING CANNOT COME NOTHING in this physical universe".........

    The universe has an age...15 billion years.......This has been mathematically proven.....

    if something has a birthdate, then it means it never existed before that birthdate...........Correct?

    So what created the universe? It couldnt have been anything physical cause that means something needed to be physically in place to create it, but the universe has a birthdate........?

    So who was it then? 

    based on your beliefs, maybe we can sit down have a drink together in your lounge and we might just hear a loud bang and i will say nothing caused that, it just happened...........

    Oh, 90% of the workd BELIEVE in a higher spiritual being, oh i suppose 90% of the world is wrong?

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     


    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they
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    If these men are REALLY religious..........then they would follow the 10 commandments and hence they wouldnt be in prison.....Just cause they believe in God, there actions speak louder than there words.........

    It is not just simply to believe in God, u have to PRACTICE IT......If these people practiced it, they wouldnt be in jail.....

    Its like me saying i am not gay but i am always seen kissing men......Its a contradiction isnt it?

    Actions speak louder than any words

     


    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    I didnt know we have one of the world leading astrophysicists on covers..............Ask any of the most repspected Atheists in terms of scientific qualification and they will tell you
    "SOMETHING CANNOT COME NOTHING in this physical universe".........

    The universe has an age...15 billion years.......This has been mathematically proven.....

    if something has a birthdate, then it means it never existed before that birthdate...........Correct?

    So what created the universe? It couldnt have been anything physical cause that means something needed to be physically in place to create it, but the universe has a birthdate........?

    So who was it then? 

    based on your beliefs, maybe we can sit down have a drink together in your lounge and we might just hear a loud bang and i will say nothing caused that, it just happened...........

    Oh, 90% of the workd BELIEVE in a higher spiritual being, oh i suppose 90% of the world is wrong?

     


    Not that it matters, because majority doesn't make right, but no, 90% does not believe...
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    I didnt know we have one of the world leading astrophysicists on covers..............Ask any of the most repspected Atheists in terms of scientific qualification and they will tell you
    "SOMETHING CANNOT COME NOTHING in this physical universe".........

    The universe has an age...15 billion years.......This has been mathematically proven.....

    if something has a birthdate, then it means it never existed before that birthdate...........Correct?

    So what created the universe? It couldnt have been anything physical cause that means something needed to be physically in place to create it, but the universe has a birthdate........?

    So who was it then? 

    based on your beliefs, maybe we can sit down have a drink together in your lounge and we might just hear a loud bang and i will say nothing caused that, it just happened...........

    Oh, 90% of the workd BELIEVE in a higher spiritual being, oh i suppose 90% of the world is wrong?

     


    Not that it matters, because majority doesn't make right, but no, 90% does not believe...
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnAlz:

    I think what he was saying is a lot of people find God in prison because they have nothing else.  But, to comment on what you said:  EVERYONE "sins" buddy.  I don't care if you are a religious person, a spiritual person, atheist, or agnostic.  So for you to say these ppl wouldn't be locked up if they truly believed is outrageous.  People make mistakes.  One mistake could land you in prison for a long time.  I hear what you're saying about practice what you preach, but ppl fall away from their faith very often.  It's easy to do when all you have is just that....faith.  Perhaps you could enlighten us as to how you live your perfect life?

    Absolutely 100% agree everyone sins. I am also a sinner.

    But i have absolutely no doubt in my mind some sins are mortal while others arent......Some sins are frowned upon more than others........

    Would you compare someone who smokes weed once a month to someone that shoots up heroin everyday.....?

    Of course not..........To go in Jail u must have done something bad.......I believe the degree of sin u commited reflects the punishment u get........

    If these men truely feared God, i wonder how many would have murdered, raped, child rape etc etc

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    I think what he was saying is a lot of people find God in prison because they have nothing else.  But, to comment on what you said:  EVERYONE "sins" buddy.  I don't care if you are a religious person, a spiritual person, atheist, or agnostic.  So for you to say these ppl wouldn't be locked up if they truly believed is outrageous.  People make mistakes.  One mistake could land you in prison for a long time.  I hear what you're saying about practice what you preach, but ppl fall away from their faith very often.  It's easy to do when all you have is just that....faith.  Perhaps you could enlighten us as to how you live your perfect life?

    Absolutely 100% agree everyone sins. I am also a sinner.

    But i have absolutely no doubt in my mind some sins are mortal while others arent......Some sins are frowned upon more than others........

