Are some religions madder than others?

lazygal · 25-09-2012 5:45pm #1

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

vicwatson · 25-09-2012 5:45pm

No, they are all quite bonkers

Real Life · 25-09-2012 5:46pm

theyre all mad but some a little more than others

Where To · 25-09-2012 5:47pm

Are some people more manipulative than others?

Yes, yes they are.

brummytom · 25-09-2012 5:48pm

Ah God, here we go again.

Myrddin · 25-09-2012 5:49pm

brummytom wrote: »

Ah God, here we go again.

Hang on now, there's a few gods that are validly worshipped. Which one are you taking in vain? Just so we know

MajesticDonkey · 25-09-2012 5:50pm

vicwatson wrote: »

No, they are all quite bonkers

Praetorian Saighdiuir · 25-09-2012 5:50pm

I think they are all a load of coq!

Pffft, its frowned upon if you still believe in Santa, Tooth Fairy and Larry Murphy at the age of 12.

But it seems to be ok to believe in "Jesus", "Allah", "Muhammad" or "Tom Cruise".

Rayne Wooney · 25-09-2012 5:50pm

Well it depends if you define a religion which promises 99 virgins waiting for you in heaven if you blow yourself up and take as many people with you... 'mad'

krudler · 25-09-2012 5:51pm

magic underpants? god living on another planet? nonsense! virgin births, talking snakes, zombie jews? sure thats fact like.

yes, they're all as batsh1t as the other.

Feeona · 25-09-2012 5:51pm

The Westboro Baptist Church springs to mind, like an angry and terrifying frog

donegal. · 25-09-2012 5:52pm

they're all mad , but i do like the sound of "magic underpants".

Bipolar Joe · 25-09-2012 5:54pm

Where To wrote: »

Are some people more manipulative than others?

Yes, yes they are.

That wasn't the question.

Mickey Dazzler · 25-09-2012 6:05pm

They are all nuts.

Catholics and Muslims are particularly bad as they have a disturbing propensity to have sex with children.

admiralofthefleet · 25-09-2012 6:08pm

brummytom wrote: »

Ah God, here we go again.

get back to your studies you

Chuck Stone · 25-09-2012 6:20pm

Cake or death?

CHOOSE. :mad:

krudler · 25-09-2012 6:22pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Cake or death?

CHOOSE. :mad:

death by cake, simples.

Rigol · 25-09-2012 6:22pm

ah god indeed.
a religion is just a group of people with similar spirital views.

sometimes the group becomes an organization, which then sometimes becomes a corporation.....then theres power to be had....and that power corrupts everything.

then critics come along and rightly criticize.

however, having spiritual questions such as who am i and wtf am i doing here, why do i exist, what is consciousness, etc etc is perfectly logical.

some such questions can never be objectively answered with physical science, and so a religion forms.

'bonkers' is just a subjective definition anyway, the Mormons probably think you're off your head for not having 10 wives and rollin in a 2 horse carriage in Ohio biiatch.

biko · 25-09-2012 6:22pm

Some are really out there, like the Moon cult and the Koolaid drinkers.

donegal_road · 25-09-2012 6:37pm

from the film Baraka, which I think you can watch online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-b895UdLzc

marcsignal · 25-09-2012 6:40pm

lazygal wrote: »

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

That's the great thing about Catholicism, it's so vague, and nobody really knows what it's all about..

Rigol · 25-09-2012 6:44pm

donegal_road wrote: »

from the film Baraka, which I think you can watch online

its like they're trying to artistically express the quality of comments in afterhours

MJ23 · 25-09-2012 6:54pm

Katie Taylor believes some mysterious God helps her to win boxing matches.
I didn't know a whole lot about her before the Olympics, but when i saw her in interviews after going on about this nonsense i couldn't believe it.
I thought only auld wans went on like that.
Where do people get these mad notions out of?

Where To · 25-09-2012 6:56pm

Bipolar Joe wrote: »

That wasn't the question.

But it was the answer. Religion is about the manipulation of others.

