Are you religious?

**Goofle** · 12-28-2016, 08:52 AM

I prefer when people pronounce it "mozlims". Very strange.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I'd call that fear about as valid of a fear of being struck by lightning. It is true that it is a legitimate fear because people hold that fear, but that doesn't mean that their fear is built on anything like rationality.

Hence why I called it minute, while still legitimate.

The Batlord · 12-30-2016, 04:25 PM

I thought the darkies were the cradle of civilization.

Neapolitan · 12-30-2016, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I thought the darkies were the cradle of civilization.

That is why I said 'at least that was how it was presented in the history books.' Because I knew someone would bring up another possible origin, e.g. China or India etc.

Mondo Bungle · 12-30-2016, 04:28 PM

I like the Arabian peninsula

kibbeh · 12-31-2016, 12:44 AM

mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) is considered to be the cradle of civilization

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Mesopotamia is generally credited with being the first place where civilized societies truly began to take shape. People around the world had been developing the groundwork for civilization for millennia: Agriculture was established around 8000 B.C. The domestication of animals for labor and food develop*ed simultaneously [source: Ohio State University]. People had been creating art for thousands of years already. Early laws had been established in the form of mores and folkways. All of these were parts of human culture, but not civilization. Mesopotamians refined, added to and formalized these systems, combining them to form a civilization.

**Goofle** · 01-08-2017, 02:29 PM

I'm not religious, but I can watch Jordan Peterson talk all day.

Pet_Sounds · 01-08-2017, 04:36 PM

^Caused quite a fuss around these parts when he first spoke out. As a (hopeful) future U of T student, I've followed the drama closely.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 01-08-2017, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

^Caused quite a fuss around these parts when he first spoke out. As a (hopeful) future U of T student, I've followed the drama closely.

it was a pretty hot topic on the east coast as well, guessing it swept over Canada pretty quickly. I really like the guy, even if we disagree on a fair bit he's still very intelligent and well spoken. his podcast with Joe Rogan was class.

Anteater · 01-08-2017, 06:35 PM

I'm an optimistic agnostic who believes religion serves a necessary role in cultural development. Reality is a black box of sorts...we don't have enough information to seriously entertain most of life's big questions. That would change with the completion of a god-tier AI though.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 01-09-2017, 12:43 AM

I think that my current beliefs best fit into the Panentheistic Taoism realm.

View Poll Results: What religion do you follow?
Christianity	38	20.32%
Buddhism	3	1.60%
Hinduism	1	0.53%
Islam	2	1.07%
Judaism	4	2.14%
Wiccanism	1	0.53%
Other established religion (feel free to post about it)	6	3.21%
Self-defined	25	13.37%
Don't follow any religion & don't believe in deities (atheist)	68	36.36%
Not Sure, undecided, don't know or don't care	39	20.86%
Sikhism	0	0%
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~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,823	I think that my current beliefs best fit into the Panentheistic Taoism realm.