Religion - Join in the fun!

[BIG WORM]

this very may sound retarded, but consider religion like car insurance for a moment.

The majority have car insurance, no one wants to wreck their ride, but if they do, they are covered.

The ones that don't have car insurance, may be able to get around for awhile, but sooner or later someone will hit you, you will hit someone, or you will get pulled over.

The majority of the world believes in One God. (Muslims, Jews, Christians) True believers believe in God so much that they are willing to die for it. If they die and go to heaven, they were right. If they die and nothing happens so what?! At least they had a back up plan, just in case.

So to me it's stupid to not include religion in your life. All forms of humans have always believed in some kind of higher power, until the last hundred years or so. Why would someone risk not having a back up plan?

It's like not having car insurance, sure you might be right, you may not wreck your car tonight, but what if you do, are you confident you're not going to get in some kind of trouble for it? Of course not.

Question is are you as confident with all your heart that their is "no God" are you willing to die for that belief? If the religious are right, you will burn in hell for eternity. If they are wrong, nothing happens.

To sum this up, you have the option to have religion in your life, the same way you have the option to have car insurance, and it goes the same, If you don't have insurance, I hope you don't get caught tonight, and If you don't have religion, may you not die tonight.

[RL...]

this very may sound retarded, but consider religion like car insurance for a moment.
True believers believe in God so much that they are willing to die for it. If they die and go to heaven, they were right. If they die and nothing happens so what?! At least they had a back up plan, just in case.

WTF That is the most idiotic thing I've heard in a while. That is a horrible reason to have faith in GOD/religion. LOL For a backup plan!

[onebadgt]

WTF That is the most idiotic thing I've heard in a while. That is a horrible reason to have faith in GOD/religion. LOL For a backup plan!

you say that now, but maybe in the end there will be nothing. but if there is a heaven and hell, then you may have wished you had a idiotic back up plan!

[Maniacc]

The majority of the world believes in One God. (Muslims, Jews, Christians) True believers believe in God so much that they are willing to die for it. If they die and go to heaven, they were right. If they die and nothing happens so what?! At least they had a back up plan, just in case.

Willing to die in so many ways - take suicide bombers. I'm sure they love their God oh so bad now huh? Where are they right now in your opinion? Hell or Heaven? I mean, in their eyes they're not doing anything wrong but to others their evil terrorists. Haha, Big Worm, your religion "analogy" is pathetic.

Car insurance? Now, we have to pay a fee of X amount of money a month just to be safe and to have a back up plan just in case something goes wrong, eh? Dude, come on.

So to me it's stupid to not include religion in your life. All forms of humans have always believed in some kind of higher power, until the last hundred years or so. Why would someone risk not having a back up plan?

And to me, it's stupid to include religion in your life. You don't need it nor do you need to waste your time on some imaginary just to 'be on the safe side.' I for one do believe in something higer, something that we can't comprehend.

Is it a God? No, is it some guy who walked around 2000 something years ago? No. I don't know what it is so I'd rather not put a name to it. Make sense? Or should I go ahead and post a figure of what I think it is?

Question is are you as confident with all your heart that their is "no God" are you willing to die for that belief? If the religious are right, you will burn in hell for eternity. If they are wrong, nothing happens.

I'm not willing to die for shit because I'm not a crazy ass lunatic.

Only religious nut cases go to that extreme. Why the hell should I do such ridiculous shit just to prove a point? Hahaha, religious people get asked the same question all the time. And what do they answer with? "Uhh, well, Jesus Christ still has a plan for me blah blah." Why can't they just say their a bunch of pussies and move on with their lifes?

To sum this up, you have the option to have religion in your life, the same way you have the option to have car insurance, and it goes the same, If you don't have insurance, I hope you don't get caught tonight, and If you don't have religion, may you not die tonight.

Are the "Evil Spirits" the police in this analogy? What if you do have car insurance and you fuck up? You're not covered - you have to pay. So if religion is like that - do you have to pay in, which way? Money, time in hell? Please tell me, I'm curious.

