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[Jervill]

People start with a morality and then create rationalizations to support them. Removing God would just remove the rationalization, not their values. Might even help them to be more consistent.

I gave up needing excuses to be good to people.

I agree with this, but the addition of religion, depending on the formula, adds certain features to people's morality.   The biggest problem is it causes a sort of memetic virility.  People believe that they have a moral imperative to spread their religion to others to save them from hell.  I think it's this that is the primary cause of religious violence.  It also leads to fanatic brainwashing of children and such.  If people just had their own moralities, no matter how problematic, it would just be theirs and that's it.

Or, you know, having the majority religion try to enshrine their religious practices and bigotry into law...

[SalmonGod]

I agree with that, but didn't mention it for fear of sparking conflict. We have a few Christians here.

And you know what?... I don't think Christians, or people of any religion, are a problem at all so long as they don't feel the need to force their beliefs on others.  I've never seen anyone on B12 trying to do this, so I don't think they should be insulted.  Religious tolerance is something I preach pretty heavily, and it works both ways.  Religious being tolerant of those not of their religion, and non-religious being tolerant of religious people.  So long as that's going on, there's never any problems.

And trying to write religion into law is just one form of forcing beliefs on others.

[misko27]

I'ma go play some video games now. Can't keep discussing this.

+1. This crap is only gonna end in banning/muting.

Well put.

[Hanslanda]

I'm watching Prometheus. The alien guy... He's fucking badass.

[Sirus]

How is that rage-worthy?

* Sirus has not seen that movie

[Wrex]

Aliens?

*ME3 FLashbacks*


FUCK YOU BIOWARE!

[Hanslanda]

Good rage. Like, 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light' rage.

[Sirus]

Good rage. Like, 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light' rage.

...I don't get it 

[kaijyuu]

Righteous anger, I guess?

Really he's just trying to change the topic ;P

[Sirus]

Righteous anger, I guess?

Really he's just trying to change the topic ;P

Hard to blame him for that :|

[Hanslanda]

Good rage. Like, 'Rage, rage against the dying of the light' rage.

...I don't get it 

You know when you're all excited, but angry at the same time, and you're like, "FUCK YEAH! RAAWAARRGH!"
No? Just me. Awwwkward.

Righteous anger, I guess?

Really he's just trying to change the topic ;P

Nah, righteous anger is different. This is 'Fuck you universe, I'm alive and that makes me badass!' Anger.

[Sirus]

Oh, I get it now

[Hanslanda]

And then a shitty-looking proto-xenomorph thingy. Gaaayy.

So, I've asked my LF about that. She uses 'gay' like most other people my age, to indicate something isn't cool. I'm like, "But you're gay. What does this mean?"
And she was like, "Shut up, [redacted]."

[SalmonGod]

Nah, righteous anger is different. This is 'Fuck you universe, I'm alive and that makes me badass!' Anger.

Reminds me of my favorite song so far from the new Muse album.

[Hanslanda]

Nah, righteous anger is different. This is 'Fuck you universe, I'm alive and that makes me badass!' Anger.

Reminds me of my favorite song so far from the new Muse album.

You sir, get five micro4chans and a minireddit from me for that. They're like internet pennies.