Quote Originally Posted by RP33 View Post
Yep, i hear ya.. i mean, i was raised Catholic, i went to Catholic/Private school from kindergarten through my last year of high school.. so it wasn't til college that i was part of a non-catholic, non-private education.. It was just my upbringing.. church every sunday with my parents, church on all of the holy holidays.. i just felt that as i got older i re-evaluated my beliefs, and have come to where i am now..

I just find it ignorant when people imply that you're evil if 'YOURE NOT THANKING GOD?!?!".. this is not anyone on this board of course, i'm just saying in every day life.. It's almost as if you're evil if you don't have a religion.. and it is THAT about religion that i hate.. that is what starts religious wars (eg: the turmoil the middle east..) "If you do'nt believe in what i believe in, then you're wrong" That is the problem with society today.. I'm not evil nor do i wish anything negative upon anyone.. i'm more or less a pacifist (with the exception of boxing ).. but i don't think god.. does that mean that i'm not as grateful to be alive 22 years as you are?(not you personally obviously) I doubt it.
Yeah Point of view totally understood and respected man.
The fact that we hold different beliefs doesn't alter my opinion of you at all....Some peole let it cloud their opinions and I think thats silly, you're still the exact same person that you were five minutes ago in my eyes, the only difference is now I know a little more about you....You look at things logically, thats hardly a sin!
Quote Originally Posted by Fenster View Post
Thanking God (imaginary) for keeping you safe on the road is a wrongun, surely? Unless you believe you're SPECIAL of course.
Roughly over 1 million people die in car accidents every year.
On new years day my cousins 15 year old daughter was killed in a car crash.. guess she wasn't "special" enough for God (imaginary) to give a shit?
Fenster, I'm sorry man, but I think you're well out of order here.

To hold your own beliefs is perfectly acceptable, to feel that others beliefs are false is actually OK, but to disrespect anothers opinion and belief is both disrespectful and unfair.

The fact is, that behind the personalities that are presented on the computer screen in front of you, lie the lives of numerous other people, with their own lives, opinions and feelings.

I sympathise with your cousin's passing, I understand your situation all too well, but the people you insult by passing comment are no less "special" than your cousin so please respect them the way they in turn respect you and your loss.