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[GreekIslandGirl]

Yes, but the "hope and comfort" they get is not for this life.

Says who?

They do. Most religious people need the hope that if they lead a good life, they get to spend eternity in comfort.

[Get Real!]

Yes, but the "hope and comfort" they get is not for this life.

Ergo, God does not give hope and comfort that things will be well in this life, only in the afterlife.

We created the idea that things can only get better when we die.

People pray and hope that God will somehow help them and they are comforted by this act.

What's so complicated about this?

[Paphitis]

The funny thing is, when something bad happens, they say that God gave Man free will. When something good happens, they praise Him.

It's all about control of the masses and building massive empires of fortune. Pure and simple.

As to the suicide bombings. These are more political than religious! It is the new warfare that will go on indefinitely.

[potassium]

I challenge any religious person to name but one benefit, one only, that MAN derived from either his false god or religion.

I’ll give you two… hope and comfort.

a delusion of being safe, having a meaning and being satisfied with not understanding the world, you mean?

[Get Real!]

I challenge any religious person to name but one benefit, one only, that MAN derived from either his false god or religion.

I’ll give you two… hope and comfort.

a delusion of being safe,

Delusion or not it works for them.

having a meaning and being satisfied with not understanding the world, you mean?

What is it you understand about this world that they don't?

[potassium]

I challenge any religious person to name but one benefit, one only, that MAN derived from either his false god or religion.

I’ll give you two… hope and comfort.

a delusion of being safe,

Delusion or not it works for them.

having a meaning and being satisfied with not understanding the world, you mean?

What is it you understand about this world that they don't?

I did not imply that I understand anything about the world that they don't, the way they view the world around them is just spitting out ignorance, arrogance and disgusts me on how simple they think our universe is.
We will never know everything, as much as advanced as we get.

[Get Real!]

I challenge any religious person to name but one benefit, one only, that MAN derived from either his false god or religion.

I’ll give you two… hope and comfort.

a delusion of being safe,

Delusion or not it works for them.

having a meaning and being satisfied with not understanding the world, you mean?

What is it you understand about this world that they don't?

I did not imply that I understand anything about the world that they don't, the way they view the world around them is just spitting out ignorance, arrogance and disgusts me on how simple they think our universe is.
We will never know everything, as much as advanced as we get.

How is it that they are “ignorant and arrogant” when they do NOT challenge God by pretending to know the universe, and they simply humble themselves to an obvious higher authority?

You should direct your anger at ignorant fools like Stephen Hawking who think they can explain that which they have never seen!

[potassium]

I’ll give you two… hope and comfort.

a delusion of being safe,

Delusion or not it works for them.

having a meaning and being satisfied with not understanding the world, you mean?

What is it you understand about this world that they don't?

I did not imply that I understand anything about the world that they don't, the way they view the world around them is just spitting out ignorance, arrogance and disgusts me on how simple they think our universe is.
We will never know everything, as much as advanced as we get.

How is it that they are “ignorant and arrogant” when they do NOT challenge God by pretending to know the universe, and they simply humble themselves to an obvious higher authority?

You should direct your anger at ignorant fools like Stephen Hawking who think they can explain that which they have never seen!

They are ignorant for having no actual thing to back them up and by having no real knowledge on how things they stated god does, work.
They are arrogant for refusing (some) to accept legitimate evidence that happens to disprove some parts of their religion (Big bang, evolution, Higgs boson particle, etc etc).

I do not see how Stephen Hawkings and religious figures connect. Stephen Hawkings seeks for answers and tries to explain phenomenons we have no explanation for.

[Get Real!]

They are ignorant for having no actual thing to back them up and by having no real knowledge on how things they stated god does, work.

Weird English...

They are arrogant for refusing (some) to accept legitimate evidence that happens to disprove some parts of their religion (Big bang, evolution, Higgs boson particle, etc etc).

Legitimate evidence? Big bang? And you call THEM ignorant?

I do not see how Stephen Hawkings and religious figures connect. Stephen Hawkings seeks for answers and tries to explain phenomenons we have no explanation for.

Stephen Hawking should stick to finding a cure for his primitive earthly disease first before tackling matters that are clearly above and beyond him.

You’d think that anyone who claims that they can explain aspects of the universe should be able to overcome a primitive earthly disease within a week!

[miltiades]

Those miserable, ignorant savage barbarians carried out this horrific murder in the name of their false God. Shouting Allah oh Ahbar before detonating their explosives. They are nothing short of barbarians, savages, ignorant, medieval fiends, mentally raped and indoctrinated by other sick barbarians. How the f..k can anyone blow him self up in a crowded market full of his own people. Only someone as sick and perverted like these savages.

Anyone understanding these sick evil barbarians as anything but this is him self a sicko!

For the umpteenth time. Religion has NEVER contributed anything tangible to the human race.