    Would you compare someone who smokes weed once a month to someone that shoots up heroin everyday.....?

    Of course not..........To go in Jail u must have done something bad.......I believe the degree of sin u commited reflects the punishment u get........

    If these men truely feared God, i wonder how many would have murdered, raped, child rape etc etc

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by SYSTEM:


    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they

     I'd love to see where this 90% stat came from????

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    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they

     I'd love to see where this 90% stat came from????

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by SYSTEM:


    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they

    Alot of people in prison find God once they are in prison.......if someone TRUELY FEARED WRATH of GOD, would they murder still? No one can answer that....

    Let me ask u this question.....if someone pissed off that badly and it was guaranteed that if u murdered this person u would never get caught..would u still murder this person?

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    That's funny, because you don't follow the 10 commandments (just look at your avatar).  I guess it's different for you. Actions do speak louder than words.

    You said "people who are lonely, broke, no future, always high, no love in their life, suicidal are the ones generally don't believe in a higher power". That sounds like people that are in prison. Do those people believe or don't they

    Alot of people in prison find God once they are in prison.......if someone TRUELY FEARED WRATH of GOD, would they murder still? No one can answer that....

    Let me ask u this question.....if someone pissed off that badly and it was guaranteed that if u murdered this person u would never get caught..would u still murder this person?

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    Absolutely 100% agree everyone sins. I am also a sinner.

    But i have absolutely no doubt in my mind some sins are mortal while others arent......Some sins are frowned upon more than others........

    Would you compare someone who smokes weed once a month to someone that shoots up heroin everyday.....?

    Of course not..........To go in Jail u must have done something bad.......I believe the degree of sin u commited reflects the punishment u get........

    If these men truely feared God, i wonder how many would have murdered, raped, child rape etc etc

    Like I said, I think you're taking what he said out of context.  He can correct me if I'm mistaken, but he's saying that people find God while in prison, not before entering.

    You have to do something "bad" to go to jail?  I guess if that's how you want to word it, but you can go to jail for some outrageous shit.  Not even for "mortal" sins as you call them.  Can you provide some evidence of your 90% claim please?

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    Absolutely 100% agree everyone sins. I am also a sinner.

    But i have absolutely no doubt in my mind some sins are mortal while others arent......Some sins are frowned upon more than others........

    Would you compare someone who smokes weed once a month to someone that shoots up heroin everyday.....?

    Of course not..........To go in Jail u must have done something bad.......I believe the degree of sin u commited reflects the punishment u get........

    If these men truely feared God, i wonder how many would have murdered, raped, child rape etc etc

    Like I said, I think you're taking what he said out of context.  He can correct me if I'm mistaken, but he's saying that people find God while in prison, not before entering.

    You have to do something "bad" to go to jail?  I guess if that's how you want to word it, but you can go to jail for some outrageous shit.  Not even for "mortal" sins as you call them.  Can you provide some evidence of your 90% claim please?

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnAlz:

     I'd love to see where this 90% stat came from????

    Maybe he meant 90% believe in a universal intelligence? It could be called, Buddha, or whatever you're praying to when you're laying 2 points witrh a minute left and your team has gone into prevent defense....

     

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     I'd love to see where this 90% stat came from????

    Maybe he meant 90% believe in a universal intelligence? It could be called, Buddha, or whatever you're praying to when you're laying 2 points witrh a minute left and your team has gone into prevent defense....

     

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by callmetim:

    Maybe he meant 90% believe in a universal intelligence? It could be called, Buddha, or whatever you're praying to when you're laying 2 points witrh a minute left and your team has gone into prevent defense....

     

    Agreed, combine all the religions of the world , ALL of them, all the muslim countries, christians, catholics, buddism etc etc and that accounts for 90% of the world.......

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    Maybe he meant 90% believe in a universal intelligence? It could be called, Buddha, or whatever you're praying to when you're laying 2 points witrh a minute left and your team has gone into prevent defense....

     

    Agreed, combine all the religions of the world , ALL of them, all the muslim countries, christians, catholics, buddism etc etc and that accounts for 90% of the world.......

     
     
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rostos:

    Agreed, combine all the religions of the world , ALL of them, all the muslim countries, christians, catholics, buddism etc etc and that accounts for 90% of the world.......

    Fair enough man.  Source of this stat?????

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    Agreed, combine all the religions of the world , ALL of them, all the muslim countries, christians, catholics, buddism etc etc and that accounts for 90% of the world.......

    Fair enough man.  Source of this stat?????

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