COG it's pointless to argue with you since you don't believe in a higher deity- but it's amazing that you believe in let's say "Gravity" even though you can't see Gravity yet you may tell me you can "feel" the presence of gravity. In the same manner people can't see God but feel his presence and they can look at the heavens and see stars, planets and believe that it has some sort of creator. I don't know what your issues with Jews having their own homeland but get over it.
Originally Posted by wellendowed1911
Who says I don't believe in God? I do. And I agree with you about seeing and experiencing His/Hers/It's Presence. I do not believe in the god of the Old Testament. That god approves genocide and the killing of children, along with a whole host of ridiculous regulations.
I do not believe in Allah, for the same reason.
But there are other, older (and newer) writings the better capture the essence of the Divine.
Judaism, Islam, Christianity (not Jesus) are religions designed to control there adherents. Behave and you get Heaven, or 72 virgins, or some such nonsense.
It's simply bullshit, but go ahead and believe it if it makes you happy. But don't use your phony religion as an excuse to tell me how to live.
Both sides in the Middle East need to put down their arms and start working together. They won't, but they should. It's asinine. "God gave us this land!" "The hell he did, he gave this land us!" "Did not!" "Did too!"
All this violence and misery over which "god" gave what to who. Does this not sound ridiculous to you?