tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post8677627800364105879..comments2023-11-02T12:36:23.182+01:00Comments on the brain police: The God Closet: Part 1microdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-39933663073000215492011-10-11T17:39:33.693+02:002011-10-11T17:39:33.693+02:00Most Conservatives dislike Romney, because he is M...<i>Most Conservatives dislike Romney, because he is Mormon.</i><br /><br />I'd correct that statement to: Most Conservatives dislike Romney, because he is not a Tea Party nut like them and he actually believes that there is a role for government in the lives of The People.mud_rakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786611698569598023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-76283691546397680822011-10-09T14:15:53.282+02:002011-10-09T14:15:53.282+02:00Immortality can exist as a concept in an atheist s...Immortality can exist as a concept in an atheist sense, but you have to be able to let go of your sense of ego.<br />I always was, I will always be, but only this one time as I am now...So make it count...microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-34305060712001272412011-10-09T08:55:56.870+02:002011-10-09T08:55:56.870+02:00I think religion is spawned by people wanting to b...I think religion is spawned by people wanting to beleive that there is "Something" after death. It seems that alot of people just don't want to believe that sometimes, you just go to sleep.<br /><br />The Mormon religion is basically the same as Christianity, except, they think a guy named Joseph Smith was the only man who could translate Jesus' message.<br /><br />Most Conservatives dislike Romney, because he is Mormon. They look at that religion as an occult.J.O.B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12180244268084796661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-86135282757056734602011-10-08T21:16:33.061+02:002011-10-08T21:16:33.061+02:00Michael Moorcock made my adolescence ever so much ...Michael Moorcock made my adolescence ever so much more entertaining. I think I have read 75% of every thing he ever published. One of my personal favorite fantasy writers of all time, but what he wrote was so much more than fantasy...allegory.microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-20980309916982314402011-10-08T20:55:29.194+02:002011-10-08T20:55:29.194+02:00The British writer, Michael Moorcock, wrote the be...The British writer, Michael Moorcock, wrote the best summation of organized religion I've ever read, and it only took four words, "a conspiracy of agreement". This kind of belief has nothing to do with spirituality. It's exclusively about assuaging existential terror by creating elaborate fictions. If only one person held these beliefs, they'd be locked up in a looney bin. Somehow, just because millions are deluded into espousing these silly beliefs, it becomes legitimate. <br /><br />I've always thought that the best solution is to teach philosophy in kindergarten and continue the study throughout a person's entire education. Teach people to reason and religion will die off pretty quickly.Dizzy Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634861155969682021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-89313321948286213232011-10-08T12:35:08.033+02:002011-10-08T12:35:08.033+02:00Ahh, Dennis, you obviously aren't an American....Ahh, Dennis, you obviously aren't an American. Even a Catholic has a hard time here...perhaps this is Mitt Romneys biggest handicap in spite of his ideological differences with the tea brains...he is a Mormon...<br />Mormons believe that Jesus was a being from another galaxy....I think....at least that was what they believed a few months ago....microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32733123.post-44001570844615098302011-10-08T12:25:11.219+02:002011-10-08T12:25:11.219+02:00I sympathize regarding your difficulties with othe...I sympathize regarding your difficulties with other members of your family. I'm lucky: my wife is a Christian, but she doesn't believe in heaven, hell or an afterlife, and she certainly doesn't condemn other people for what <i>they</i> believe (which is why she has no trouble accepting that her husband is an atheist). As for American politicians; I can't understand why being an atheist should disqualify anyone from the top job.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.com