And also, you have many car insurance companies.
How do I know I will get covered as good as the other company? Would I be safer with a certain one then I would be with another?

I don't know about you man but I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

[BIG WORM]

Willing to die in so many ways - take suicide bombers. I'm sure they love their God oh so bad now huh? Where are they right now in your opinion? Hell or Heaven? I mean, in their eyes they're not doing anything wrong but to others their evil terrorists. Haha, Big Worm, your religion "analogy" is pathetic.

Car insurance? Now, we have to pay a fee of X amount of money a month just to be safe and to have a back up plan just in case something goes wrong, eh? Dude, come on.




And to me, it's stupid to include religion in your life. You don't need it nor do you need to waste your time on some imaginary just to 'be on the safe side.' I for one do believe in something higer, something that we can't comprehend.

Is it a God? No, is it some guy who walked around 2000 something years ago? No. I don't know what it is so I'd rather not put a name to it. Make sense? Or should I go ahead and post a figure of what I think it is?




I'm not willing to die for shit because I'm not a crazy ass lunatic.

Only religious nut cases go to that extreme. Why the hell should I do such ridiculous shit just to prove a point? Hahaha, religious people get asked the same question all the time. And what do they answer with? "Uhh, well, Jesus Christ still has a plan for me blah blah." Why can't they just say their a bunch of pussies and move on with their lifes?




Are the "Evil Spirits" the police in this analogy? What if you do have car insurance and you fuck up? You're not covered - you have to pay. So if religion is like that - do you have to pay in, which way? Money, time in hell? Please tell me, I'm curious.

And also, you have many car insurance companies.
How do I know I will get covered as good as the other company? Would I be safer with a certain one then I would be with another?

I don't know about you man but I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

well you're obviously curious, or in search of the truth, otherwise you wouldn't analyze this so much. You even put "banned from heaven" under your name, I guess to stand out, or for attention.

But let me ask you this, You say you don't believe in God, so does that mean you don't believe in Satan? Religion is all just a joke right? So why don't you yourself challenge Satan? If it's not true you have nothing to loose. Because obviously none of us are going to change your mind.

[AirMax95]

well you're obviously curious, or in search of the truth, otherwise you wouldn't analyze this so much. You even put "banned from heaven" under your name, I guess to stand out, or for attention.

But let me ask you this, You say you don't believe in God, so does that mean you don't believe in Satan? Religion is all just a joke right? So why don't you yourself challenge Satan? If it's not true you have nothing to loose. Because obviously none of us are going to change your mind.

Good point, because with the OP's logic, all of it is mythical.

Give Satan a ring as ask him, lol.

[Maniacc]

well you're obviously curious, or in search of the truth, otherwise you wouldn't analyze this so much. You even put "banned from heaven" under your name, I guess to stand out, or for attention.

In search of the truth, eh? Not at all. I'm almost positive that I'm close to knowing it already. Using logic is the key.

Haha, and thanks for pointing out my bFh trade mark. I've used that since 2006. But I never used it in hopes that I'd get special attention... I mean, I don't see where you're going with by bringing that up. But if you think it'll help your case than kept at it.

But let me ask you this, You say you don't believe in God, so does that mean you don't believe in Satan? Religion is all just a joke right? So why don't you yourself challenge Satan? If it's not true you have nothing to loose. Because obviously none of us are going to change your mind.

I don't believe in Satan and religion is all just a joke - that's exactly right. Or at least to me it is.

And challenge Satan? If you read around you'll notice that I have already done research on Satanism and am pretty educated when it comes to it. But I don't worship Satan... I just enjoy reading new forms of religion. To increase my knowledge on the subject ya know.

[ahabion]

Now, do take this as me NOT trying attack you in anyway as you can believe in what you want to believe in whatever form or fashion you want to. Great thing about being Human (especially in America) is the freedom of choice.