ShooterSF · 25-09-2012 7:00pm

MJ23 wrote: »

Katie Taylor believes some mysterious God helps her to win boxing matches.
I didn't know a whole lot about her before the Olympics, but when i saw her in interviews after going on about this nonsense i couldn't believe it.
I thought only auld wans went on like that.
Where do people get these mad notions out of?

You never went to an Irish national school no?

krudler · 25-09-2012 7:02pm

MJ23 wrote: »

Katie Taylor believes some mysterious God helps her to win boxing matches.
I didn't know a whole lot about her before the Olympics, but when i saw her in interviews after going on about this nonsense i couldn't believe it.
I thought only auld wans went on like that.
Where do people get these mad notions out of?

That sh1t wrecks my head, you never see people blaming god they lose, only praising him help them win. so by that logic, you have nothing to be proud of yourself, and old Yahweh did it all for you, and if you lost, well he didnt want you to win anyway, so it was a futile effort. which makes him an asshole.

Slurryface · 25-09-2012 7:04pm

lazygal wrote: »

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

They are all mad!

Captain Morgan Freeman · 25-09-2012 7:05pm

No they aren't, now let me worship my giant vengeful crab god in peace.

Fr_Dougal · 25-09-2012 7:06pm

marcsignal wrote: »

That's the great thing about Catholicism, it's so vague, and nobody really knows what it's all about..

Nail on the head.

Halloran springs · 25-09-2012 7:12pm

MJ23 wrote: »

Katie Taylor believes some mysterious God helps her to win boxing matches.
I didn't know a whole lot about her before the Olympics, but when i saw her in interviews after going on about this nonsense i couldn't believe it.
I thought only auld wans went on like that.
Where do people get these mad notions out of?

What's even crazier is His choice and timing of world situations to intervene: 20,000 syrians killed in violent clashes this year?? Pfff feck them, instead lets get involved with some womens olympic boxing matches!

Biggins · 25-09-2012 7:14pm

All religions with their theories, is nuts.

Some religions with their physical effect upon the world, is worse sadly than others.

ukonline · 25-09-2012 7:16pm

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I'd like to know more about these 'Magic Underpants'.

1. What powers, if any, do they bestow upon the wearer?
2. Are they in a museum somewhere?
3. Why aren't fake copies being knocked off in China?

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Rayne Wooney · 25-09-2012 9:08pm

I'm a devout Pastafarian, from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Ted_YNWA · 25-09-2012 9:13pm

How can you believe in a religion that is based on all humans originating from a couple who only had sons ??

donvito99 · 25-09-2012 9:13pm

Islam for one. Mad so they are.

df1985 · 25-09-2012 9:26pm

seeing what one little video has done the last two weeks answers the question...mental.

af_thefragile · 25-09-2012 9:28pm

That's the box ticked for the religion bashing thread for the day...

BillyMitchel · 25-09-2012 9:47pm

lazygal wrote: »

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

Blasphemy!! 10 Hail Mary 15 Our Fathers and a quick handjob out in the car park!

sheesh · 25-09-2012 9:52pm

lazygal wrote: »

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

All religions have a couple of mad ideas often in the background

transubstansiation in the RC church is an article of faith - which means you have to believe it or you are not a Catholic.

I wouldn't mind but it only came in in the 1500s

there are plenty in the protestant churches too.

judaism a moslem faiths have their own oddities too.

Capt'n Midnight · 25-09-2012 10:17pm

Thugee cult was fairly mad out.

krudler · 25-09-2012 10:24pm

ukonline wrote: »

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I'd like to know more about these 'Magic Underpants'.

1. What powers, if any, do they bestow upon the wearer?
2. Are they in a museum somewhere?
3. Why aren't fake copies being knocked off in China?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_garment

Cossax · 25-09-2012 10:58pm

Halloran springs wrote: »

What's even crazier is His choice and timing of world situations to intervene: 20,000 syrians killed in violent clashes this year?? Pfff feck them, instead lets get involved with some womens olympic boxing matches!

It's the sheer and utter hypocrisy of that position that bugs me...thinking so little of her own hard work, skill, dedication and that of her coaches, boxing partners etc. and yet thinking so much of yourself that your invisible buddy is more concerned with your medal winning than the thousands who die every week due to starvation, poverty, preventable diseases and conflict.

