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Anything that promotes hate, abuse of any living thing or destruction of anything, is not going to do someone any good by following. If atheists don't believe in God then what do they think happens when they die? That there is nothing after that? Sad.

"Anything that promotes hate, abuse of any living thing or destruction of anything, is not going to do someone any good by following."

well i am not an atheist but rather other philosophies to make my own understanding of my own life. i don't see Atheists, preaching hatred or abuse of any living thing. are there some? sure there are. but there are christians, muslims, hindu's, jews, and others who also preach a message of hate that goes agianst the teaching of their religion.

"If atheists don't believe in God then what do they think happens when they die? That there is nothing after that? Sad."

its really not that sad, its a rather realistic approach to life and the effects of the natural cause of life is the end is death, you are no more, and you die. there is nothing wrong with being human and accpeting your own mortality and accepting that you will die, and that you will rot, and decompose.

the idea of heaven and a hell, is absurd. because a mystical being that qoute/unqoute, loves people like they are his/her children, would create a hell, or a place of fire and brimestone, of punishment, becuase they 'sin,' and do not 'repent,' is not a being who is worh praise, if they are tyrant like that.

so i think its as you put 'sad,' that someone of a religion would beleive in ominpotent being who would punish, and torture his own 'love,' and 'creation(s),' simply because he had created them to sin, and because he created sin, they then are always failing to be approved by him, because everything they do is sin.

so how can this beings creation ever succeed to his expectations if his expectations are no overly vague and unrealistic.

Satanism, does not promote, anger or hatred or abuse of anything. Satanism (in the Theistic sense) is a promotion of being your own God of your own life, and taking control of your own life, and suceeding in life.

i think its 'sad,' that people fear, a mystical being, or any form of relion like that. i think its sad, that people fear science, and medicine, i also think its sad that people, fear the thoughts and opinions of others, and different religions of others, based upon the propaganda that they are fed, by those close to them.

All religions promote hate and abuse, not in their words but in the effect they have on people. My religion is right, yours is wrong, you must convert or be punished! Sound familiar? It should do. Its still happening today.
Its sad that this thread was meant to educate and you have seen the word Satanism and judged. Something only Jehovah is allowed to do.
As Satan is by and large a christian creation, then I think its safe to assume that Satanists use tracts of the bible as their soul source or primary information.

I dont believe in God, or any gods. Well no more than I believe that Luke Skywalker exists. Both are massive works of fiction. Both have spawned 'religion'. Both make a fortune out of gaudy baubles and trinkets. Both ask you to suspend your disbelief.

Time to read some anthropology papers.....

I think a lot of the hate followers of any one religion may have over another stems from a deep routed fear that the other belief may be the true belief. So naturally wanting to debunk or pore scorn over those other beliefs is a form of self validation with regards their own.

Whoever shouts loudest therefore must be right.

Religion should be a much more personal system of belief than communal, though communal has its place when it comes to celebrating that belief. Anything negative just amounts to mob mentality. 'Burn the witch at the stake', etc. But whatever works for someone on a personal level should be, if not respected, then tolerated, because ultimately it's no ones damn business what someone else feels is in their heart.

My belief is based on my experience so therefore is very personal...In my mind we are all part of the universal consciouness...we have choices and responsibility and a path of enlightenment to follow...I think tis sad when ppl discount organized religion,,which is what I did,,then stop exploring other possibilities....Einstien and quantum physics open up and support a much broader concept of universal connection than can be dreamed of by conventional so called religions

i think that makes a lot of CosyRosy, making a life and a belief, out of the experinces that one does. Everything is a learning experince, in my opinion that is.

"Religion should be a much more personal system of belief than communal."

- i agree with you there Stevey. i do not think religion should be played in politics or even be alloed in politics. you want religion politics be it christianity, hiduism, buddism, judasim, islam, whatever, you get a therocracy. (the novel: "The Handmaids Tale," by Margert Atwood is pretty good for describing that)

i just think personally, that religon is a personal matter, and that religious people (of whatever belief) need to keep it to themselves, or there families, and friends, who can share their beliefs. its not something i need to know.

i consider religion (like but not entrily) like sex. its a private issue, and something i don't need to know.

that goes with all forms of belief in my opinion. including this new age movment, i don't need to hear it, and i don't care, about what they believe in, just don't preach to me.

now for those who thinks science is a religion, guess again, its not. science is a career, and a research study in many different areas, that is created to bennift the human race.

for those wo say 'religion does the same thing, by feeding the poor,' well socialism and communism, was supposed to do the same thing, but failed.

so in all honesty i don't care, what a person believes in, just don't run around with a big sign, saying 'i believe in god, and you don't go to hell.' its not apropriate. sae with other religions don't fly planes into buildings because your god told you too, you are just using that as a excuse.

What do Atheists have to look forward to after they die? Do they believe that they are totally destroyed then? It sounds pretty depressing, without faith in something you are liable to fall for anything.

Is this a actual discussion about religion? On the depression board? with no fighting or name calling? wow...times have changed.. its nice to see :)