Why generalize religion?

[Karna]

Why do people tend to generalize religion? I've seen it time and again whenever there is a mention of God or religion that's as specific as it gets-just god and religion. Which god, what religion etc doesn't even come into the picture, it's a gross over-generalization because there are different religion with many different beliefs, you hear about some of them and not about others cause not all are vocal or expect you to believe in them. Now I know that most of the time it's about the christian god and Christianity in general but if I said a black man robbed me all black people are gangsters(never having seen any other)- even if you knew I was particularly referring to the criminal would that make my statement any less ignorant? I am not complaining I just observe for most part but this should be pointed out since I feel better informed from my current perspective and culture then the people I see generalizing it. This is prominent with atheists too, same thing- they just say god. Why?

You might say this ain't relevant and not a big issue but that's just throwing your hands up and being ignorant out of laziness. People talk about being aware and well informed about other things- to consider everything and not just see the majority(individuality!) then why leave out this one. Similar thing already happened with words like Avatar and Karma- they made half-assed adaptions for the sake of humor, trends etc(internet!) and then that adaption became the actual meaning in their minds. That is not cool.


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[Mari Makinami]

Tl dr jk lel

I'm agnostic, so generalizing religion is perfectly fine and natural to me.

 

[BSK]

Agreed.10/10 thread going to read again.

Tl dr jk lel

I'm agnostic, so generalizing religion is perfectly fine and natural to me.

Why not just say your atheist.

 

[Mari Makinami]

Agreed.10/10 thread going to read again.



Why not just say your atheist.

Because I'm not :|

 

[BSK]

Because I'm not :|

Pretty much the same thing.

 

[Mari Makinami]

Pretty much the same thing.

Wow, such ignorance. :lol

 

[BSK]

Wow, such ignorance. :lol

Wow, Such denial. :lol

 

[Mari Makinami]

Wow, Such denial. :lol

Please, kid. You clearly don't know the meaning of the term "agnostic", and obviously your IQ is not high enough to at least google the article on the matter before embarrassing yourself like this. But I'll give you a hint: it's a phylosophy that is very different from atheism, otherwise there wouldn't be a separate term to begin with. Atheists believe that the universe can only be cognized and understood by the scientific methods, and no supernatural power exists unless it's proven by science.

Agnostics, on the other hand, do not deny the possibility of existance of any godly power., and we don't believe that scientific way is the only way of cognition. However, we do not also believe that IF some godly power exists, it can be comprehended and described with our level knowledge in such simple ways like any religion suggests, because something like this would be too complicated for our current level of development. To us, atheism is just another form of religion, in a way.

Hopefully yout tiny brain will be able to understand the difference now. I doubt it, though, so I suggest you come back to school asap and educate yourself.

 

[Ken Kaneki]

Its not only with religion , its with everything. Not all murders are psychopaths. Every *** offender is not a sick person. Every person who commits suicide is not weak. Etc.

So your question can be extended to many things. People Generalise on many things

 

[BSK]

Please, kid. You clearly don't know the meaning of the term "agnostic", and obviously your IQ is not high enough to at least google the article on the matter before embarrassing yourself like this. But I'll give you a hint: it's a phylosophy that is very different from atheism, otherwise there wouldn't be a separate term to begin with. Atheists believe that the universe can only be cognized and understood by the scientific methods, and no supernatural power exists unless it's proven by science.

Agnostics, on the other hand, do not deny the possibility of existance of any godly power., and we don't believe that scientific way is the only way of cognition. However, we do not also believe that IF some godly power exists, it can be comprehended and described with our level knowledge in such simple ways like any religion suggests, because something like this would be too complicated for our current level of development.

Hopefully yout tiny brain will be able to understand the difference now. I doubt it, though, so I suggest you come back to school asap and educate yourself.

Tell me something I don't know, it's a song . I know what it means lol and you don't believe in God that's all I'm saying.

 

[BSK]

Its not only with religion , its with everything. Not all murders are psychopaths. Every *** offender is not a sick person. Every person who commits suicide is not weak. Etc.

So your question can be extended to many things. People Generalise on many things

If you commit suicide you are weak, there is no good excuse to do it.

 

[~Ethereal~]

Good to know.

 

[Wparker6804]

A lot of people don't give a second thought (positive, anyway) about things that they don't support. So they don't look into it, don't understand it & generalise it. Talking about something with a negative tone when they have no idea what they're talking about. Or they just follow the human condition & look for excuses for conflict.

Pretty much the same thing.

No. Or, at least, a genuine agnostic keeps an open mind but neither sides with or negates either of the two. An "I'm not certain so I won't assume (like a lot of people do)" or "Could be either how do I know for sure" OR "I don't really mind just let me live my life" mindset. I've known several real agnostics & they all fell under one of these 3 catagories.

 

[Ken Kaneki]

If you commit suicide you are weak, there is no good excuse to do it.

Clearly you generalise.

The question in the OP is tailor made for you then.

 

[Mari Makinami]

Tell me something I don't know, it's a song . I know what it means lol and you don't believe in God that's all I'm saying.

No, you've said that me being agnostic means me being atheist, which is absolutely false as I've explained above, so yeah, you obviously didn't know the difference before I explained it to you, because it was your suggestion that these terms are the same while they are totally different. :lol

 

[Wparker6804]

If you commit suicide you are weak, there is no good excuse to do it.

Everyone has a limit. Live the greatest horrors of those who suffer the most before suicide & then judge. A lot of them are but no one is without a breaking point.

Clearly you generalise.

The question in the OP is tailor made for you then.

Pretty much yeah.

 

[BSK]

Clearly you generalise.

The question in the OP is tailor made for you then.

Everyone has a limit. Live the greatest horrors of those who suffer the most before suicide & then judge. A lot of them are but no one is without a breaking point.

Pretty much yeah.

Their is no legitimate reason to ever kill yourself. If someone does it would of been better if they where never born. The only thing they did was waste useful oxygen on their pathetic life.

No, you've said that me being agnostic means me being atheist, which is absolutely false as I've explained above, so yeah, you obviously didn't know the difference before I explained it to you, because it was your suggestion that these terms are the same while they are totally different. :lol

Do you believe in God?

 

[Mari Makinami]

Do you believe in God?

Go and re-read my big post above, the answer to your question is there.

 

[Wparker6804]

Please, kid. You clearly don't know the meaning of the term "agnostic", and obviously your IQ is not high enough to at least google the article on the matter before embarrassing yourself like this. But I'll give you a hint: it's a phylosophy that is very different from atheism, otherwise there wouldn't be a separate term to begin with. Atheists believe that the universe can only be cognized and understood by the scientific methods, and no supernatural power exists unless it's proven by science.

Agnostics, on the other hand, do not deny the possibility of existance of any godly power., and we don't believe that scientific way is the only way of cognition. However, we do not also believe that IF some godly power exists, it can be comprehended and described with our level knowledge in such simple ways like any religion suggests, because something like this would be too complicated for our current level of development. To us, atheism is just another form of religion, in a way.

Hopefully yout tiny brain will be able to understand the difference now. I doubt it, though, so I suggest you come back to school asap and educate yourself.

This is exactly how I would have explained it. Good job.

Good to know.

I think your sig might get an infraction. Might want to look into it before you get a penaly or neg rep.

 

[BSK]

Go and re-read my big post above, the answer to your question is there.

Just answer my question.