I dunno how she justifies that to herself and frankly I don't care all that much but hearing it just irks me - enough to write a post in AH about it. :pac:

Nodin · 25-09-2012 11:00pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Thugee cult was fairly mad out.

If it existed, which is debatable, apparently.

Gauss · 25-09-2012 11:02pm

Well of all the religions it appears Islam inspires the most hatred. That would have to be the maddest given the irony of it.

Toby Take a Bow · 25-09-2012 11:07pm

lazygal wrote: »

Just reading a link in a thread on Mitt Romney and some of the Mormon beliefs would indeed be a little......offbeat. But are some religious beliefs madder than others? Or are they all mad, Ted?

Mormonism probably just sounds completely nuts because we haven't been brought up in a society that views it as normal. Any of the nutier aspects of Catholicism wouldn't have made me think twice up until I was in my teens and started questioning it. Think about it, though: every week a man stands up in front of his congregation, turns some wafer biscuits into the flesh of their god, eats it, and then offers it to everyone else to eat it too. Would sound pretty nuts.

gobnaitolunacy · 25-09-2012 11:08pm

Buddhism looks nice and chilled out.
At least they don't encourage kicking the sh*t out of non-practitioners.

Nodin · 25-09-2012 11:13pm

Its really a question of what you're used to. Once you distance yourself from all religion, you start to see they're just various flavours of lunacy, refined to different stages.

Capt'n Midnight · 25-09-2012 11:16pm

Nodin wrote: »

If it existed, which is debatable, apparently.

People were killed that much is not debatable.

Didn't all known Civilizations in Mesoamerical practise Human Sacrifice ?

The Minoans and very ancient Greeks did too, as did the Romans and Celts.

http://bible.cc/hebrews/11-17.htm

fryup · 25-09-2012 11:38pm

yes some are nuttier than others.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k7mpnPJWDo

Nodin · 25-09-2012 11:38pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

People were killed that much is not debatable.

They were indeedy.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Didn't all known Civilizations in Mesoamerical practise Human Sacrifice ?

O yes. And ritual torture. Breaking your arms, legs, binding you up and lighting a fire in the small of the back, for instance. theres a wealth of painted pottery documenting the craic.

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

The Minoans and very ancient Greeks did too, as did the Romans and Celts.

http://bible.cc/hebrews/11-17.htm

They did.

iguana · 25-09-2012 11:42pm

I find that the more modern religions seem more crazy than the older ones and I suspect that is because they can be traced all the way from conception to today which makes the nonsense appear more obvious. Nobody knows who first came up with the stories in the old testament. We can't make a good guess at their motivations, their mental health, whether or not they meant their stories to be believed literally or whether they were intended as metaphors. We don't know how they went from being a person with a great imagination to convincing others to believe in them. Therefore the stories are more timeless, they feel more 'real' because we don't know where they came from.

On the other hand you have the modern religions like Mormonism. We can find out all about Joseph Smith's history, we know about his poor childhood and early immersion in 'magical' religion and treasure hunting. We know his story of seeing the angel Moroni and translating the golden plates. We know that when part of the translation of the Book of Lehi went missing Smith couldn't/wouldn't translate the plates again and replaced that part of the Book of Mormon with similar but not identical stories, that he claimed were from the Plates of Nephi. There are plenty of records of how he built his church, of his behaviour, his finances and the charges of financial fraud brought against him and how he fled from arrest. We know enough about Smith's personality and how he began to practice plural marriage to take a pretty good guess at his motivation. We know about the reality of being a wife of a Mormon prophet from women like Ann Eliza Young who made sure the rest of America heard their stories. We know how major changes to the religion have happened when God contacts the Prophet to tell him of his changed wishes just ahead of a change in law which would have made the old ways illegal.

With Mormonism we can follow it's evolution from before it's inception and that makes it's ludicrousness is stark while older religions seem more valid because they have been around longer and we don't know exactly how or why they came about which makes them harder to see through.

Are some religions madder than others?

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