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eazyduzzit · 11-14-2006, 05:36 PM

I think this is a ridiculous statement - Ban religion because it discriminates against Gays. Lots of organizations discriminate against all kinds of people, groups, political parties and religions. It's just part of life and it's part of free speech and you can't simply go around banning them all.

For a good chunk of people, Religion isn't about the stories and testaments in the Bible, Quran or any other holy books or about some of the crazy things they have to say. It's about a sense of hope and a sense of community. Being together and knowing you have a group of people looking out for you as well as knowing you have somewhere to turn in times of need.

I'm not going to sit here and deny religion has not been the cause of a lot of problems in history, but what i am going to say is religion has also done a lot of positives in history and nobody can deny that.

The church teaches loving eachother, being nice and helping people. How this can be a negative thing i do not know. Religion gives people a sense of hope and a tight knit community. Churches do so many good things such as send people to university, bring people in from the cold, donate food and numorous other things. It creates loving and giving people. Sure some of the things said in the Bible and other holy books are out dated and might very well "discriminate" but there is no doubt in my mind this world would be a much worse place without it.

11-14-2006, 05:36 PM	#310
eazyduzzit Crash and Bang Winger Join Date: Sep 2006 Exp:	I think this is a ridiculous statement - Ban religion because it discriminates against Gays. Lots of organizations discriminate against all kinds of people, groups, political parties and religions. It's just part of life and it's part of free speech and you can't simply go around banning them all. For a good chunk of people, Religion isn't about the stories and testaments in the Bible, Quran or any other holy books or about some of the crazy things they have to say. It's about a sense of hope and a sense of community. Being together and knowing you have a group of people looking out for you as well as knowing you have somewhere to turn in times of need. I'm not going to sit here and deny religion has not been the cause of a lot of problems in history, but what i am going to say is religion has also done a lot of positives in history and nobody can deny that. The church teaches loving eachother, being nice and helping people. How this can be a negative thing i do not know. Religion gives people a sense of hope and a tight knit community. Churches do so many good things such as send people to university, bring people in from the cold, donate food and numorous other things. It creates loving and giving people. Sure some of the things said in the Bible and other holy books are out dated and might very well "discriminate" but there is no doubt in my mind this world would be a much worse place without it.