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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:42 pm
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Last semester in my history class we were learning about Hinduism, Daoism, Buddhism, and a few others that I can't quite remember well sweatdrop
Well, I live in a very religious community, and it's the kind that has churches built in such close proximity that they're neighbors, and there's like 12 in my city. Anyways, some students, I noticed, were getting increasingly bad grades for the semester, because the teacher would tell them to pay more attention/ review more, etc., etc. The reason these few people did not listen/ stopped listening to the teacher is because they would interject every time he explained the bible was accurate as a history book, but just that, and every time he mentioned another religion the students wouldn't pay attention at all. However,I find Buddhism most interesting :3
Now, I know quite a lot of people in this guild are religious, and quite a lot are also not. Has anyone just stopped listening because it makes you that mad that someone questioned your beliefs? Why or why not?
I have, but only when it's being used in excess. Like, if God is being praised in every other sentence. >.>;;
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:15 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:22 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:20 pm
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This is an atheists' guild; I don't think that many of us are religious here. XD
I remember my hyper-Christian phase in high school. I was in a wonderful humanities class where I could have potentially learned a lot about myself and others, particularly through the lessons about world religions and philosophy.
I was so deep into my own self-righteous bullshit that I used to get angry at the teachers for "trying to indoctrinate us with pc-ness and toleration" (an actual quotation from a note I was passing with a friend during this class). Imagine that; tolerating the rights of others to have their own beliefs...
I was also convinced that the teachers were trying to convince me that every single religion and philosophy we studied was the "ultimate truth." What escaped me at the time was the contradiction of saying that Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Shinto, Hellenism, nihilism, asceticism, stoicism, Platonism, Aristotelianism, and utilitarianism were all the ultimate truth. Somehow it didn't dawn on me that this couldn't possibly be their goal.
I didn't ignore the lessons to the point where my grades suffered really seriously, but I did make lower grades than I could have if I'd really paid good attention. I blocked a lot of things from my long-term memory that I really wish I remembered now. I also had a habit of finishing my essays on tests with a Bible verse that says, "Beware lest you be cheated by philosophy and empty deceit according to the basic principles of men, according to the world, and not according to Christ" or something very similar.
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:26 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:20 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:37 pm
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 4:43 pm
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I do know this is an atheist guild, but I didn't want to...I suppose, offend anyone? Haha, that sound sort of lame now ;A;
@Daffodil the Destroyer: ;A; I've only learned about the first four of the religions listed so far. Haha, so you were a bit of a rebel in your history class with the signing of your essays?
@Sanguvixen:
Yes, my teacher spoke of the...Exodus I believe? When the Hebrews somehow were allowed to leave Egypt, but my teacher said it didn't matter how, they just did whee Kudos to you for being a good student! d(^w^)b
@KuroFur: My teacher was saying things matched up in the bible and solid facts history, not all of the bible, but some points? I don't know, I don't intend to sit down and read the whole thing xp
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:23 pm
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Missuhs Bunneh I do know this is an atheist guild, but I didn't want to...I suppose, offend anyone? Haha, that sound sort of lame now ;A; @Daffodil the Destroyer: ;A; I've only learned about the first four of the religions listed so far. Haha, so you were a bit of a rebel in your history class with the signing of your essays? @Sanguvixen: Yes, my teacher spoke of the...Exodus I believe? When the Hebrews somehow were allowed to leave Egypt, but my teacher said it didn't matter how, they just did whee Kudos to you for being a good student! d(^w^)b @KuroFur: My teacher was saying things matched up in the bible and solid facts history, not all of the bible, but some points? I don't know, I don't intend to sit down and read the whole thing xp
Well, the last six were philosophies rather than religions, and you've probably learned at least a bit of Hellenism through classical Greek mythology. ^.^
Yeah, as far as I know, I was the only one who signed my essays with Bible verses, but I used to pass notes and make fun of the non-Christian ideas with this guy who sat behind me. I ended up dating him and we just fed off each other's vitriol. >.>
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Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:45 pm
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Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:43 pm
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