Just want to address some of your questions

Willing to die in so many ways - take suicide bombers. I'm sure they love their God oh so bad now huh? Where are they right now in your opinion? Hell or Heaven? I mean, in their eyes they're not doing anything wrong but to others their evil terrorists. Haha, Big Worm, your religion "analogy" is pathetic.

They do what they do because that is what they feel is right and ethically correct. In their reality (as screwed up as it may be for us) that is what they believe to be righteous and serving their god and their people.

Car insurance? Now, we have to pay a fee of X amount of money a month just to be safe and to have a back up plan just in case something goes wrong, eh? Dude, come on.

To touch on the analogy, some religions may have a fee, but its not just religions on a "god" standard, but can be anything as far as an organization or grouping of people... be it a dues, initiation, etc.

And to me, it's stupid to include religion in your life. You don't need it nor do you need to waste your time on some imaginary just to 'be on the safe side.' I for one do believe in something higer, something that we can't comprehend.

Is it a God? No, is it some guy who walked around 2000 something years ago? No. I don't know what it is so I'd rather not put a name to it. Make sense? Or should I go ahead and post a figure of what I think it is?

Believe in what you want to, again the freedom of choice. Just like the above suicide bombers, they made their choice to die for what they believed in. Just like how soldiers die for their country all the time. There is a faith there, a belief that what they are doing serves a greater purpose than their own..

I'm not willing to die for shit because I'm not a crazy ass lunatic.

Only religious nut cases go to that extreme. Why the hell should I do such ridiculous shit just to prove a point? Hahaha, religious people get asked the same question all the time. And what do they answer with? "Uhh, well, Jesus Christ still has a plan for me blah blah." Why can't they just say their a bunch of pussies and move on with their lifes?

Compare your meaning of a religious nut case and hold them side by side to a car enthusiast nut case. Some people are so deep into making their cars the fastest, prettiest, etc that they can spend their whole lifetime doing only that. I'm sure many people here and all have street raced before or even in a race before... not really the safest thing to do, but you do it because you believe in what you do, what your hands can build... etc. You are still doing something that you yourself believe in.

Are the "Evil Spirits" the police in this analogy? What if you do have car insurance and you fuck up? You're not covered - you have to pay. So if religion is like that - do you have to pay in, which way? Money, time in hell? Please tell me, I'm curious.

And also, you have many car insurance companies.
How do I know I will get covered as good as the other company? Would I be safer with a certain one then I would be with another?

I don't know about you man but I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico.

Going back on the insurance analogy, it's not the "evil Spirits" but the comparison of an afterlife if at all. If you have car insurance and you get into an accident, you are in a sense protected... but who is to say that you would ever get into an accident? That is the whole business of insurance after all... "the just in case something happens." If something does happen and you have insurance, great (hopefully you don't have to pay anything)... if something happens and you don't have insurance... your gunna get spanked in the wallet. The analogy of religion as insurance can be drawn using that principle... is that why I believe in my faith? No, not for me... for others it may very well be.

And yes you do have multiple insurance companies to choose from and like anyone else, they'd refer you to their insurance company OR the best one they've had... likewise, religions would do the same.

Touching back from the beginning, the great thing about being human in America is that you have the freedom of choice. Choose what insurance company you want to go with, the extent of your coverage, etc... but it doesn't end there for choices... you can also choose to do you're homework on who gives you the greatest benefits of insuring with them. The same holds true for religions... do your homework if you CHOOSE to join one. If not, then more power to you... again, freedom of choice.

[Maniacc]

Compare your meaning of a religious nut case and hold them side by side to a car enthusiast nut case. Some people are so deep into making their cars the fastest, prettiest, etc that they can spend their whole lifetime doing only that. I'm sure many people here and all have street raced before or even in a race before... not really the safest thing to do, but you do it because you believe in what you do, what your hands can build... etc. You are still doing something that you yourself believe in.

This would've been a better analogy. Bravo, dude. This part of your post was very very impressive.