Despite my cold, unfeeling, atheist heart, I’ve always had a soft spot for religions.
And since many religions encourage their followers to convert as many people as possible, the point of this thread is to give you a chance to try.
Here are the rules: You post the best argument you can for why I should follow your religion, preferably in under a billion words. I will attempt to make a thorough and polite response.
You may recommend your favorite book on the subject, but please understand that I probably won’t have time to read it. Oh! Also, my computer is old and Youtube makes it crash, so no videos.
Also, please understand that my most likely answer is, “Sorry, I remain unconvinced.”
You guys are also free to try to convert each other, so long as everyone remains civil.🙂
(I’m gonna figure out how to put a link to this thread on the sidebar, so it doesn’t get lost.)
Now go!
why?
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The idea was to have fun having a conversation with people. I noticed a lot of my early visitors were hailing from religion-oriented blogs, so I thought they might enjoy the topic. If no one is interested, sooner or later I’ll just close the thread or whatever. No big deal.
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Convert or die!
Remember, fear is the biggest motivator.😉
Of course, if you’re not very bright, you might fall for a tall tale about a super-scary underworld of Loki’s daughter Hell or Zeus’ brother Hades.
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Mysteries seem like they’d have been so much more effective before lightbulbs were invented.
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I believe in Catharism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharism
The Catharist believe that the old testament was not God but a demon. Any reading of the old testament with it’s “kill them all” attitude would be a point in favor of Catharism.
Catharist believe the material world is evil. Any one who’s stubbed their toe can attest this is true. I won’t say matter is unreal but I don’t believe it’s eternal. Cold fusion works and can change matter to different types. In the Dewey B. Larson Reciprocal System matter eventually comes apart as the planet that used to be where the asteroid belt shows.
Catharist believe in reincarnation. I used to think reincarnation was stupid til I read a book by Ian Stevenson. Children have been able to remember many things that only a person who died would know. If reincarnation is not true then there’s some other super strange effect.
The Catharist were defeated by the Jesuits which were expressly created for that purpose.
“…In contrast to the Catholic Church, the Cathars had but one sacrament, the Consolamentum, or Consolation. This involved a brief spiritual ceremony to remove all sin from the believer and to induct him or her into the next higher level as a perfect…”
The saying,”Kill them all, the Lord will recognize His own” was invented by a Man involved in the mass murder of the Catharist so opposing people who think this way is a good thing.
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Interesting thoughts. Thanks for sharing. How did you come to your belief in Catharism? Private research/revelation, or family history?
Sorry for the delay in responding to your other comments; thoughtful comments deserve thoughtful replies, but thought takes time.
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