“How Did You Lose Your Religion?” – Ricky Gervais @ Big Think. — Subscribe to Science and Reason: • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com • www.youtube.com — Question: How did you lose your religion? Ricky Gervais: Well, I love I love Jesus. You know, I believed in God. I think, my mom wanted me to. I think, for a working class woman, whos rushed off her feet, you know, the most she can hope for is the their son dont so they dont get killed in a bar room fight. And Jesus, I suppose, is an invisible, free babysitter, you know. If I cant see you, someones watching you. Which is obviously misplace. Very sweet, you know, but misplaced. And I was about 8 and I was I was doing something from the Bible and my brother came in, he was older than me, his name is Bob, still is, and he was about 19, and he said, ‘What are you doing?’ I said, ‘I’m doing this for Jesus, God’. He said, ‘Why do you believe in God?’ And my mom went, ‘Bob!’, and I knew you. I knew then that she was hiding something from me and he was he was telling the truth. And I thought about it. And I was a bit of a scientist even then. You know, I could read really well by the time I was 3. I suppose I was a bit of an experiment cause I was the youngest by 11 years, you know. And I was into science and nature and I suppose I was a logical person. And I thought Yeah. But I learn it through body language. I learn it through that human [interplay] between this two people. The one was worried about what the other one was …
Being tax exempt is essentially government (tax-payers) financing religion; these groups get the same quality of security and infrastructure as tax-payers. Sounds like support for religion to me.
What about the abandoned churches that the government cannot confiscate, because no tax is overdue, that turn into havens for drugs? Ironic, but not if you truly understand the bloodsucking nature of religion on society.
Super(duper)natural leaders should be a able contribute to the society they intend to control.
Actually we (the government) are getting stuck twice. Until we add a sales tax on people buying their particular brand of religion, I won’t be happy.
I can’t help but notice that no matter who is running for what election, religion is always an issue. Why is it that a candidate’s religion always comes under fire by the press, specifically in presidential races?
Prince Vladimir chose the Easter Orthodox church for the one true religion but what else was he thinking about converting to? What are the different faiths and the central beliefs of each faith? Please help! It would be extremely appreciated!
Roundtable discussion with Dominic Balestra, Loren Graham, Edward Nelson, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, and Max Tegmark.
I did some reading on my art history book and it says something about how the empires back then used to use religion to fool the people into building empires. It has to do something with beliefs and whatever.
This is an excerpt from Karen Armstrong’s presentation on What is Religion? from the Jesus Seminar (Westar Institute) Summer Institute in June 2006. For more information or to purchase the complete video, visit our website at www.westarinstitute.org or check out www.amazon.com.
buy it here: clk.tradedoubler.com The Subs – Music Is The New Religion (taken from their debut album Subculture) video directed by the MKR, big thx !
I am writing a Report on Catholicism. Part of the report is to compare and contrast my religion of choice with another religion.
What I want to know is what religion is going to effectively compare and contrast with Catholicism? Any ideas are welcome!
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The Numero uno song from REM Its “Losing My Religion”!! Enjoy! (Lyrics) Oh, life is bigger It’s bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distance in your eyes Oh no, I’ve said too much I set it up (chorus) That’s me in the corner That’s me in the spotlight, I’m Losing my religion Trying to keep up with you And I don’t know if I can do it Oh no, I’ve said too much I haven’t said enough I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try Every whisper Of every waking hour I’m Choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool Oh no, I’ve said too much I set it up Consider this Consider this The hint of the century Consider this The slip that brought me To my knees failed What if all these fantasies Come flailing around Now I’ve said too much I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing I think I thought I saw you try But that was just a dream That was just a dream (repeat chorus) But that was just a dream Try, cry, why try? That was just a dream Just a dream, just a dream Dream